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Prof Roddis W. M. Kim Roddis, Ph.D., P.E.     roddis@gwu.edu
Professor and Chair

643 Academic Center   |   Phone (202) 994-4901   |   Fax (202) 994-0127   |
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Area of Specialty: Design, fabrication, and construction processes; structural applications of artificial intelligence and computer-aided design; fatigue and fracture in bridges; frame stability; and seismic steel connections.

Prof Badie Sameh S. Badie, Ph.D., P.E.     badies@gwu.edu
Assistant Professor

638 Academic Center   |   Phone (202) 994-8803   |   Fax (202) 994-0127   |
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Area of Specialty: Advanced concrete materials (HPC), use of corrosion resistant reinforcement in reinforced concrete structures, application of prestressed concrete in buildings and bridges.

Prof Digges Kennerly H. Digges, Ph.D.     kdigges@aol.com
Research Professor

Virginia Campus           |   Phone (703) 726-8363   |   Fax (703) 726-8359   |

Ph.D., Ohio State University
Area of Specialty: biomechanic and automotive safety.

Prof Eskandarian Azim Eskandarian, D.Sc.     eska@gwu.edu
Professor

Virginia Campus          |   Phone (703) 726-8362   |   Fax (703) 726-8359   |
630 Academic Center   |   Phone (202) 994-0532   |   Fax (202) 994-0127   |

D.Sc., The George Washington University
Area of Specialty: intelligent system and neural networks, nonlinear finite element methods and dynamics simulation and modeling, with applications in transportation, vehicles, and safety.

Prof Haque Muhammad I. Haque, Ph.D., P.E.     mhaque@gwu.edu
Professor

637 Academic Center   |   Phone (202) 994-4964   |   Fax (202) 994-0127   |
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 11:00 a.m.-Noon, Friday 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Ph.D., Colorado State University
Area of Specialty: finite element methods, computational methods in fluid and solid mechanics, hydraulics, water resources engineering.

Prof Kan Cing-Dao (Steve) Kan, Ph.D.     cdkan@gwu.edu
Associate Research Professor

Virginia Campus           |   Phone (703) 726-8365   |   Fax (703) 726-8359   |

Ph.D., University of Maryland
Area of Specialty: Solid mechanics, structural analysis, finite element methods, computer simulation and modeling.

Prof Mahmood Khalid Mahmood, Ph.D., P.E.     kmahmood@gwu.edu
Professor

631 Academic Center   |   Phone (202) 994-3793   |   Fax (202) 994-0127   |
Office Hours:  Tuesday, Thursday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Ph.D., Colorado State University
Area of Specialty: Hydraulics, water resources, river mechanics, sedimentation engineering, physical and mathematical modeling.

Prof Manzari Majid T. Manzari, Ph.D.     manzari@gwu.edu
Professor

635 Academic Center   |   Phone (202) 994-5970   |   Fax (202) 994-0127   |Office Hours: Mon 2:00-4:00 pm, Tue 2:00-3:00 pm, Wed. 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Ph.D., University of California-Davis
Area of Specialty: Soil mechanics, physical and numerical modeling of soil structures, constitutive modeling, geotechnical earthquake engineering.

Prof Motevalli Vahid Motevalli, Ph.D., P.E.     vahidm@gwu.edu
Associate Professor

640 Academic Center
       |  Phone (202) 994-7152  |  Fax (202) 994-0127  |
Staughton Hall, 2nd Floor
  |  Phone (703) 726-8382  |  Fax (703) 726-8359  |
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00-1:00 p.m., Friday 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Area of Specialty: Aviation and transportation safety, hybrid-electric vehicles, combustion and fire dynamics.

Prof Riffat Rumana Riffat, Ph.D., P.E.     riffat@gwu.edu
Associate Professor

633 Academic Center   |   Phone (202) 994-5947   |   Fax (202) 994-0127   |
Office Hours:  Wednesday 2:30-3:30 p.m., Thursday 11:00 a.m.-Noon
Ph.D., Iowa State University
Area of Specialty: Anerobic biotransformation of petroleum hydrocarbons in wastewater, process kinetics, physical and chemical hazards at wastewater treatment plants.

Dr. Silva
Pedro F. Silva, Ph.D.     silvap@gwu.edu
Associate Professor

642 Academic Center   |   Phone (202) 994-7446   |   Fax (202) 994-0127   |Office Hours: Mon 3:00-5:00 p.m. Wed 3:00-5:00 p.m. Tue 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Ph.D., University of California at San Diego
Area of Specialty:Development of performance-based procedures for the seismic deisgn and retrofit of civil structures; blast resistance of structures; use of fiber-reinforced polymers for the structural rehabilitation of structures.


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