Faculty by discipline

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

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