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Project 4 Personnel
Padilla
Ingrid Padilla, Project Leader
Associate Professor, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
padillai@uprm.edu
Sangchul Hwang, Investigator
Professor, Civil Engineering,
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
shwang@uprm.edu
Raul Macchiavelli, Investigator
Professor, Department of Crops and Agroenvironmental Sciences
Agronomy & Soils, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
raul.macchiavelli@upr.edu
Dorothy Vesper, Investigator
Associate Professor, Geology,
West Virginia University
djvesper@mail.wvu.edu
Akram Alshawabkeh, Investigator
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Northeastern University
aalsha@neu.edu
Ferdi Hellweger, Investigator
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Northeastern University
ferdi@coe.neu.edu
Perla Torres, Laboratory Analyst
Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
perla.torres1@upr.edu