Thought Leadership
Anand Puppala
Professor
Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the CIR, Texas A&M University
Dr Puppala's research areas of interest include expansive and unsaturated soils, pavement geomaterials, ground improvement studies using chemical additives and geosynthetics, dam safety and highway embankment studies, site characterization, UAV studies and visualization, infrastructure resilience studies and asset management.
Work with UsZach Grasley
Professor & Department Head
Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University
Dr. Zachary Grasley's research areas include behavior and modeling of porous materials, durability and sustainability of cementitious materials, and the mechanics and thermodynamics of concrete.
Work with UsCharles Gurganus
TTI Research Engineer Program Manager
Pavement Management, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Dr. Charles Gurganus's research areas include infrastructure and asset management, pavement forensics, non-destructive testing, and roadway rehabilitation techniques.
Work with UsMary Beth Hueste
Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Programs
Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University
Dr. Mary Beth Hueste's research areas include earthquake resistant design of reinforced concrete structures, structural rehabilitation and repair including seismic retrofitting, performance-based seismic design, probabilistic assessment of structural performance and design and evaluation of prestressed concrete bridge structures.
Work with UsHomero Castaneda-Lopez
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
Dr. Homero Castaneda-Lopez's research areas include cathodic protection, protective coatings, corrosion mechanisms, and batteries.
Work with UsAnol Mukhopadhyay
Senior Research Scientist and Program Manager
Rigid Pavements Division, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Adjunct Professor, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Leader, Concrete Innovation Lab, CIR
Dr. Anol Mukhopadhyay's research areas include concrete durability, recycled and waste materials, high-performance concrete, ultra-high-performance concrete, cement chemistry, coal combustion by-products, cement paste rheology, nano-materials and concrete microstructures and petrography.
Work with UsStefan Hurlebaus
Professor
Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Division Head of Construction, Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Division, Texas A&M University
Dr. Stefan Hurlebaus's areas of research are smart structures, structural health monitoring, nondestructive testing, laser ultrasonics, active vibration control, semi-active damping, active vibration isolation, wave propagation in elastic solids, and vibrations.
Work with UsTom Overbye
Professor
Director, Smart Grid Center
Dr. Overbye’s research areas include power system analysis and simulations; Visualization of power system information; big data and cyber security applied to power systems; and power system aspects of geomagnetic disturbances and EMP.
Work with UsZofia Rybkowski
Associate Professor
Department of Construction Science, Center for Health Systems and Design, Texas A&M University
Dr. Zofia Rybkowski's research areas include innovations in construction, including automation and 3D-printing of large scale structures in the built environment. Dr. Rybkowski is driven by a recognition that industry-wide transformations should be done in alignment with environmental sustainability and social responsibility.
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