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SIU Civil Engineering Staff

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

Laura Morgan

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

Jennifer Langin

Office Administrator

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