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Department Chair

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Yeo Howe Lim
Ph.D. Civil Engineering
Professor, Graduate Program Director (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Department Chair
Specialty: water resources engineering, hydrologic modeling, open channel hydraulics, hydraulic structures, sediment and water quality studies, flood modeling and frequency analysis, Unmanned Surface Vehicle-based aquatic investigations.
  • yeo.lim@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3998
  • Upson II Room 260D
    243 Centennial Drive Stop 8115
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115

Faculty

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Sattar Dorafshan
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specialty: Structural engineering; Noncontact sensing; Additive construction; Infrastructure preservation; Artificial Intelligence; Nondestructive evaluation and testing
  • sattar.dorafshan@UND.edu
  • 701.777.0585
  • Upson Hall I Room 218
    243 Centennial Drive Stop 8115
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115
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Mahmut Selim Ersan
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Environmental Engineering
  • mahmut.ersan@UND.edu
  • 701.777.5150
  • Upson II Room 260P
    243 Centennial Drive Stop 8115
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115
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Sherif Gaweesh
Ph.D., P.E., RSP
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Crash Modeling, AI Applications in Transportation, Connected and Autonomous Vehicle, Traffic Safety, Surrogate Safety Measures, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Driving Simulations, and Driving Simulator Studies.
  • sherif.gaweesh@UND.edu
  • 701.777.5058
  • Upson II Room 260B
    243 Centennial Drive Stop 8115
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115
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Iraj H.P. Mamaghani
D. Eng., M. Eng., P. Eng., M. ASCE
Professor
Specialty: Structural Mechanics/ Structural Engineering
  • iraj.mamaghani@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3563
  • Upson II Room 260E
    243 Centennial Drive Stop 8115
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115
Headshot of Yeo Howe Lim
Yeo Howe Lim
Ph.D. Civil Engineering
Professor, Graduate Program Director (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Department Chair
Specialty: water resources engineering, hydrologic modeling, open channel hydraulics, hydraulic structures, sediment and water quality studies, flood modeling and frequency analysis, Unmanned Surface Vehicle-based aquatic investigations.
  • yeo.lim@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3998
  • Upson II Room 260D
    243 Centennial Drive Stop 8115
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115
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Virginia Regorrah
Part-time Instructional
  • virginia.regorrah@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3562
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Nabil Suleiman
Associate Professor
Specialty: Pavements, Transportation, Geotechnical
  • nabil.suleiman@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3997
  • Upson II Room 260C
    243 Centennial Drive Stop 8115
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115
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Brian Weiss
PE, BSCE, MSCE
Instructor
  • brian.weiss@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6075
  • Upson II
    243 Centennial Drive Stop 8115
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115

Emeritus Professors

Jerath Sukhvarsh
Chair from 2016-2018
    Harvey Gullicks
    Chair from 2010-2016
      Charles Moretti
      Chair from 1999-2010
        Ron Apanian
        Chair from 1973-1999
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          243 Centennial Dr Stop 8115
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-8115
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          243 Centennial Dr Stop 8155
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-8155

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