Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

• James C. Anderson, Professor; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1969
  Computer-aided design of structures, earthquake resistant design, nonlinear dynamic response analysis and testing of large scale structural components.
  KAP 234B — (213) 740-8660 — jamesa@usc.edu  
   
• Burcin Becerik-Gerber, Assistant Professor; Doctor of Design, Harvard University, 2006
  Advance use of innovative information technologies in construction engineering and management, building information management, collaboration, managing sustainable construction projects, managing computer aided fabrication and construction.
  KAP 224C — (213) 740-4383— becerik@usc.edu 
   
• Roger Ghanem - Gordon S. Marshall Professor of Engineering Technology; Ph.D., Rice University, 1989
  Probabilistic modeling and computational stochastic mechanics, quantitative models for the propagation of uncertainty in physical systems and structural dynamics.
  KAP 254C — (213) 740-9528 — ghanem@usc.edu
   
• Ronald C. Henry, Professor; Ph.D., Oregon Graduate Center, 1977
  Environmental engineering with a focus on air pollution.
  KAP 224E — (213) 740-0596 — rhenry@usc.edu
   
• Erik A. Johnson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
  Structural control, structural dynamics, system identification, and computational stochastic dynamics, semi-active damping strategies for structural systems, evolutionary algorithms for efficient simulation of stochastic dynamical systems.
  KAP 206B — (213) 740-0610 — JohnsonE@usc.edu 
   
• Jiin-Jen Lee, Professor; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1970. Director, USC Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research.
  Hydraulics, water resources engineering and coastal engineering.
  KAP 200 — (213) 740-7865 — jjlee@usc.edu
   
• Vincent W. Lee, Professor; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1979
  Seismic data processing, risk analysis, wave propagation and numerical methods.
  KAP 230B — (213) 740-0568 — vlee@usc.edu

• Patrick Lynett
  Associate Professor; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002
  Numerical and physical modeling of coastal processes; wind wave evolution from deep to shallow water; sediment transport in the coastal zone; wave interaction with permeable structures such as breakwaters; internal waves; wave energy.
  KAP 224D - (213) 740-3133 fax - (213) 744-1426 - plynett@usc.edu
   
• Sami F. Masri, Professor; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1965
  Analysis, control, and modeling of nonlinear dynamic systems.
  KAP 206A — (213) 740-0602 — masri@usc.edu
   
• Najmedin Meshkati, Professor; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1983
  Risk reduction of civil infrastructure systems; safety, reliability, and efficiency of complex, large-scale technological systems; environmentally sustainable development.
  KAP 238 — (213) 740-8765 — meshkati@usc.edu 
    
• Massoud Pirbazari, Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1980
  Treatment and removal of hazardous chemicals, mathematical modeling of biophysicochemical processes in water and wastewater treatment, and the development of biotechnology for pollution remediation.
  KAP 260 — (213) 740-0592 — pirbazar@usc.edu
   
• Amy Rechenmacher, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2000
  Granular material failure and flow, experimental imaging, strain localization/ shear banding, granular physics.
  KAP 230C — (213) 740-3615 — arechenm@usc.edu
   
• Constantinos Sioutas — Fred Champion Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering;  Doctor of Science, Harvard, 1994
  Technologies for measuring physicochemical characteristics of air pollutants, toxic properties, and novel technologies for reducing the emissions of air pollutants.
  KAP 216C — (213) 740-6134 — sioutas@usc.edu

• Lucio Soibelman
  Professor and Chair; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998.
  Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Image Reasoning, Text Mining, Machine Learning, Multi-reasoning Mechanisms, sensors, sensor networks, and advanced infrastructure systems
  KAP 210 — (213) 740-0603 — soibelman@usc.edu
   
• Costas Synolakis, Professor; California Institute of Technology, 1985
  Prediction of tsunami inundation and other co-seismic hazards, breaking waves, wave runup, hydrodynamic pressures on dams and two-phase flow.
  KAP 206C — (213) 740-0613 —  costas@usc.edu
   
• Mihailo D. Trifunac, Professor; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1969
  Strong motion seismology, earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, wave propagation, random vibrations and instrumentation and measurement.
  KAP 216A — (213) 740-0570 — trifunac@usc.edu 
   
• L. Carter Wellford, Professor; Ph.D., University of Alabama, Huntsville, 1975
  Numerical methods in engineering, finite element methods for linear and nonlinear structural analysis.
  KAP 234C — (213) 740-0607 — wellford@usc.edu
   
• Hung Leung Wong, Professor; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1975
  Numerical methods in engineering, wave propagation in solids and soil-structure interaction.
  KAP 216B — (213) 740-0574 — hlwong@usc.edu  

Professors of Engineering Practice

• Gregg Brandow
  Professor of Engineering Practice; Ph.D., Stanford. Dr. Brandow is a specialist in both earthquake engineering and computer analysis and application of numerical methods to solutions of complex structural problems.
  KAP 210 — (213) 740-1040 — brandow@usc.edu 

• Henry M. Koffman, Professor of Engineering Practice; M.S.C.E., Stanford University, 1962
  Director, Construction Engineering and Management Program
  KAP 222 — 213) 740-0556 — koffman@usc.edu

Emeritus Professors

• George V. Chilingar, Professor; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1956
  Environmental aspects of oil and gas production, petrophysical properties of rocks, drilling fluids, surface and subsurface operations in petroleum production, subsidence due to the fluid withdrawal, testing and storage of petroleum products. 
  — gchiling@usc.edu
   
• Joseph S. Devinny, Professor; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1975
  Environmental impact of human activity on natural ecosystems, the problems of hazardous wastes, and biofiltration.
  KAP 254A — (213) 740-0670 — devinny@usc.edu
   
• Geoffrey R. Martin, Professor; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1965
  Geotechnical aspects of earthquake engineering, soil behavior under cyclic loading, liquefaction, response of earth structures and seismic design of foundations.   — geomar@usc.edu