Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
![Roberto Ballarini](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/page/ballarini.jpg?itok=Aov1WjbS)
Roberto Ballarini, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.ASME, Dist.M.ASCE
Thomas and Laura Hsu Professor and Department Chair
Office Location N127 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-6466
Email rballari [at] central.uh.edu
![Abdeldjelil "DJ" Belarbi, Ph.D., P.E.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/belarbi_abdeldjelil.jpg?itok=Q1ABU8FL)
Abdeldjelil Belarbi, Ph.D., P.E. (TX, MO), F.ACI, F.SEI, F.ASCE, F.IIFC
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor
Office Location N108 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-1609
Email belarbi [at] uh.edu
![Behrooz Ferdowsi](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/ferdowsi_0.jpg?itok=lSPaTp1V)
Behrooz Ferdowsi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location N115 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-4293
Email bferdowsi [at] uh.edu
![Craig Glennie](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/glennie.jpg?itok=RFJ-8POB)
Craig Glennie, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Cullen College of Engineering Professor PI and Director, National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
Director of Engineering Defense Research Initiatives
Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059
Phone 832-842-8861
Email clglennie [at] uh.edu
![Reagan Herman](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/herman.jpg?itok=_4P1cD1T)
Reagan Herman, Ph.D., P.E.
Instructional Professor Director, Civil Engineering Undergraduate Program
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-1498
Email rherman [at] uh.edu
![Vedhus Hoskere](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/hoskere.jpg?itok=vBHq679y)
Vedhus Hoskere, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location N136 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-9846
Email vhoskere [at] central.uh.edu
![Dimitrios Kalliontzis](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/kalliontzis_0.jpg?itok=SppxwPHJ)
Dimitrios Kalliontzis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location N113 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-9838
Email dkallion [at] central.uh.edu
![Konrad Krakowiak](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/krakowiak.jpg?itok=3HaXszD3)
Konrad Krakowiak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location N132 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-8669
Email kjkrak [at] uh.edu
![Hyongki Lee, Ph.D.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/lee.jpg?itok=IscWf0-_)
Hyongki Lee, Ph.D.
Cullen College of Engineering Professor Director, Geosensing Systems Engineering Graduate Program
Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059
Phone 713-743-4685
Email hlee45 [at] central.uh.edu
![Hong-Yi Li, Ph.D.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/li_0.jpg?itok=Uj7Wav6f)
Hong-Yi Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office Location N118 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-9871
Email hli57 [at] uh.edu
![Stacey Louie](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/louie.jpg?itok=id-Ey4S-)
Stacey Louie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office Location N123 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-8646
Email slouie [at] uh.edu
![Pietro Milillo](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/milillo_pietro.jpg?itok=GBSerdjA)
Pietro Milillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059
Phone 713-743-7792
Email pmilillo [at] central.uh.edu
![Yi-Lung Mo, Ph.D., P.E.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/mo.jpg?itok=n2acwUap)
Yi-Lung Mo, Ph.D., P.E.
Moores Professor
Office Location N112 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4274
Email yilungmo [at] central.uh.edu
![Mostafa Momen, Ph.D](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/momen.jpg?itok=Ha7BRu_u)
Mostafa Momen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location N134 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-1346
Email mmomen [at] central.uh.edu
![Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala, Ph.D.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/nakshatrala_kalyana.jpg?itok=W-FruKIm)
Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Office Location N124 Engineering Bldg 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4418
Email knakshatrala [at] uh.edu
![Tejasree Phatak](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/phatak.jpg?itok=UqSnTCy-)
Tejasree Phatak, Ph.D., P.E.
Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1
Email tmphatak [at] uh.edu
![Rahimi](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/rahimi.jpg?itok=Zh0Jh5Vk)
Mim Rahimi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location N117 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-7697
Email mrahimi [at] uh.edu
![Hanadi S. Rifai, Ph.D., P.E.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/rifai.jpg?itok=yAqn_LC0)
Hanadi S. Rifai, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASCE
Moores Professor Director, Hurricane Resilience Research Institute
Office Location N138 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4271
Email rifai [at] uh.edu
![Bill Rixey](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/rixey_0.jpg?itok=wpUyg8dQ)
Bill Rixey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office Location N122 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4279
Email wrixey [at] uh.edu
![Debora Rodrigues, Ph.D.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/rodrigues.jpg?itok=hNUJ8bh7)
Debora Rodrigues, Ph.D.
Ezekiel Cullen ProfessorDirector, Environmental Engineering Graduate Program
Office Location N110 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4033
Phone 713-743-1495
Email dfrigirodrigues [at] uh.edu
![Mahdi Safa](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/safa.jpg?itok=lc0zb0r_)
Mahdi Safa, Ph.D, MBA
Instructional Assistant Professor
Office Location Katy Academic Building, 22400 Grand Circle Blvd., Suite 307, Katy, Texas 77449
Phone 713-743-6940
Email msafa [at] central.uh.edu
![Krishna Rishi Saladi](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/saladi.jpg?itok=IdF74tb4)
Krishna Rishi Saladi, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1
Email kvsaladi [at] uh.edu
![Devin L. Shaffer](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/shaffer_devin.jpg?itok=Hhme-YaZ)
Devin L. Shaffer, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
Office Location N135 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-7612
Email dshaffer [at] uh.edu
![Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/tedesco.jpg?itok=1M_YX25k)
Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASCE
Professor
Office Location 4302 University Dr., Ezekiel W. Cullen RM 202, Houston, TX 77204-2019
Phone 713-743-4207
Email jtedesco [at] uh.edu
![Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan, Ph.D., P.E.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/vipu.jpg?itok=5A0YvD3h)
Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Office Location N133 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4278
Email cvipulanandan [at] uh.edu
![Keh-Han Wang, Ph.D.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/wang.jpg?itok=b2u96MG_)
Keh-Han Wang, Ph.D.
