You can jump directly to a particular research area and/or speciality at one using following 'Quick jJump'       Research projects conducted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Corps of Engineers (USACE); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Air Force (USAF); state, regional and local agencies; and private industries. Current faculty research projects and interests span a wide range of technical areas as described below; Coastal Engineering documented evidence of the impact of seawalls on adjacent beaches economic alternatives to increase the fill life of renourished beaches current effects on wave transformation in shallow water computer-aided design of coastal structures physics of breaking water waves on beaches coastal waves and current numerical modeling systems Environmental engineering particle removal and ozone in water treatment coagulation and organics removal environmental monitoring transport and fate of contaminants in lakes and reservoirs chemical equilibrium modeling water quality modeling dewatering of water treatment residuals water and wastewater process evaluation studies organic matter and disinfection by-product precursor characterization toxicity characterization of wastewater effluent and residuals disposal water quality assessment/management watershed-scale distributed parameter modeling of nonpoint source pollution particle and contaminant transport/fate modeling dewatering of dredged materials air pollution control hazardous waste management freeze drying of sludge surface and groundwater modeling water quality modeling and simulation GIS-based uni-directional flushing modeling DNAPL site characterization and remediation of superfund site GIS-based spatial/temporal environmental modeling & simulation GIS-based uni-directional flushing modeling engineering geographic information systems(GIS) application development Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering granular mechanics soil dynamics soil liquefaction during earthquakes soil-structure interaction Structural Engineering base isolation and energy absorptions for bridges fatigue fracture fiber reinforced concrete finite element analysis nonlinear optimization parallel computing techniques in nonlinear structural mechanics parallel-vector algorithms for computational structural mechanics passive damping of space structures polymer-fiber composite materials stability and behavior of steel structures structural optimization sub-base stabilization with solid waste fly ash Water Resources Engineering channelized overland flow computational hydraulics engineering geographic information systems(GIS) application development flood frequency analysis and flood routing GIS in large-scale modeling and simulation GIS in water resources engineering GIS-based spatial/temporal environmental modeling & simulation stochastic/statistical hydrology stormwater runoff from marine drydocks surface and groundwater modeling transport and fate of contaminants in lakes and reservoirs urban storm-drainage systems urban stormwater management water quality modeling       Coastal Engineering Coastal hydrodynamics Coastal processes; coastal structures Computational hydraulics and turbulence, CFD Dredging engineering Estuary hydrodynamics Water wave dynamics Environmental Engineering Air pollution control     | Air quality modeling     | Aquatic chemistry Biological Wastewater Treatment BMP assessment and optimization     | Constructed wetlands     | Desalination and Ion exchange     | Environmental and Chemical engineering Environmental Microbiology Fate and transport of contaminants in aquatic systems     | Geographic Information System (GIS) GIS-based environmental simulation GIS-based spatiotemporal simulation Hazardous waste management Lake water quality     | Large-scale Distributed parameter modeling Mathematical modeling     | | Metal Toxicity and Speciation     | Nonpoint source pollution assessment Nonpoint source pollution modeling Nutrient removal     | | Physicochemical treatment processes Pollution prevention Polymer-fiber composite materials Sanitary engineering Sediment-water interactions     | Solid and Hazardous waste treatment Solid waste disposal Statistical analysis; Stochastic process Statistical experiment design Subsurface water quality     | Surface water quality     | Toxicity reduction evaluations Wastewater collection Wastewater treatment Water distribution Water quality modeling     | Water treatment     | | Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering Granular mechanics Soil dynamics Soil liquefaction during earthquakes Soil-structure interaction Structural Engineering base isolation and energy absorptions for bridges     | fatigue fracture     | fiber reinforced concrete     | finite element analysis     | nonlinear optimization     | parallel computing techniques in nonlinear structural mechanics parallel-vector algorithms for computational structural mechanics     | passive damping of space structures     | polymer-fiber composite materials stability and behavior of steel structures     | structural optimization     | sub-base stabilization with solid waste fly ash     | Water Resources Engineering channelized overland flow     | | computational hydraulics     | | engineering geographic information systems(GIS) application development flood frequency analysis and flood routing     | GIS in large-scale modeling and simulation GIS in water resources engineering GIS-based spatial/temporal environmental modeling & simulation stochastic/statistical hydrology stormwater runoff from marine drydocks     | surface and groundwater modeling     | transport and fate of contaminants in lakes and reservoirs     | urban storm-drainage systems     | urban stormwater management     | water quality modeling For additional information, please contact Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Kaufman Hall 135, Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0241 Phone) (757) 683-3753 FAX) (757) 683-5354