Faculty

Kathleen Smits, Ph.D., P.E. Kate Smits headshot

Kathleen Smits, Ph.D., P.E.

  • Department Chair, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Solomon Professor for Global Development
  • Senior Fellow, Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity
  • Primary research areas are Energy and the Environment and Contaminant transport.

ksmits@smu.edu

John Easton, Ph.D.

John Easton, Ph.D.

  • Associate Chair, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Primary Research Areas are Engineering Education and Water Quality.

easton@lyle.smu.edu

Khaled Abdelghany, Ph.D. Khaled Abdelghany Headshot

Khaled Abdelghany, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Fellow, Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity
  • Member, Transportation Research Board Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing
  • Primary Research Areas are Multimodal transportation systems modeling, analysis and simulation and Cloud computing and real-time decision support systems.

khaled@lyle.smu.edu

Usama El Shamy, Ph.D. Dr Usama El Shamy

Usama El Shamy, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Primary Research Areas are Fluid-Soil-Structure Interaction and Geothermal Energy.

uelshamy@lyle.smu.edu

Gholamreza Moghimi, Ph.D. Dr. Moghimi

Gholamreza Moghimi, Ph.D.

  • Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Primary Research Areas are Structural Engineering and Earthquake Engineering.

rmoghimi@smu.edu

 

Nicos Makris, Ph.D.

Nicos Makris, Ph.D.

  • Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering
  • Primary Research Areas are Structural/Earthquake Engineering and Applied Mechanics/Dynamics.

nmakris@mail.smu.edu

Barbara Minsker, Ph.D, P.E.

Barbara Minsker, Ph.D, P.E.

  • Bobby B. Lyle Professor of Leadership and Global Entrepreneurship
  • Senior Fellow in the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity
  • Primary Research Areas are Urban sustainability and resilience and Infrastructure equity.

minsker@smu.edu

Janille Smith-Colin, Ph.D., P.E. Janille Smith-Colin headshot

Janille Smith-Colin, Ph.D., P.E.

  • Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Primary Research Areas are Transportation impacts on social determinants of health and Equity-based analysis of multi-modal transportation systems.

jsmithcolin@smu.edu

Brett Story, Ph.D. Brett Story headshot

Brett Story, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Primary Research Areas are Structural Monitoring and Evaluation and Railroad Engineering.

bstory@lyle.smu.edu

Halit Üster, Ph.D. Halit Uster Headshot

Halit Üster, Ph.D.

  • Professor (Courtesy Appointment)

uster@smu.edu

Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Ph.D., RIBA, LeedAP Dr. Zarazaga

Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Ph.D., RIBA, LeedAP

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Director, Sustainability + Development Program
  • Director, Initiative for Spatial Literacy (GIS@SMU)
  • Fellow, Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity
  • Primary Research Areas are Creativity and design in Engineering Education and Sustainable Rural Development.

jzarazaga@smu.edu

Andrew Quicksall, Ph.D. Andrew Quicksall

Andrew Quicksall, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

aquicksall@lyle.smu.edu

Zhong Lu, Ph.D. Headshot of Zhong Lu, a member of the Lyle School of Engineering faculty

Zhong Lu, Ph.D.

  • Professor
  • Shuler-Foscue Chair
    (Courtesy Appointment)

zhonglu@smu.edu