Interdepartmental Programs
Explore ISU CCEE’s graduate opportunities as well as our six graduate research areas of specialization (listed above). We also offer access to interdepartmental opportunities for graduate researchers.
Our faculty are organized into five different administrative areas of engineering research: construction engineering and management, environmental/water resources, geotechnical/materials engineering, structural engineering and transportation engineering. You can find out more by clicking on the photos above. You’ll be taken to a page where you can see a description and find names and contact information of research faculty. Finally, use our faculty/staff directory to explore faculty research interests, find email addresses and get information pertaining to office hours.
Construction engineering faculty and students research an array of construction engineering and management-related topics. Current research projects seek solutions to the three functional areas of construction engineering and management: management techniques, construction operations and construction methods.
Research Faculty
| Cristina Poleacovschi Assistant Professor |
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| Jennifer Shane Construction Engineering Professor-in-Charge, Associate Professor, W.A. Klinger Teaching Professor in Civil Engineering |
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| Roy Sturgill Assistant Professor |
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| Katherine Madson
Assistant Professor |
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| Yunjeong “Leah” Mo
Assistant Professor |
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Research conducted by faculty in environmental and water resources engineering is geared toward understanding the fundamental physical, chemical and biological principles of engineered and natural systems. The research has a strong emphasis on practical applications as demonstrated by bench-scale experimentation, pilot- and field-scale demonstration projects, and computer modeling and simulations.
Research Faculty
| Timothy Ellis Associate Professor |
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| Joseph Charbonnet Assistant Professor |
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| Kaoru Ikuma Assistant Professor |
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| Lu Liu Assistant Professor |
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| Antonio Arenas Amado Assistant Professor |
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| Say Kee Ong Professor |
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| Chris Rehmann Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, Associate Professor |
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Geotechnical/materials engineering faculty continue the legacy of cutting-edge research, investigating issues related to soil mechanics, geomaterials behavior and stabilization, asphalt concrete, Portland Cement Concrete, in situ testing, environmental geotechnology, bio-based materials and pavement design.
Major initiatives include Iowa State University’s Center for Earthworks Engineering Research, an internationally recognized resource for earthworks engineering and geo-construction technologies. Faculty from geotechnical/materials engineering also are heavily involved in the nationally acclaimed Wind Energy Initiative at Iowa State.
Major initiatives include Iowa State University’s Center for Earthworks Engineering Research, an internationally recognized resource for earthworks engineering and geo-construction technologies. Faculty from geotechnical/materials engineering also are heavily involved in the nationally acclaimed Wind Energy Initiative at Iowa State.
Research Faculty
| Jeramy Ashlock Richard L. Handy Associate Professor |
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| Halil Ceylan Professor |
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| Cassandra Rutherford Assistant Professor |
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| Peter Taylor Research Associate, Professor |
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| Kejin Wang Wilson Engineering Professor |
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| Christopher Williams Gerald and Audrey Olson Professor in Civil Engineering |
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Our faculty and graduate students work at Town Engineering Building facilities and with the Bridge Engineering Center at Iowa State’s research park. These activities encourage multidisciplinary and high-impact research, such as seismic engineering, structural health monitoring, bridge engineering and risk-based management. Recently, structural engineering faculty have been working on the nationally acclaimed Iowa State University Wind Energy Initiative.
| Alice Alipour Associate Professor |
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| In Ho Cho Associate Professor |
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| Simon Laflamme Associate Professor |
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| Brent Phares Research Associate Professor |
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| Behrouz Shafei Associate Professor |
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| Jiehua ‘Jay’ Shen Associate Professor |
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| David Sanders Greenwood Department Chair and Professor |
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| Sri Sritharan Interim Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Wilkinson Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering |
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Our faculty and graduate students work on all aspects of transportation engineering, including traffic safety, highway design, traffic data analysis and sustainable transportation systems. Our faculty are closely associated with Iowa State’s Institute for Transportation (InTrans), with transportation engineering centers at Iowa State’s Research Park and with other units across campus. This collaboration encourages multi-disciplinary and high-impact research.
| Christopher Day Assistant Professor |
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| Jing Dong Assistant Professor |
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| Shauna Hallmark Director of Institute for Transportation, Robert J. and Roxann L. Paulsen Fellow for CCEE Excellence, Professor |
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| Anuj Sharma Associate Professor |
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| Omar Smadi Center for Transportation Research and Education Director, Associate Professor |
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| Jonathan Wood
Assistant Professor |
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Recent technological advances are enabling civil infrastructure systems with intelligent capabilities to adapt to dynamically changing environments. For example, concepts of machine learning combined with sensors and actuators can allow a system to learn from an environment and take actions to optimize its response.
Future engineers must be equipped with capabilities to design such systems to provide society with more efficient infrastructures. This requires a highly multi-disciplinary approach (e.g., control theory, artificial intelligence, sensing systems, optimization theory, asset management, etc.). The Intelligent Infrastructure Engineering program offers such training opportunity to students desiring to pursue this non-traditional path. Typical students will be Ph.D. candidates conducting multi-disciplinary research that addresses the intelligent infrastructure challenge.
| Alice Alipour Associate Professor |
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| Halil Ceylan Professor |
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| In Ho Cho Associate Professor |
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| Simon Laflamme Associate Professor |
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| Anuj Sharma Associate Professor |
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| Omar Smadi Center for Transportation Research and Education Interim Director, Associate Professor |
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| Christopher Day Assistant Professor |
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| Jonathan Wood
Assistant Professor |
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| Simon Laflamme
Associate Professor |
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