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Dr.
Farshad Rajabipour was appointed Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on August 1, 2007. Prior
to his appointment at UH, he was a visiting professor of civil engineering
at Purdue University, where he obtained a Ph.D. with a focus on construction
materials. At UH, he is teaching courses on construction materials with
emphasis on cement and concrete. His research areas include development
of durable and high-performance construction materials and non-destructive
testing and health monitoring of concrete. He is an active member
of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM), and the American Society for Engineering Education
(ASEE).
Dr.
Tao Yan was appointed Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on August 1, 2007. Prior to
his appointment at UH, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the BioTechnology
Institute at the University of Minnesota, where he had obtained a
Ph.D. in the environmental engineering. At UH, he is teaching courses on
environmental microbiology, and hazardous waste management. His research
areas include environmental microbiology, molecular microbial ecology,
environmental genomics, soil/sediment bioremediation, and fate and transport
of waterborne pathogens. He is a member of the American Society of Microbiology. |
