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Civil and Environmental Engineering

Faculty Mentors

Nicholas Brake, Ph.D.

Department: Civil Engineering 

Email: nicholas.brake@lamar.edu 

Research interest:

  • Structural design
  • Pavement
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Fatigue damage assessment
  • Neutral network modeling
  • Experimental mechanics
  • Micro properties of composite materials

Appropriate majors:

  • Civil Engineering  

Mien Jao, Ph.D.

Department: Civil Engineering 

Email: mien.jao@lamar.edu

Research interests:

  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Foundation design
  • Soil evaluation and stabilization
  • Foundation/pile/wall system evaluation
  • Numerical modelling in geotechnical engineering

Appropriate majors:

  • Civil and environmental engineering

Jerry Lin, Ph.D., P.E.

Department: Civil Engineering

Email: Jerry.lin@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Environmental engineering
  • Air pollution
  • Waste water treatment
  • Fate and transport of atmospheric mercury

Appropriate majors: 

  • Civil Engineering  

Qin Qian, Ph.D.

Department: Civil Engineering

Email: qin.qian@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Water resources engineering
  • Hydraulics
  • Hydrology 

Appropriate majors:

  • Civil Engineering

Thinesh Selvaratnam, Ph.D.

Department: Civil Engineering

Email: tsalvaratnam@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Energy positive domestic wastewater treatment
  • Bio-remediation of various industrial wastewaters

Appropriate majors: 

  • Civil and environmental engineering  

Xing Wu, Ph.D.

Department: Civil Engineering

Email: Xing.wu@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Transportation
  • Construction management

Appropriate majors:

  • Civil Engineering