CAIT Directory

CAIT Staff

Patrick Szary, Ph.D.
Associate Director, CAIT Central Administration
szary@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Sherif Stephan
Business Manager II, CAIT Central Administration
chezrif@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Allison Thomas
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications, CAIT Central Administration
a.thomas@rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Samantha Bartley
Senior Research Specialist, CAIT Central Administration
sb1028@sebs.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Azam Kalantari
Administrative Coordinator, CAIT Central Administration
akalanta@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Christine Stuhl
Business Assistant II, CAIT Central Administration
cstuhl@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Marta Zurbriggen
Grant Facilitator, CAIT Central Administration
m.zurbriggen@rutgers.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Paul Barr, Ph.D.
National UTC Partner Lead
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Utah State University
paul.barr@usu.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Raimondo Betti, Ph.D.
National UTC Partner Lead
Professor, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Columbia University
betti@civil.columbia.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Gerardo Flintsch, Ph.D.
National UTC Partner Lead
Professor, Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech
flintsch@vt.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Branko Glisic, Ph.D.
National UTC Partner Lead
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Princeton University
bglisic@princeton.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Sue McNeil, Ph.D., P.E.
National UTC Partner Lead
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Delaware
smcneil@UDel.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Soheil Nazarian, Ph.D.
National UTC Partner Lead
Professor, Civil Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso
nazarian@utep.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Abdul Pinjari, Ph.D.
National UTC Partner Lead
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of South Florida
apinjari@usf.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Carin Roberts-Wollmann, Ph.D., P.E.
National UTC Partner Lead
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech
wollmann@vt.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Lazar Spasovic, Ph.D.
National UTC Partner Lead
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
lazar.spasovic@njit.edu

Affiliated Faculty

A. Emin Aktan, Ph.D.
Long-Term Bridge Performance Program (LTBP)
Professor, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Drexel University
aaktan@drexel.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Ali Alavinasab, Ph.D.
Pure Technologies
ali.alavinasab@puretechltd.com

Affiliated Faculty

Vahid Alizadeh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Gildart Haase School of Computer Sciences and Engineering
Fairleigh Dickinson University
alizadeh@fdu.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Arash Azadegan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Rutgers Business School
Rutgers Business School
aazadegan@business.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Perumalsamy (Bala) Balaguru, Ph.D.
Program Director, Structures & Advanced Materials (SAM)
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
balaguru@soe.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Basily B. Basily, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program (ICMP)
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
basily@soe.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Alok Baveja, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Business
Rutgers
baveja@camden.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Melike Baykal-Gürsoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
gursoy@soe.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Haym Benaroya, Ph.D.
Professor II, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
benaroya@soe.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Thomas Bennert, Ph.D.
Program Director, Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
bennert@soe.rutgers.edu

Research Associate/Fellow

John Betak, Ph.D.
Freight & Maritime Program (FMP)
Collaborative Solutions LLC
johnbetak@collaborativesolutions.com

Affiliated Faculty

Steven Chase, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Virginia
sbc2h@virginia.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Steven I-Jy Chien, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
chien@adm.njit.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Thomas Cousins, Ph.D., P.E.
Long-Term Bridge Performance Program (LTBP)
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech
tcousins@vt.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Ahmed Faheem, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Temple University, College of Engineering
afaheem@temple.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Mihalis (Mike) Gkolias, Ph.D.
Freight & Maritime Program (FMP)
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
University of Memphis
mihalisgolias@yahoo.com

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Jie Gong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
jiegong.cee@rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Nenad Gucunski, Ph.D.
Program Director, Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program (ICMP)
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
gucunski@soe.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Qizhong (George) Guo, Ph.D.
Environment & Energy Program (EEP)
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
qguo@rutgers.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Marv Halling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Utah State University
marv.halling@usu.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Mohsen Jafari, Ph.D.
Program Director, Information Management Group (IMG)
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
jafari@soe.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Jing (Peter) J. Jin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
peter.j.jin@rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Clifton Lacy, Ph.D., M.D.
University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response
clifton.lacy@rwjuh.edu

