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
Teaching Professor
Dr. Udaya B. Halabe is a Teaching Professor at SSEBE, Arizona State University (ASU). He is currently serving as the Friends of Civil and Environmental Engineering (FOCEE) Capstone Faculty Fellow at SSEBE-ASU.
Keith Hjelmstad
President’s Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
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
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
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
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
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
Office of University Affairs
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
Yellavajjala’s research interests include experimental and theoretical mechanics, damage mechanics and data-driven structural engineering.