Sustainable Materials Management » Civil & Coastal Engineering Faculty & Staff

Photo of Sara Behdad Sara Behdad Associate Professor
(352) 294-7547

Sara Behdad is an associate professor at the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. Her research focuses on sustainable design, e-waste management, process modeling, decision analysis, and product lifecycle engineering.
Research Areas
Sustainable Materials Management – Product Lifecycle Engineering, Design for Sustainability
Research Interests
E-waste Management, Sustainable Design, Decision Analysis, Product Lifecycle Engineering
Education
Ph.D., Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 2013, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Photo of Christopher Ferraro Christopher Ferraro Associate Professor
(352) 392-0959

Christopher Ferraro specializes in the development sustainable, high-performance cement-based materials & carbon-dioxide produced as part of the construction involving portland cement concrete. The concrete materials research group conducts research on a wide variety issues and include efforts across cross disciplinary research efforts within civil engineering as well other departments including; Environmental, Materials, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering.…

Photo of Timothy G. Townsend Timothy Townsend Jones, Edmunds & Associates, Inc. Distinguished Professor
(352) 392-0846

Primary Research Area
Sustainable Materials Management
Other Research Areas
Geosystems Engineering
Sustainable Construction Engineering
Area of Specialty
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
Education
Univ Florida, BS, Environmental Engineering Sciences, 12/89
Univ Florida, ME, Environmental Engineering Sciences, 8/92
Univ Florida, PhD, Environmental Engineering Sciences, 5/95