Dr. Batouli - Director
Dr. Mostafa Batouli is an Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. Dr. Batouli received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Florida International University. He also holds Master of Public Administration and Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security and Emergency Management from FIU, Master of Science in Civil Engineering/Construction Engineering and Management from IAU, and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering/Surveying from University of Tehran.
Prior to joining The Citadel, he was a Visiting Professor of Construction Management in the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure, and Sustainability at FIU. Dr. Batouli teaches diverse range of courses in civil engineering, construction engineering, and construction/project management. As a teacher, he aims to inspire his students to think intensively and critically and to live ethically and morally.
Dr. Batouli’s major area of research is smart and resilient civil infrastructure and urban systems. He is particularly interested in studying human-infrastructure-environment interactions. His previous research has resulted in more than 25 referred journal and conference publications as well as three research reports. His past research received major awards and honors including a third-place best poster award from the construction research congress and a Dissertation Year Fellowship from Florida International University in 2016.
Negin Shamsi- Graduate Research Assistant
Negin Shamsi was qualified to attend the University of Tehran (UT), the icon of higher education in Iran, and began her Bachelor of Science in Water Science and Engineering in 2015. The most important reason to choose this major is her interest in identifying water-related issues, which are crucial worldwide, and looking for solutions to tackle them. In 2019, she was honored to be selected as an exceptionally talented student among undergraduate students and became qualified to receive a merit-based admission offer to M.Sc. program without taking the nationwide entrance exam in Water Science and Engineering at the University of Tehran. In her final year of the undergraduate program, she was chosen for an exchange program. She did her last-semester internship in Switzerland. Her project is titled " Panorama of Water Pollutant Monitoring Systems in Switzerland." In her project, she investigated water quality measurement methods in surface water, particularly rivers and lakes, and assessed the gap between current water quality measurement techniques and requirements in the future. According to her background, she believes that to overcome recent global issues, such as climate change and water-related issues international and multidisciplinary cooperation is needed.
Therefore in 2021, she joined Civil Engineering Master's Program at The Citadel, which is a great opportunity to work and focus on areas in her favorite field. Now, she is working on an interdisciplinary research project funded by SC Sea Grant Consortium. The project titled "Climate Risks, Infrastructure Systems, and Income Disparity: Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on
Social Inequality in South Carolina's Coastal Communities." It focuses on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of infrastructure projects to protect vulnerable communities in low-lying coastal regions affected by sea-level rise.
Mafer Contreras - Graduate Research Assistant
Mafer Contreras Muñoz is a graduate student currently enrolled in the MS in Project Management Program at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Mafer holds a bachelor degree from The Citadel in Computer Science with minors in cyber security and management information systems. Her awards include Outstanding Sophomore Award, Outstanding Junior Award, and The John I. Moore, Jr. Award. Mafer’s biggest goal is to impact people around her. Mafer believes that genuineness is the most important trait that one must have to achieve her goal. For the past two years, as an Academic NCO (Junior Year) and as an Academic Officer (Senior Year), Mafer has supported cadets with academic advice and guidance to help them succeed as students in a very stressful environment.
Grier Hensley-Undergraduate Research Assistant
Grier is a rising senior at The Citadel pursuing a BS in Construction Engineering with a cumulative GPA of 4/4. She will work under supervision of Dr. Batouli on a research project related to enhancing quality performance in construction projects. Grier grew up in Winnsboro, SC and graduated from Richard Winn Academy as Valedictorian of her class. From there she started at Trident Technical College as part of the 2+2 Construction Engineering program with The Citadel. While in school she also works at Kudzu Bakery in Mt. Pleasant as their assistant manager. Currently Grier is looking forward to an internship with ATCS over the summer and finishing her BS in Construction Engineering degree in the spring of 2023.
Collaborators
Dr. Joshi - Collaborator
Contact Information
- Telephone: 843-953-7895
- E-Mail: djoshi@citadel.edu
- Website: http://macs.citadel.edu/joshid/