Research Associate/Fellow

Zongzhi Li, Ph.D.
Transportation Safety Resource Center (TSRC)
Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
lizz@iit.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Werner Lienhart, Ph.D.
Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program (ICMP)
Professor, Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems
Graz University of Technology
werner.lienhart@tugraz.at

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Xiang Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers University
xiang.liu@rutgers.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Taha Marhaba, Ph.D., P.E.
UTC Partner Faculty
Professor,
New Jersey Institute of Technology
marhaba@adm.njit.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Monica Mazurek, Ph.D.
Program Director, Environment & Energy Program (EEP)
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
mmazurek@rci.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Benjamin Melamed, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Laboratory for Port Security (LPS)
Professor II, Supply Chain Management and Marketing Science
Rutgers Business School
melamed@rbs.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Robert Miskewitz, Ph.D.
Soil & Sediment Management Laboratory (SSML)
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
rmiskewitz@envsci.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Franklin Moon, Ph.D.
Bridge Resource Program (BRP)
Professor I, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
franklin.moon@rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Husam Najm, Ph.D., P.E.
Program Co-Director, Structures & Advanced Materials (SAM)
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
hnajm@soe.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Fred Roberts, Ph.D.
Laboratory for Port Security (LPS)
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
froberts@dimacs.rutgers.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Mohamed Ala Saadeghvaziri, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
ala@njit.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Hao Wang, Ph.D.
Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
hwang.cee@rutgers.edu

Rutgers Affiliated Faculty

Trefor Williams, Ph.D.
Information Management Group (IMG)
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
tpw@soe.rutgers.edu

Research Associate/Fellow

Xiong (Bill) Yu, Ph.D.
Structures & Advanced Materials (SAM)
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
xxy21@case.edu

CAIT Staff

Saeed Babanajad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Long-Term Bridge Performance Program (LTBP)
saeed.babanajad@rutgers.edu

Research Associate/Fellow

Bekir Bartin
bbartin@rci.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Michael Boxer
Research Project Assistant, Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
michael.boxer@rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Chris Ericson, E.I.T.
Senior Laboratory Engineer, Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
cericson@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Cecilia Feeley
Transportation Autism Project Manager, Technology Transfer Group (TTG)
cfeeley@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Ted Green, P.E.
Engineering Project Manager, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJLTAP)
tngreen@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Ron Gruzlovic
Engineering Researcher, Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
rgruzlov@rci.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Ed Haas
Senior Laboratory Engineer, Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
edhaas@rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

John Hencken
Engineering Researcher, Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
john.hencken@rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Thomas N. Hillman
Transportation Analyst, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJLTAP)
thomas.hillman@rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Lloyd Jacobs, P.E.
New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJLTAP)
ljacobspe@verizon.net

CAIT Staff

Mohammad Jalayer, Ph.D., M.ITE, A.M.ASCE
Research Associate, CAIT Central Administration
mohammad.jalayer@rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Janet Leli
Associate Director, Technology Transfer, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJLTAP)
jleli@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

David Maruca
Program Development Coordinator, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJLTAP)
dem200@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Shane Mott, Ph.D.
Senior Research Engineer
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
smott86@gmail.com

CAIT Staff

Wayne Muller, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Rutgers University
wayne.muller@rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Michael O'Connell
Assistant Research Engineer, Transportation Safety Resource Center (TSRC)
maoco@soe.rutgers.edu

Consultant/Advisor

Patricia Ott, P.E.
Transportation Safety Resource Center (TSRC)
patricia.ott16@gmail.com

CAIT Staff

Hooman Parvardeh, PMP
Project Manager, Long-Term Bridge Performance Program (LTBP)
hoomanp@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Omid Sarmad
Program Coordinator, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJLTAP)
sarmad@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Brian Tobin
Engineering Research Project Manager, Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
btobin@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Ed Wass Jr.
Laboratory Researcher, Pavement Resource Program (PRP)
edwass@soe.rutgers.edu

CAIT Staff

Joseph Weiss
Transportation Safety Analyst, Transportation Safety Resource Center (TSRC), Transportation Safety Resource Center (TSRC)
joseph.weiss@rutgers.edu