Faculty by discipline
Geotechnical
William Houston
William (Bill) Houston
Professor Emeritus
Research Interests
Geotechnical engineering
Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.
Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.
Regents Professor and Director of 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
Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei
Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Sustainable Geotechnics, Interdisciplinary Geotechnics, Biogeotechnical Engineering
[email protected]
480-559-9253
Goldwater Science and Engineering Center, Room 116
Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, Tempe Campus
Jean Larson
Jean Larson
Associate Research Professor and Education Director, CBBG
Research Interests
Engineering education
[email protected]
480-965-7804
GWC 118
Tempe campus
Jafar Razmi
Jafar Razmi
Research 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]
480-965-2543
ISTB2
Tempe campus
Junliang (Julian) Tao
Junliang (Julian) Tao
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Bioinspired burrowing mechanisms, bioinspired geosystems, smart and sustainable geosystems, soil behavior
[email protected]
480-965-1108
GWC 126
Tempe campus
Claudia Zapata
Claudia Zapata
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Geotechnical engineering, environmental effects in pavement design
[email protected]
480-727-8514
GWC 124
Tempe campus