The University of Texas at Arlington
Office of Public Affairs
Engineering, Civil
John A. McEnery
Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-0234 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: mcenery@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: Hydrology, hydraulics, water resources, river flow, flood mitigation, flood plain management, contaminant, transport in streams, numerical and physical modeling of fluid flow, applied fluid mechanics, water distribution
Mohammad Najafi
Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-0507 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: najafi@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: Construction management, asset management and construction and renewal of infrastructures (pipeline construction, pipeline renewal), trenchless technology
Anand Puppala, P.E.
Professor
Phone: 817-272-5821 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: anand@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: Soil stabilization, Soil reinforcement, Pavement materials characterization, Instrumentation and data acquisition
Guillermo Ramirez
Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-2683 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: willy@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: yes
Specific Expertise: Structural Analysis, design of concrete structures, building and bridge design, design of advanced composite structures, nondestructive evaluation, health monitoring of structures, field testing of large structures, engineering mechanics, finite element analysis, repair and retrofit of structures and solid modeling of structures
James C. Williams, P.E.
Professor
Phone: 817-272-2894 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: jimwilliams@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: Traffic flow theory, traffic engineering, operation of traffic signal systems, highway and street capacity analysis, freeway operations analysis, and transportation systems analysis.
Nur Yazdani
Chairman and Professor of Civil Engineering Department
Phone: 817-272-5055 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: yazdani@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: structural engineering, concrete/timber bridge design, evaluation and rehabilitation; infrastructure disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery; concrete properties, coastal infrastructure and building codes; and engineering education