Take a few moments to learn about our water resources engineering faculty and their various areas of interest. Click the name of a faculty member to learn more about what he or she researches. When you're done, the links at the bottom will take you back to the main CEE research page or to another specific research area.

Water Resources Engineering Faculty

Panos Diplas

Panos Diplas

P.C. Rossin Professor, Water Resources Engineering

  • Fluid mechanics
  • Sediment and contaminant transport through waterways
  • Floodplains and wetlands and their interaction with structures, vegetation and biota
  • Environmental, fluvial, ecological and infrastructure hydraulics
  • Hydrokinetic energy generation

Farrah Moazeni

Assistant Professor of Environmental & Water Resources

  • Dynamics of smart water systems
  • Smart water systems optimization and control
  • Co-optimization and co-operation of interconnected water-energy systems
  • Cybersecurity of interdependent water-energy and smart water systems
  • Application of AI and data analytics in resilience and security of smart water systems

Y. C. Ethan Yang

Assistant Professor

  • Food-Energy-Water-Environment Nexus
  • Agent-based Modeling