Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor Rani Elhajjar chairs the civil and environmental engineering department whose mission is “to educate students to become civil engineering professionals who plan, design, build, and manage the infrastructure systems needed for a modern urban society and the environment.”
The teaching interests of the full-time faculty span most technical aspects of the civil and environmental engineering professions:
- Construction materials & green design
- Engineering mechanics, mechanics of materials & structures
- Environmental engineering & sustainability
- Geotechnical engineering, foundation design, pavement materials
- Mechanics of materials
- Transportation & traffic engineering
- Structural analysis & design, earthquake engineering
- Water resources, hydrology and hydraulics, environmental fluid mechanics
Industry Advisory Board Members
Civil Engineering Industry Advisory Board
| Adetoye Adeniyi | Retired Civil Engineer Supervisor at WisDOT | |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton Cloutier, IAC Chair | Associate, CSD Structural Engineers |  |
| John Corbin | Transportation Automation Program Manager, US Federal government |  |
| Terry Giles | Owner, Giles Engineering Associates, Inc. | |
| Roberto Gutierriez | South East Region Director, Wisconsin Department of Transportation |  |
| Kevin Muhs | City Engineer, City of Milwaukee |  |
| Nick Passint | President - Mixer Systems, Inc. |  |
| Laura Powers | Senior Materials Scientist, Petrographer, YA |  |
| Steve Rech | Steve Rech, PE, SE, GRAEF |  |
| Mathew Tharaniyil | President, Bloom Companies, LLC |  |
| Steven Wurster | Chief Operating Officer, Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. |  |
| Julie Zimdars | Senior Managing Engineer, Ramboll |  |
UWM Faculty/Staff Support
- Rani El Hajjar, Professor and Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science
- Xiao Qin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UWM Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation
- Habib Tabatabai, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Programs
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Faculty
- Assistant Professor of Engineering Education, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- blackows@uwm.edu
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 1107
- Scientist II, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Lab Manager, Bicycle and Motorcycle Engineering Research Laboratory, EMS W301
- adressel@uwm.edu
- 414-229-5357
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E261
- Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- elhajjar@uwm.edu
- 414-229-3647
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 910A
- Associate Dean for Research, Engineering & Applied Science Office of the Dean
- andrewjg@uwm.edu
- 414-229-7389
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 580
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- helwany@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4131
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences W236AA
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- li@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6891
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences E321
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- liao@uwm.edu
- 414-229-4228
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences E363
- Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Professorship
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Director, Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT)
- Founder and Director, Safe and Smart Traffic Lab
- qinx@uwm.edu
- 414-251-8866
- Northwest Quadrant 4414B
- Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- adeeb@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2860
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 315
- Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Founder and Director, Automated, Connected & Electric Mobility Systems Lab
- tomshi@uwm.edu
- Northwest Quadrant 4420
- Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Faculty Fellowship
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- sobolev@uwm.edu
- 414-229-3198
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 1255
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Director, Structural Engineering Lab
- ht@uwm.edu
- 414-229-5166
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E332
- Lawrence E. Sivak Faculty Fellowship
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- hanititi@uwm.edu
- 414-229-6893
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 1139
- Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Professorship
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- wang292@uwm.edu
- 414-251-6446
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences E371G
- Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- jzhao@uwm.edu
- 414-229-2330
- Engineering & Mathematical Sciences W330A