Faculty
William C. Carpenter, Ph.D., P.E. (North Carolina State University), Professor.
Engineering Education; Structural engineering; Optimization; Viscoelasticity; Fracture mechanics; Adhesive
bonding.
Gray Mullins, Ph.D., P.E. (University of South Florida), Associate Professor. Structural and
geotechnical engineering; Instrumentation; Full-scale testing of bridges and foundations;
StatNamic testing; Alternative load testing techniques.
Karim Nohra M.S. (Georgia Institute of Technology), Instructor Statics; Dynamics; Mechanics
of Materials; Engineering education.
Alberto A. Sagues Ph.D., P.E. (Case Western Reserve University), Distinguished University Professor.
Materials engineering; Corrosion performance of materials for construction and energy applications;
Failure analysis and prevention; Physical metallurgy.
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Daniel Simkins, Ph.D.
(University of California at Berkley), Assistant Professor. Nanomechanics and computational nanomechanics,
Computational biomechanics and computational biology, Computational solid and fluid mechanics, Inverse
problems in structural dynamics, Large-scale computation and parallel computation.
Rajan Sen Ph.D., P.E. (State University of New York), Professor. Structural Engineering; Bridge
design; Dynamic response of structures; Dynamic behavior of piles; Pre-stressed concrete.
Abla M. Zayed Ph.D., (Case Western Reserve University), Associate Professor. Materials
engineering; Mechanical performance of concrete, metals, and composites.