Faculty, Lecturers, & Staff

Faculty

Craig D. Adams, Ph.D., P.E.
Chairperson and J.L. Constant Distinguished Professor
Environmental Engineering, including emerging contaminants (PPCP, EDC, DBP, degradates) in water and wastewater treatment, sustainable water and sanitation technology for developing nations, analytical chemistry, chemical modeling
cadams@ku.edu, (785) 864-1921

Yong Bai, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Construction engineering and management, infrastructure construction, safety, productivity, and international construction management
ybai@ku.edu, (785) 864-2991

Caroline R. Bennett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Structural engineering, bridge engineering, behavior of steel structures, fatigue performance of steel bridges, high performance materials, structural stability issues in steel structures
crb@ku.edu, (785) 864-3235

JoAnn Browning, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Dean, Professor
Structures, reinforced concrete bridge decks – durability and design, reinforced concrete structures – seismic design and analysis
jpbrown@ku.edu, (785) 864-3723

Hongyi Cai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lighting and daylighting, solar energy, legible architecture and user interface, building environmental performance assessment, High dynamic range (HDR) photography and photogrammetric techniques and applications, Human factors
hycai@ku.edu, (785) 864-2597

Oswald Chong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sustainability, engineering design and management, social and human dimensions, life cycle analysis, construction engineering, and construction economics
oswald@ku.edu, (785) 864-2891

David Darwin, Ph.D., P.E.
Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
Structural engineering and engineering materials, including reinforced concrete behavior, concrete materials and construction, bond between reinforcing steel and concrete, steel-concrete composite structures, and durability of transportation structures, with emphasis on reducing corrosion of reinforcing steel and cracking in reinforced concrete bridge decks
daved@ku.edu, (785) 864-3827

Thomas E. Glavinich, D.E., P.E.
Associate Professor
tglavinich@ku.edu, (785) 864-3435

Jie Han, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Geosynthetics, ground improvement, pile foundations, numerical analysis, and pavements
jiehan@ku.edu, (785) 864-3714

Dennis D. Lane, Ph.D.
N.T. Veatch Distinguished Professor
Environmental engineering and science, air pollution control, air quality, aerosol science and transporation
lane@ku.edu, (785) 864-2942

Glen A. Marotz, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, Professor
Air Quality, Air Quality Modeling, Fine Particulate Matter, Alternative Energy, Experimental Design
gama@ku.edu, (785) 864-2980

Adolfo B. Matamoros, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Design and behavior of reinforced concrete members, adaptive media, composite materials, earthquake engineering, strengthening and repair of bridge structures
amatamor@ku.edu, (785) 864-3761

Bruce M. McEnroe, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Chair, Professor, and Director of Graduate Studies
Water resources engineering, hydrology, hydraulics, storm-water management, and stream restoration
mcenroe@ku.edu, (785) 864-2925

Mario A. Medina, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Building thermal sciences, modeling of building enclosure systems, building insulation systems, phase change materials, building and industrial energy management
mmedina@ku.edu, (785) 864-3604

Anil Misra, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Geotechnical, numerical methods, constitutive modeling, micromechanics, granular materials, bioengineering
amisra@ku.edu, (785) 864-1750

Thomas E. Mulinazzi, Ph.D., P.E., L.S.
Professor
Transportation, traffic engineering, highway safety, railroad engineering, airport engineering, surveying
tomm@ku.edu, (785) 864-2928

A. David Parr, Ph.D.
Professor
Hydraulics, sediment transport, bridge scour, flood plain analysis
parr@ku.edu, (785) 864-3808

Robert L. Parsons, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Geotechnical engineering, including retaining walls, deep foundations, soil stabilization and landfills
rparsons@ku.edu, (785) 864-2946

Edward F. Peltier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Environmental engineering including contaminant fate and transport, stormwater treatment, combustion emissions
epeltier@ku.edu, (785) 864-2941

Stephen J. Randtke, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Environmental engineering and science, drinking water supply and treatment, physical/chemical treatment processes, formation and control of disinfection byproducts, occurrence and removal of trace contaminants
srandtke@ku.edu, (785) 864-2940

Brian A. Rock, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Building mechanical systems (HVAC&R, piping, plumbing, fire protection) indoor air quality, energy conservation, solar energy
docrock@ku.edu, (785) 864-3603

Stanley T. Rolfe, Ph.D., P.E.
Albert P. Learned Distinguished Professor
Fracture and fatigue control in steel structures
srolfe@ku.edu, (785) 864-3767

Steven D. Schrock, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
Transportation engineering, including geometric highway design, traffic flow theory, and highway safety
schrock@ku.edu, (785) 864-3418

Belinda S.M. Sturm, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Wastewater treatment, biological processes, algal growth and biodiesel production, molecular methods
bmcswain@ku.edu, (785) 864-1739

Francis M. Thomas, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Solid mechanics, high temperature stress analysis, and dynamic analysis
fthomas@ku.edu, (785) 864-3725

C. Bryan Young, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Water resources engineering, including surface water hydrology, radar-rainfall estimation, watershed modeling geographic information systems
cbyoung@ku.edu, (785) 864-2999

Emeritus Faculty

Carl Burkhead
Emeritus Faculty
carlb@ku.edu, (785) 864-2943

John Easley
Emeritus Faculty
j531e178@ku.edu, (785) 864-4517

Carl Kurt
Emeritus Faculty
ckurt@ku.edu, (785) 864-2597

Steven McCabe
Emeritus Faculty
slmccabe@ku.edu, (785) 864-3747

Dr. Ross E. McKinney
Emeritus, N.T. Veatch Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, member of the National Academy of Engineering (one of few university faculty members in the state of Kansas who are members)

Ernest Pogge
Emeritus Faculty
e638p563@ku.edu, (785) 864-2925