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Environmental/Water Resources
Environmental Engineering is the application of engineering principles to the protection of human health and the environment. Environmental engineers design and supervise systems to provide potable water and to control pollution of air, land, streams, lakes, groundwater, and oceans. Other tasks include remediation of contaminated sites, review of permit applications, and development of environmental standards.
Water Resources Engineering deals with all aspects of the physical control of water: hydraulic, waterway, irrigation, port, coastal, and ocean. They analyze and predict water demand, supply, and runoff. They work on the planning, design, and operation of facilities to include water supply and distribution networks, sewer systems, flood control (river, dam, and reservoir systems), irrigation projects, hydroelectric power systems, canals, locks, port facilities and offshore structures. Water resources engineers work to protect beaches and to manage and direct rivers, and collaborate on many other engineering projects where the environmental needs of the society necessitates judicious solutions to water-related problems.
The faculty in this area are: Drs. Sajjad Ahmad, Jacimaria Batista, David James, and Thomas Piechota.
Geotechnical
 Geotechnical engineering is the study of engineering properties of earth materials. Geotechnical engineers investigate the soil conditions at a site to determine the suitability of the site for construction of buildings and other civil engineering infrastructure. Geotechnical engineers are involved in the design of foundations for such structures as bridges and high-rise and medium to large commercial buildings. The foundations built for above-ground structures include shallow foundations (footings), deep foundations (driven piles and drilled piers), and retaining walls. Geotechnical engineers are also involved in the design structures built in or of soil or rock, including tunnels, embankments, levees, earth dams, channels, reservoirs, and hazardous waste and sanitary landfills. Geotechnical engineers also assess the risks associated with natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, sinkholes, soil liquifaction, debris flows, and rock falls.
The faculty in this area are: Drs. Moses Karakouzian and Barbara Luke.
 Structures
Structural engineers are designers and builders of all types of structures. Traditional structures include bridges, dams, large buildings, power plants, offshore platforms, and transmission towers. Other structures include aerospace vehicles (airplanes, rockets, space station), ships, and automobiles. Structural engineers analyze the forces that a structure must resist such as gravity, wind, earthquakes, and temperature and develop the combination of appropriate materials (steel, concrete, timber, masonry, etc.) needed to build such a structure. Structural engineering involves analysis and design of steel, concrete, masonry, and wood structures with particular attention to design specifications and practical considerations.
The faculty in this area are: Drs. Nader Ghafoori (Chairman), Samaan Ladkany, Ron Sack, and Aly Said.
 Transportation
Transportation engineers are involved with the safe, rapid comfortable, convenient, economical, and environmental compatible movement of people and materials. Transportation infrastructure including airports, highways, ports, and railways are planned, designed, and operated by transportation engineers.
The faculty in this area are: Drs. Mohamed Kaseko, Shashi Nambisan, Edward Neumann, and Harry Teng.
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