Faculty | Civil Engineering | SIU

Structural Engineering

Research Interests:

Ground motion modeling, Machine learning, Structural earthquake engineering, Structural design of buildings and bridges using steel, and reinforced concrete.

Environmental Engineering

My research interests are water and wastewater treatment, biological treatment, water quality characterization, microbial pathogens, emerging contaminants, non-targeted organic analysis, resource recovery, process modeling, multi-criteria decision-making, and sustainability assessment.

Environmental Engineering

My research interests are environmental engineering, environmental modeling, biogeochemistry, aquatic chemistry, water quality modeling, air pollution effects, GIS, geostatistical analysis, hydrology, numerical optimization.

Water Resources Engineering

My research interests are interdisciplinary in the area of hydro-climatology, urban sustainability, artificial intelligence, water resources management, drought frequency, and probabilistic forecasting and downscaling.

Geotechnical Engineering

My research interests are soft and expansive soil stabilization using different chemical stabilizers, Characterization of PFA (Pulverized Fuel Ash) from coal based thermal power plant, Leaching studies, Dry separation of Cenosphere, Thermal & electrical properties of soil, Characterization of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) for various uses, Resilient modulus & long-term durability of RCA, Cyclic behavior of soil & stabilized soil, Liquefaction potential of local Illinois soil.

Environmental Engineering

My research interests are nanomaterials for water treatment and reuse, impacts of nanomaterials on aquatic and soil ecosystems, phytoremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater, and renewable energy production using nanomaterials and bioelectrochemical systems.

Geotechnical Engineering

My research interests are soil dynamics, machine foundations, design of foundations to resist seismic loads, liquefaction of soils, determination of dynamic soil properties, waste disposal, utilization of coal preparation and combustion wastes, clay liners, and soil improvement using geogrids.

Structural Engineering

My research interests are Structural Dynamic systems, infrastructure monitoring and resilience, applications of statistical and machine learning in monitoring, regional fragility assessment, seismic response control.

Water Resources Engineering

My research interests are integrated water resources management, critical interdependent infrastructure modeling, water cyber-physical-social system, artificial intelligence, urban water sustainability and resilience, socio-environmental hydrology, multi-objectives optimization, real-time control, and systems thinking and analysis.

Structural Engineering

Dr. Tezcan’s research covers a wide-range of topics including ground motion modeling, signal processing, material characterization, machine learning algorithms, data mining and uncertainty estimation.

Geotechnical Engineering

My research is focused on advancing interdisciplinary approaches essential for the future of sustainable and resilient infrastructure. I aim to develop innovative strategies that enhance soil and ground conditions by utilizing natural substances and engineered composites, optimizing their strengths to boost infrastructure performance while reducing environmental impacts.