Professor Director, Graduate Program
Office Location N120 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4277
Email KHWang [at] uh.edu
![Yuntian Wu](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/wu.jpg?itok=Oqs1Iemq)
Yuntian "YT" Wu, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Lecturer
Office Location Katy Academic Building, 22400 Grand Circle Blvd., Suite 307, Katy, Texas 77449
Email ywu77 [at] uh.edu
![Surui Xie](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/xie.jpg?itok=nBTiktdE)
Surui Xie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Ste 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059
Email sxie9 [at] central.uh.edu
![Siavash Zamiran](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/zamiran-siavash.jpg?itok=HbWV6lGq)
Siavash "Ash" Zamiran, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Lecturer
Office Location Katy Academic Building, 22400 Grand Circle Blvd., Suite 307, Katy, Texas 77449
Email szamiran [at] uh.edu
![Ruda Zhang](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/zhang.jpg?itok=qBpWrx_5)
Ruda Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Location N119 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-0681
Email rudaz [at] uh.edu
Adjunct Faculty
![UH](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/default_images/UH_logo_p_white.png?itok=_gPQGalQ)
Isaac Joskowicz, Ph.D., P.E., P.T.O.E.
Senior Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4250
Email ijoskowicz [at] uh.edu
![Ali Keyvani](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/keyvani.jpg?itok=wLlt0xXN)
Ali Keyvani, Ph.D., P.E.
Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4250
Email akeyvanighamsari2 [at] uh.edu
![UH](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/default_images/UH_logo_p_white.png?itok=_gPQGalQ)
Mohamad Mansour, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4250
Email mymansour [at] uh.edu
![Bulent Mercan](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/mercan_0.jpg?itok=gTOH0I1u)
Bulent Mercan, Ph.D, P.E.
Senior Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4250
Email bmercan [at] uh.edu
![UH](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/default_images/UH_logo_p_white.png?itok=_gPQGalQ)
Debra B. Norris, P.C., J.D.
Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4250
Email dbnorris [at] uh.edu
![UH](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/default_images/UH_logo_p_white.png?itok=_gPQGalQ)
Megan Siercks, M.S., P.E.
Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4250
Email mechrostowski [at] uh.edu
![Wong](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/wong.jpg?itok=X0RHY58O)
Daniel O. Wong, Ph.D, P.E.
Senior Lecturer
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone 713-743-4250
Email ocwong [at] uh.edu
Research Faculty
![Fanghui Deng](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/deng.jpg?itok=vFvlzXjw)
Fanghui Deng, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059
Email fdeng4 [at] uh.edu
![Juan Carlos Fernandez Diaz](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/diaz_juan_carlos_fernandez.jpg?itok=lrzdOGjk)
Juan Carlos Fernandez Diaz, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059
Phone 832-842-8884
Email jfernandez11 [at] uh.edu
![Nima Ekhtari](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/ekhtari.jpg?itok=YXv5cN2T)
Nima Ekhtari, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059
Email nekhtari [at] uh.edu
Affiliated Faculty
![Venkatesh Balan](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/balan.jpg?itok=yVDq-zE-)
Venkatesh Balan
Phone 713-743-6640
Email vbalan [at] uh.edu
![Saurabh Prasad](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/prasad.jpg?itok=6OxR5vfU)
Saurabh Prasad
Phone 713-743-4743
Email sprasad2 [at] uh.edu
![Ahmed Senouci](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/senouci.jpg?itok=dZoasNby)
Ahmed Senouci
Phone 713-743-6131
Email asenouci [at] uh.edu
![Gangbing Song](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/song.jpg?itok=aBNCtuRU)
Gangbing Song
Phone 713-743-4525
Email gsong [at] uh.edu
![Guoquan Wang](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/wang_guoquan.jpg?itok=Y1zzNu1x)
Guoquan Wang
Phone 713-893-1281
Email gwang [at] uh.edu
Emeritus Faculty
![Dennis Clifford, Ph.D., P.E. (Emeritus)](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/clifford.jpg?itok=aHWKhewB)
Dennis Clifford, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor Emeritus
Office Location 5815 Cheena Drive, Houston, TX, 77096-5901
Phone 832-723-1593
Email daclifford [at] uh.edu
![Kye J. Han](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/han.jpg?itok=WufslAx1)
Kye Han, Sc.D.
Professor Emeritus
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Email han [at] uh.edu
![Thomas Hsu](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/hsu.jpg?itok=EfGJO0Bp)
Thomas Hsu, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Email thsu [at] uh.edu
![Jerry R. Rogers, Ph.D., P.E.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/rogers.jpg?itok=1kO6q0bU)
Jerry R. Rogers, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor Emeritus
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Email jrogers [at] uh.edu
![Ramesh L. Shrestha](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/shrestha_ramesh.jpg?itok=YKK_00_f)
Ramesh L. Shrestha, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm. 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059
Email rlshrestha [at] uh.edu
![James M. Symons](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/symons_james.jpg?itok=CcQPmMvH)
James M. Symons, Sc.D., P.E., DEE
Professor Emeritus
Office Location 8400 Vamo Road, #1164, Sarasota, FL 34231-7830
Phone 941-966-8532
Email dr.water [at] alum.mit.edu
![Kaspar J Willam, Ph.D.](/sites/cive/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/willam.jpg?itok=fhmONb_v)
Kaspar J. Willam, Ph.D. †
Professor Emeritus
Office Location N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
Email kwillam [at] uh.edu