Civil & Environmental Engineering

Academic Programs and Researchin Civil and Environmental Engineering

Neeraj Buch

Professor and Interim Chairperson

Degree Programs & Personnel

• BS in Civil Engineering• BS in Environmental Engineering• MS/PhD in Civil Engineering and Environmental

Engineering• Enrollment Numbers

– BS: 365; MS: 45; PhD: 42• 23 faculty• 23 academic specialists and staff• Annual research expenditure: $5.21 million

Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials

Rigoberto Burgueño burgueno@egr.msu.edu

Jung-Wuk Hong jwh@egr.msu.edu

Venkatesh Kodur kodur@egr.msu.edu

Nizar Lajnef lajnefni@egr.msu.edu

Parviz Soroushian soroushi@egr.msu.edu

• Sensing for civil infrastructure• Innovative structural systems• Large-scale structural testing• Innovative rehabilitation methods• Design against multi-hazards (fire,

blast, earthquakes)• Non-destructive evaluation

Pavement and Geotechnical Engineering

Deflection of the slab under load & Deflection of the slab under load & Temperature GradientTemperature Gradient

Gilbert Baladi baladi@egr.msu.edu

Neeraj Buch buch@egr.msu.edu

Karim Chatti chatti@egr.msu.edu

Milind Khire khire@egr.msu.edu

M. Emin Kutay kutay@egr.msu.edu

• Pavement response and performance

• Non-destructive evaluation of pavement systems

• Innovative pavement rehabilitation methods

• 3D image-based numerical models• Dynamics of truck-pavement

interaction• Geosynthetics and landfills

Virtual compaction of asphalt mixture

Modeling water flow in soil cracks

Construction Materials

Rigoberto Burgueño burgueno@egr.msu.edu

Neeraj Buch buch@egr.msu.edu

Gilbert Baladi baladi@egr.msu.edu

Karim Chatti chatti@egr.msu.edu

M. Emin Kutay kutay@egr.msu.edu

Parviz Soroushian soroushi@egr.msu.edu

• Characterization and modeling• Enhancement of cement and

asphalt based materials• Re-use of recycled materials• Bio-based and polymer

composites

Lane 2PG 70-22

Lane 3Air-blown

Lane 4SBS-LG

a) b) c)

Lane 2PG 70-22

Lane 3Air-blown

Lane 4SBS-LG

a) b) c)

Predict cracking

Transportation Engineering

Richard Lyles lyles@egr.msu.edu

Tom Maleck maleck@egr.msu.edu

• Traffic operations and safety

• Control of congested systems

Remediation & Contaminant Transport

• Remediation of Contaminated Sites– Chemical and biological remediation– Physical remediation

• Contaminant Transport– Environmental hydrology– Contaminant fate and transport

modeling– Health of Great Lakes/surface

waters

Groundwater Modeling

Tom Voice voice@egr.msu.edu

Syed Hashsham hashsham@egr.msu.edu

Susan Masten masten@egr.msu.edu

Alison Cupples cupples@egr.msu.edu

Phanikumar Mantha phani@msu.edu

Shu-Guang Li lishug@egr.msu.edu

E. coli in Lake Michigan Beaches

Water Treatment & Solid Waste Management

• Water Treatment– New membranes and

nanofiltration– Disinfection by-product reduction– Pathogen control

• Solid Waste Management– New Technologies for Leachate

Management– Innovative Use of Geosynthetics

in landfills– Sustainable Earthen Caps for

Landfills– Field-Scale Testing

Landfill Final Cap Lysimeters(Detroit, MI)

Drinking Water Treatment

Susan Masten masten@egr.msu.edu

Volodymyr Tarabara tarabara@egr.msu.edu

Irene Xagoraraki xagorara@egr.msu.edu

Milind V. Khire khire@egr.msu.edu

Recycled Tires Blanket for Leachate Management(Jackson, MI)

Research Centers

• EPA/DHS Cooperative Center of Excellence for Research on Microbial Risk Assessment

• NOAA Center of Excellence for the Great Lakes and Human Health

• National Center for Pavement Preservation• MDOT Bridges and Structures Research

Center• MDOT Pavement Research Center