Faculty by discipline

Geotechnical

Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.

Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.

Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.
Regents Professor, Director of the Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics

Research Interests
Biogeotechnical engineering, ground improvement, geotechnical earthquake engineering, waste containment system design, mechanical properties of municipal solid waste

[email protected]
480-727-8566
GWC 112B
Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics
Tempe campus

Jafar Razmi

Jafar Razmi

Jafar Razmi
Research Associate Professor

Research Interests
Material behavior, fatigue and damage in engineering structures, infrastructural design and behavior under transportation, environmental, and other dynamic loads in geotechnical engineering. Additive manufacturing and its numerous applications such as in the fabrication of new materials, process optimization for AM of metals, and experimental characterization of metallic powders.

[email protected]
480-965-2277​
GWC
Tempe campus

Emmanuel Salifu

Emmanuel Salifu

Emmanuel Salifu
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Biogeotechnical engineering; geoenvironmental engineering; construction microbial biotechnology; engineered living systems and materials; fungi-mediated and fungi-inspired technologies; soil erosion mitigation; interdisciplinary nature-based engineering

[email protected]
GWC 128
Tempe Campus