Faculty

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A-E

Eric J. Alm

Karl Van Tassel (1925) Career Development Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biological Engineering
Associate Member, Broad Institute

Research Interests: computational and systems biology

Saurabh Amin

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: network control, resilient infrastructures

Cynthia Barnhart

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Engineering
Ford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems Division

Research Interests: operations research, airlines

Moshe E. Ben-Akiva

Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interests: transportation demand

Rafael L. Bras

Professor Emeritus
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Georgia Tech

Research Interests: hydrology and hydroclimatology

Markus J. Buehler

Associate Professor
Group Leader, Mechanics and Materials in CEE
Director, MIT-Germany Program
Co-Director, MIT Computation for Design and Optimization Program

Research Interests: materials, molecular dynamics, protein-based material

Oral Buyukozturk

Professor

Research Interests: structural engineering and mechanics, materials, structural integrity assessment

Sallie W. (Penny) Chisholm

Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies
Professor of Biology

Research Interests: biological oceanography

Jerome J. Connor

Professor

Research Interests: structural engineering, sustainable engineering design

Richard de Neufville

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Engineering Systems

Research Interests: technology policy

Edward F. DeLong

Morton and Claire Goulder Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Biological Engineering
Member, National Academy of Sciences

Research Interests: microbiology and environmental genomics

Peter Eagleson

Professor Emeritus

Research Interests: hydrology and hydroclimatology

Herbert H. Einstein

Professor

Research Interests: rock mechanics

Elfatih A.B. Eltahir

Professor

Research Interests: hydrology and hydroclimatology

Dara Entekhabi

Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Research Interests: hydrology, hydroclimatology and remote sensing

F-K

Lynn Gelhar

Professor Emeritus

Research Interests: hydrology

Marta C. González

Gilbert Winslow Career Development Assistant Professor

Research Interests: human dynamics, complex networks, systems of mobile agents, multiphase flow

Philip M. Gschwend

Ford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interests: environmental organic chemistry

Charles F. Harvey

Professor
Currently faculty in residence Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology

Research Interests: hydrogeology, geochemical processes

Colette L. Heald

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: atmospheric composition and chemistry

Harry F. Hemond

William E. Leonhard Professor

Research Interests: environmental chemistry and wetland geochemistry

Patrick Jaillet

Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Co-Director, Operations Research Center

Research Interests: operations research, online and stochastic optimization

Hamlin M. Jennings

Executive Director, Concrete Sustainability Hub
Adjunct Professor

Research Interests: chemistry of cement

Ruben Juanes

ARCO Associate Professor in Energy Studies

Research Interests: multiphase flow in porous media, energy resources, CO2 sequestration

Eduardo Kausel

Professor

Research Interests: structural dynamics

Jesse H. Kroll

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests: environmental chemistry

L-O

Charles Ladd

Professor Emeritus

Research Interests: geotechnical engineering

Robert Logcher

Professor Emeritus

Research Interests: information systems for construction

Ole S. Madsen

Donald and Martha Harleman Professor

Research Interests: fluid mechanics, coastal engineering

David H. Marks

Goulder Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Emeritus

Research Interests: sustainable development

Dennis B. McLaughlin

H.M. King Bhumibol Professor of Water Resource Management

Research Interests: hydrology, data assimilation

Chiang C. Mei

Ford Professor of Engineering, Emeritus

Research Interests: fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics

Fred Moavenzadeh

James Mason Crafts Professor of Systems Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering (on leave)
President, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology

Research Interests: construction management

Heidi Nepf

Professor
Margaret MacVicar Fellow

Research Interests: environmental fluid mechanics

John A. Ochsendorf

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture

Research Interests: structural engineering, sustainable development

Amedeo R. Odoni

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, emeritus
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, emeritus

Research Interests: operations research, airlines

Carolina Osorio

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: operations research applied to urban transportation, health care and biology

P-T

Martin F. Polz

Professor

Research Interests: environmental microbiology

Pedro Miguel Reis

Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests: mechanics and materials: elasticity of thin objects, deformation, fracture, granular media

Daniel Roos

Japan Steel Industry Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Emeritus
Director, MIT Portugal Program

Research Interests: technology and policy, transportation systems

Yossi Sheffi

Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems
Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics

Research Interests: logistics

David Simchi-Levi

Professor
Co-Director, Leaders for Global Operations

Research Interests: operations research, supply chain

Roman Stocker

Associate Professor

Research Interests: microfluidics, microbial ecology, fluid mechanics

Joseph M. Sussman

JR East Professor
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems
Interim Director, Engineering Systems Division

Research Interests: transportation systems

Janelle R. Thompson

Doherty Assistant Professor in Ocean Utilization

Research Interests: environmental microbiology

U-Z

Franz-Josef Ulm

George Macomber Professor

Research Interests: materials, durability mechanics

Daniele Veneziano

Professsor

Research Interests: stochastic modeling

Robert V. Whitman

Professor Emeritus

Research Interests: soil mechanics

Andrew J. Whittle

Department Head
Edmund K. Turner Professor

Research Interests: geotechnical engineering

John R. Williams

Professor

Research Interests: computational methods, IT

Nigel H.M. Wilson

Professor

Research Interests: urban transportation systems