Meet Our Esteemed Faculty & Staff Members

Led by Dr. Sunanda Dissanayake, our department is home to a dedicated team of faculty and staff committed to advancing education and innovation in civil and environmental engineering. Explore our academic programs, connect with advisors below, and meet our accomplished full-time and part-time faculty who are shaping the future of engineering.

Photo of Sunanda Dissanayake, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE

Sunanda Dissanayake, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE

Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Marietta GA 30060

Phone: (470) 578-2471 
Email: sdissan1@kennesaw.edu 

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Academic Advisors

Civil Engineering

  • Forrest Burks
  • Lynne Murray
  • Dorothy Elangwe
  • Nautica Carlers
  • Emily Rittenour

Environmental Engineering

  • Forrest Burks
  • Lynne Murray
  • Dorothy Elangwe
  • Emily Rittenour

Full Time Faculty and Staff

Name
Position

  • Mahyar Amirgholy - Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

    Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

    mamirgho@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3882
    Marietta Campus, 650 W.Clair Harris Textiles, Room 162C

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  • Parth Bhavsar - Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

    Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

    pbhavsar@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5095
    Marietta Campus, 834 Heatherington Engineering Lab, Room 235

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  • Shirnett Campbell - Office Manager

    Office Manager

    scampb60@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 101

  • Amy Gruss - Associate Professor

    Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

    agruss@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7262
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 158

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  • Hosain Haddad Kolour - Lecturer of Civil Engineering

    Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    hhaddadk@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7294
    Marietta Campus, 834 Heatherington Engineering Lab, Room 214

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  • Lecturer of Civil Engineering

    rhamid1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Da Hu - Assistant Professor

    Assistant Professor of Engineering in Smart Infrastructure

    dhu3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5079
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 114

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  • M. Jonaidi Jonaidi - Assistant Professor

    Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

    mjonaidi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6831
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 155

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  • Adam Kaplan - Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

    Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

    akaplan8@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5084
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 157

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  • Jayhyun Kwon - Associate Professor

    Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

    jkwon9@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5080
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 112

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  • Limited Term Instructor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    knawar@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 307

  • Metin Oguzmert - Professor of Civil Engineering and Graduate Program Coordinator

    Professor of Civil Engineering

    moguzmer@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3814
    Marietta Campus, 650 W.Clair Harris Textiles, Room 162A

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  • Amirsalar Rabbani Esfahani

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering

    arabban1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3902

  • Adrijana Savic - Lecturer of Civil Engineering

    Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    asavic@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5723
    Marietta Campus, 650 W.Clair Harris Textiles, Room 162D

  • Reza Sedaghat Shirazinejad - Lecturer of Civil Engineering

    Senior Lecturer of Civil Engineering

    rshirazi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7801
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 152A

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  • Youngguk Seo - Associate Professor

    Professor of Civil Engineering

    yseo2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5496
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 111

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  • Sabina Shahnaz - Lecturer of Civil Engineering

    Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    sshahnaz@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5497
    Marietta Campus, 834 Heatherington Engineering Lab, Room 234

  • tadesse wakjira

    Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    twakjira@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

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  • Roneisha Worthy - Assistant Chair & Associate Professor

    Assistant Dean of Student Success and Professor of Civil Engineering

    rworthy@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5089
    Marietta Campus, 655 Civil & Environmental Engr Bld, Room 159

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  • Tien Yee - Professor of Civil Engineering

    Assistant Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor of Civil Engineering

    tyee@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5091
    Marietta Campus, 650 W.Clair Harris Textiles, Room 162B

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  • jie zhang

    Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    jzhang45@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

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Part Time Faculty

Name
Position

  • Part-Time Instructor of Civil Engineering

    abindja@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Part-Time Instructor of Transportation Engineering

    pemmanue@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

    ggenccel@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Part-Time Instructor of Civil Engineering

    akabbar2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Part-Time Instructor of Transportation Engineering

    gmistry@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    hmusty@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 307

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    vravisan@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Part-time Instructor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    dstanciu@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Part-time Instructor of Civil Engineering

    jtovar4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076

  • Part-Time Instructor of Civil Engineering

    rturne73@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5076