School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Structures and materials faculty

Ensuring stability, durability and innovation

Our faculty are experts in computational mechanics, structural engineering, structural stability, simulation of complex systems, mechanics of composite materials, development of new construction materials, durability of building materials, materials in civil infrastructure, novel cement-based materials and design, microstructure and mechanics, sustainable materials and computational materials science.

Researchers are also known for structural and solid mechanics, finite element analysis, design optimization, high-performance software development, experimental and theoretical mechanics, damage mechanics and data-driven structural engineering.

Other research interests include nondestructive testing of structures and materials using infrared thermography, ground penetrating radar, ultrasound and digital tap testing, fracture mechanics and multi-scale material characterization.

Udaya Halabe

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Udaya B. Halabe is an Adjunct Professor at SSEBE, Arizona State University (ASU).

Keith Hjelmstad

President's Professor

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

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480/316-0850
CAVC 408 Tempe AZ 85287

Hjelmstad's research includes computational mechanics, earthquake engineering, stability of structures, optimization, structural identification, nondestructive evaluation of large structures.

Christian Hoover

Associate Professor

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

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Hoover's research interests include structural and solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, multi-scale material characterization, materials and structural testing.

Barzin Mobasher

Professor

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

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480/965-0141
ISTB2 239C TEMPE AZ 85287-5306

Mobasher's current emphasis is on development of new construction materials and processes for their manufacture, analysis and design.

Narayanan Neithalath

Professor

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

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480/965-6023
ISTBII 229D-C Tempe AZ 85287-3005

Neithalath's research interests are on decarbonization of concrete through innovations in cement manufacturing, as well as through sustainable cementitious materials and construction processes such as 3D printing

Subramaniam Rajan

Professor

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

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480/965-1712
ISTB2 239B (Enter thro' door marked 229) TEMPE AZ 85287

Rajan's areas of expertise include finite element-based design optimization, parallel computations, constitutive material modeling, and laboratory testing of materials and structural systems.

David Rosowsky

Senior Fellow, Senior Advisor, and Professor

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A 30-year veteran of higher ed, with 20 years of university senior leadership experience, Rosowsky is passionate about and deeply committed to promoting the power, potential and bold futures of great public universities.

Ravi Yellavajjala

Associate Professor

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

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480/965-2790
850 S. McAllister Ave. #229A Tempe AZ 85281

Yellavajjala's research interests include experimental and theoretical mechanics, damage mechanics and data-driven structural engineering.