Prof. Alshawabkeh is the George A. Snell Professor of Engineering at Northeastern University and the Director of the PROTECT Center.
Education
- Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1994
- M.S., Jordan University of Science & Technology, 1990
- B.E., Yarmouk University, 1988
Appointments
- 6/97-Date Professor (7/07 – Date), Associate Professor (7/02 – 6/07), and Assistant Professor (6-97 – 6/02); Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
- 4/2010 PI and Director, Northeastern University P42 Superfund Research Center, Sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
- 7/02-5/08 Graduate Director, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
- 8/01-6/07 Director: SoilBED facility, NU Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, NSF Sponsored Engineering Research Center
- 8/05-6/06 Visiting Professor (Fulbright Scholar), Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
- 9/96-5/97 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic University (Polytec), Brooklyn, New York
- 5/94-8/96 Technical Director, Electrokinetics Inc., Baton Rouge, LA; Activities: writing research proposals, reports, and design of remediation technologies.
Expertise:
- Soil and Groundwater Remediation
- Electrokinetic and Electrochemical Processes
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Environmental Restoration
Honors and Awards:
- 2012 ASCE Fellow
- 2009 Transportation Research Board, Certificate of Appreciation
- 2005-2006 Fulbright Scholar – Jordan
- 2004 College of Engineering Outstanding Researcher Award, NU
- 2001 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Licensure:
- Professional Engineer: Louisiana
Professional Affiliations:
- American Chemical Society
- American Geophysical Union
- American Society of Civil Engineers (Fellow ’12)
- International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- Jordan Engineer Society
- The US Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research
