Department Head

Department Head and Ed Foreman Professor
Structural Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 208
(575) 64 6-3820
newtson@nmsu.edu
Professors

Interim Dean
Structural Engineering
Goddard Hall, Room 202
(575) 646-2912
jauregui@nmsu.edu

Wells-Hatch Professor, and NMSU Lead of the Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics
Geotechnical Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 244
(575) 646-2471
paola@nmsu.edu

Lambis Papelis, Ph.D.
Director of the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center (CEMRC)
Environmental Engineering
(575) 234-5555
lpapelis@nmsu.edu

Interim Provost and still Ed & Harold Foreman Endowed Chair
Geotechnical Engineering
(575) 646-3647
engrdean@nmsu.edu

PESCO Endowed Professor and C. Herb Ward Family Endowed Interdisciplinary Chair
Environmental Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 233
(575) 646-5870
pxu@nmsu.edu
Associate Professors

Associate Professor, Associate Department Head
Water Resources Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 234
(575) 646-6044
abawazir@nmsu.edu

Huidae Cho, Ph.D., P.E., CFM, GISP
Associate Professor
Water Resources Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 230
(575) 646-5377
hcho@nmsu.edu

Harold Foreman Associate Professor
Geotechnical Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 248
(575) 646-6012
dcortes@nmsu.edu

Associate Professor
Materials Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 214
(575) 646-2979
huiyao@nmsu.edu

John Clark Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 232
(575) 646-5246
zhangy@nmsu.edu
Assistant Professors

College Assistant Professor
Civil and Architectural Engineering
Goddard Hall Room 106c
(575) 64 6-3172
umaimaq@nmsu.edu

Assistant Professor
Structural Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 213
(575) 646-1167
dchoe@nmsu.edu

Dr. John Minor Assistant Professor
Structural Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 211
(575) 646-3492
qianyunz@nmsu.edu

Assistant Professor
Water Resources Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 246
(575) 64 6-2904
Professor Emeritus

Professor
Environmental Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 212
(575) 646-5378
nkhandan@nmsu.edu

Ken White, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor Emeritus and Consulting Engineer
Hernandez Hall, Room 204
krwhite@nmsu.edu
Zohrab Samani
zsamani@nmsu.edu
Adjunct Professors

Finley Charney, Ph.D., P.E.
College Professor at NMSU
Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech
Structural Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 210
(575) 646-3514
fcharney@nmsu.edu

John C. Lommler, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE
College Professor
Geotechnical / Structural Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 209
(575) 646-3801
jlommler@nmsu.edu

Jorge Garcia, Ph.D., P.E., CGPM
College Professor
Water Resources Engineering
Hernandez Hall, Room 230
(575) 646-3801
jag8920@nmsu.edu
Administrative Assistant

Staff

Bridge Inspection Program
Phone: (575) 646-3134
Program Coordinator
Hernandez Hall, Room 217, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(575) 646-3134
samurill@nmsu.edu