CAIT Faculty, Staff, and Affiliates

CAIT Administrative Staff

Ali Maher, Ph.D.
Director

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Administrative Staff

Patrick Szary, Ph.D.
Associate Director

CAIT Administrative Staff

Allison Thomas
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications

CAIT Administrative Staff

Sherif Stephan
Senior Program Administrator

CAIT Administrative Staff

Azam Kalantari
Administrative Coordinator

CAIT Administrative Staff

Tahereh (Tara) Khodabandehlooie
Administrative Support Staff

CAIT Administrative Staff

Ian Pfeiffer
Public Policy Research Manager

CAIT Administrative Staff

Christine Stuhl
Secretarial Assistant

CAIT Administrative Staff

Jorge Zapata
Grant Specialist

CAIT Administrative Staff

Marta Zurbriggen
Grant Facilitator

CAIT Resident Faculty

CAIT Resident Faculty

P.N. "Bala" Balaguru, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Structures and Advanced Materials

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Resident Faculty

Eric Gonzales, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Resident Faculty

Nenad Gucunski, Ph.D.
Program Director, Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program

Chair and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Resident Faculty

David Hill, Ph.D.
Environment and Energy Program

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Resident Faculty

Mohsen Jafari, Ph.D.
Program Director, Information Management Group

Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Resident Faculty

Monica Mazurek, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Environment and Energy Program

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Resident Faculty

Hao Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Resident Faculty

Trefor Williams, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, Information Management Group

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

A. Emin Aktan, Ph.D.
Consultant, Long-Term Bridge Performance Program

John Roebling Professor, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Drexel University

CAIT Affiliated Faculty / UTC Partner

Paul Barr, Ph.D.

Director, Utah Transportation Center
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Utah State University

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Haym Benaroya, Ph.D.
Researcher, Laboratory for Port Security

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Steven Chien, Ph.D.

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Melike Baykal-Gursoy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Masoud Ghandehari, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Polytechnic Institute of NYU

CAIT Affiliated Faculty / UTC Partner

Branko Glisic, Ph.D.

Director, Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Princeton University

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Mihalis Golias, Ph.D.
Researcher, Freight and Maritime Program

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
University of Memphis

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Jason Grabosky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Qizhong (George) Guo, Ph.D.
Researcher, Environment and Energy Program

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Clifton R. Lacy, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.

Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Director, University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Taha Marhaba, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Benjamin Melamed, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Laboratory for Port Security

Professor II, Supply Chain Management and Marketing Science
Rutgers Business School

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Franklin Moon, Ph.D.
Researcher, Long-Term Bridge Performance Program

Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Drexel University

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Husamuddin Najm, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Structures and Advanced Materials

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Richard Riman, Ph.D.

Professor II, Materials Science Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Fred Roberts, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Laboratory for Port Security

Director, Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
School of Engineering, Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Ala Saadeghvaziri, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Structures and Advanced Materials

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Ahmad Safari, Ph.D.

Professor II, Materials Science Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Affiliated Faculty / UTC Partner

Lazar Spasovic, Ph.D.

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, National Center for Transportation and Industrial Productivity
Director, International Intermodal Transportation Center
New Jersey Institute of Technology

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Wei Xiong, Ph.D.

Instructor, Department of Public Health
Weill Cornell Medical College

CAIT Affiliated Faculty

Jingang Yi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers

CAIT Fellows & Research Associates

CAIT Fellow

John F. Betak, Ph.D.
Fellow, Freight and Maritime Program

CAIT Research Associate

Maria Boilé, Ph.D.
Freight and Maritime

CAIT Fellow

Andrew Foden, P.E., Ph.D.
Project Manager, Long-Term Bridge Performance Program

Supervising Engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB)

CAIT Research Associate

Seung-Kyoung "SK" Lee, Ph.D.
Research Associate

CAIT Senior Research Associate

Mohamad Nagi

Director of Infrastructure Sustainability and Assessment Center

CAIT Fellow

Harold Neil Jr.
Consultant, Laboratory for Port Security

President, Homeland Defense Solutions, Inc.

CAIT Fellow

Frank Otero

President and CEO, PACO Group

CAIT Research Associate

Patricia Ott, P.E.
Senior Transportation Safety Researcher

CAIT Fellow

Mustafa Rawat

Senior Systems Analyst, U.S. Army ARDEC
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

CAIT Research Associate

Georgios Saharidis
Research Associate, Freight and Maritime Program

CAIT Reserach Associate

Sotiris Theofanis, Ph.D.
Freight and Maritime

CAIT Research Associate

Nick Vitillo
Senior Research Engineer, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Fellow

Elizabeth Ann Wilson
Fellow, Environment and Energy Program

CAIT Fellow

David Yang

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CAIT Technical & Professional Staff

CAIT Staff

Bethany Allinder
Program Coordinator and Registrar, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program

CAIT Staff

Ozhan A. Almaz
Laboratory for Port Security

CAIT Staff

Thomas Bennert, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Evan Bosset
Lead Application Developer, Transportation Safety Resource Center

CAIT Staff

Michael Boxer
Research Project Assistant, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Larry Cullari
Field Coordinator, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program

CAIT Staff

Brett DiFrancesco
Laboratory Researcher, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Chris Ericson
Laboratory Researcher, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Cecilia Feeley
Transportation Autism Project Manager

CAIT Staff

Mitra Fetrat
Engineering Researcher, Transportation Safety Resource Center

CAIT Staff

Edward Gottko
Tech Transfer Liaison, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program

CAIT Staff

Ted Green
Engineering Project Manager, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program

CAIT Staff

Ron Gruzlovic
Engineering Researcher, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Janet Hansen
Project Manager, Transportation Safety Resource Center

CAIT Staff

John Hencken
Laboratory Researcher, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Howard Immordino
Senior Research Project Manager

CAIT Staff

Andrew Kaplan
Field Traffic Engineer, Transportation Safety Resource Center

CAIT Staff

Ken Lee
Administrative Assistant, Long-Term Bridge Performance Program

CAIT Staff

Janet Leli
Program Director, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program

CAIT Staff

Ryan Miller
Research Engineer, Soil and Sediment Management Laboratory

CAIT Staff

Birnur Ozbas, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Laboratory for Port Security

CAIT Staff

Darius Pezeshki
Laboratory Researcher, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Carl Rascoe
Research Engineer, Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program

CAIT Staff

Andrés Roda
Engineering Research Project Manager, New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program

CAIT Staff

Francisco Romero
Research Engineer, Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program

CAIT Staff

Carissa Sestito
Program Outreach Coordinator, Transportation Safety Resource Center

CAIT Staff

Krystal Smith-Pleasant
Public Relations Specialist, Long-Term Bridge Performance Program

CAIT Staff

Brian Tobin
Engineering Research Project Manager, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Ed Wass, Jr.
Laboratory Researcher, Pavement Resource Program

CAIT Staff

Michael Weber
Research Project Assistant, Transportation Safety Resource Center