About Us

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Our professional staff includes a full-time laboratory supervisor, responsible for maintenance and continual upgrades to research and teaching facilities; an academic adviser who assists students with academic plans of study and an office administrator who works closely with faculty and students.

Meet Our Faculty

Our People

  • Prabir Kolay

    Program Director

    Email: pkolay@siu.edu
    Phone Number: (618)453-7843

  • Laura Morgan

    Undergraduate Academic Advisor

    Email: lauramorgan@siu.edu
    Phone Number: (618)453-2261 

  • Jose L. Guzman

    Office Administrator

    Email: jose.guzman@siu.edu
    Phone Number: 618-453-7764

Emeritus Faculty

  • Rolando Bravo

    Associate Professor Emeritus

    Ph.D., University of Houston, 1990 - Civil Engineering.

  • Lizette Chevalier 

    Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., D-WRE, Fellow ASCE

    Michigan State University, 1994 - Civil Engineering

  • Echol E. Cook

    Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

    Oklahoma State University, 1970 - Environmental Engineering

  • Philip K. Davis

    Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

    University of Michigan, 1963 - Fluid Mechanics

  • Bruce Devantier

    Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

    University of California, Davis, 1983 - Civil Engineering

  • William Eichfeld

    Assistant Professor Emeritus, M.S.

    University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1973 - Civil Engineering

  • James L. Evers

    Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

    University of Alabama, 1969 - Fluid Mechanics

  • Roy Frank

    Assistant Professor Emeritus, M.S.

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1983 - Civil Engineering

  • J. Kent Hsiao

    Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. 

    University of Utah, 2000 - Civil Engineering

  • Aslam Kassimali

    Professor and Distinguished Teacher Emeritus, Ph.D.

    University of Missouri, 1976 - Civil Engineering

  • Sanjeev Kumar

    Professor and Distinguished Teacher Emeritus, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASCE

    University of Missouri-Rolla, 1996 - Civil Engineering

  • C. Raymond Nowacki

    Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

    University of Illinois, 1965 - Structural Engineering

  • Bill T. Ray

    Associate Professor Emeritus, P.E., Ph.D.

    University of Missouri at Rolla, 1984; - Environmental Engineering

  • Najim Rubayi

    Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

    University of Wisconsin, 1966 - Solid Mechanics

  • Sedat Sami

    Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

    Univ. of Iowa, 1966 - Fluid Mechanics

  • John Warwick

    Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., P.E.

    The Pennsylvania State University, 1983 - Surface water quality simulation

  • Shing-Chung (Max) Yen

    Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

    Virginia Tech, 1984 - Mechanics