Oct 06, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty


 Chair  

Shrestha, Pramen P. 

Professor; B.S., National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; P.E. (Civil, Texas), F. ASCE. Rebel since 2007.

Graduate Coordinator 

Kaseko, Mohamed 

Rebel since 2007.

Graduate Faculty

Ahmad, Sajjad 

Professor; B.S., University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan; M.E., Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand; Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. P.E. (Civil, Michigan) Rebel since 2006. 

Batista, Jacimaria Ramos

Professor; B.S., Federal University of Ouro Preto; M.S., Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, P.E. (Environmental, Nevada). Rebel since 1997.

Choi, Jin Ouk 

Associate Professor; B.S., Korea University; M.S., PhD., University of Texas at Austin.  Rebel since 2016.

Ghafoori, Nader

Professor; B.S.C.E., Texas Tech University; M.S.C.E., Ph.D., University of Miami, P.E. (Civil, Missouri, Washington). Rebel since 2003.

James, David E. 

Associate Professor; A.B., University of California, Davis; M.S., Ph.D., California Institute of Technology. P.E. (Civil, Nevada) Rebel since 1990.

Karakouzian, Moses 

Professor; B.C.E., American University of Beirut; M.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University; P.E. (Civil, Nevada). Rebel since 1988.

Kaseko, Mohamed S. 

Associate Professor; B.S., University of Dares-Salaam; M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine. Rebel since 1993.

Khan, Eakalak 

Professor; B.Eng., Chiang Mai University; M.S., University of Hawai’i Manoa, M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; P.E. (New Jersey). Rebel since 2018.

Ladkany, Samaan 

Professor; B.S., American University of Beirut; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, P.E. (Civil, Wisconsin). Rebel since 1984.

Lee, Jeehee 

Assistant Professor; B.S., B.B.A, M.S, and Ph.D., Ewha Womans University. Rebel since 2021.

Marti, Erica 

Assistant Professor; B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.Ed., M.S, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2017.

Nambisan, Shashi 

Professor, B. Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; M.S., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, P.E. (Civil, Nevada). Rebel: 1989 to 2007, and since 2020.

Opfer, Neil 

Associate Professor; B.S., B.A., B.A., Washington State University; M.S., Purdue University; P.D. Engineering, University of Wisconsin. Rebel since 1989.

Park, Jee 

Assistant Professor; B.S., University of Hawai’i Manoa; M.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology. Rebel since 2017.

Stephen, Haroon 

Associate Professor; B.S., University of Agriculture; M.Eng., Asian Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University. Rebel since 2011.

Teng, Hualiang 

Professor; B.S., M.S., Northern Jiaotong University; M.S.C.E., West Virginia University; Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2004.

Tian, Ying 

Professor; B.S., North China University of Science and Technology; M.S., Tsinghua University; M.S., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. P.E. (Civil, Nevada) Rebel since 2007.

Professor Emeriti  

Frederick, Gerald R.

Emeritus Professor; B.S., University of Toledo; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University. UNLV Emeritus 1993.

Luke, Barbara 

Professor; A.A., University of Florida; B.S., M.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, P.E. (Civil, Nevada). UNLV Emeritus 1995.

Vodrazka, Walter C.

Emeritus Professor; B.C.E., Manhattan College; M.S., Mississippi State University; Ph.D., Purdue University. UNLV Emeritus 1990.