Christopher L. Alexander, PhD
Associate Professor | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida | 2025-Present
Assistant Professor | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univeristy of South Florida | 2018 - 2025
Affiliate Faculty Member | Department of Chemical, Biomedical, and Materials Engineering | 2022 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher | Materials Reliability Center, Sandia National Laboratories | 2017 - 2018​
GROUP MEMBERS
Prakirti Singh
Doctoral Student - Chemical Engineering
In progress...
Wesley Vitor Dantas de Carvalho Bezerra
Doctoral Student - Civil Engineering
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I graduated from the Federal University of Paraiba (Brazil) with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering. My master’s thesis was about chloride induced corrosion of galvanized steel in reinforced concrete. I am currently a PhD student at the Corrosion Research Laboratory –University of South Florida, and my focus is on modeling the corrosion of stainless-steel reinforcement. I am also interested in the durability of cementitious materials, microstructural characterization, and sustainable concrete.
Laxmi Kandel
Masters Student - Civil Engineering
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Undergraduate Researchers
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Ethan Zylman, Mechanical Engineering
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Angelica Brochero-Delgado, Civil Engineering
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Adelia Abdykerimova, Chemical Engineering
ALUMNI
Stanley Agbakansi
PhD - Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation:
David Dukeman
PhD - Civil Engineering
Dissertation
Current Position
Maria Cardoso
MS - Environmental Engineering
Thesis:
Current Position:
Amin Kazem Ghamsari
MS - Civil Engineering
I received my B.Sc. in Mining and Minerals Engineering from the University of Tehran. I am interested in electrometallurgy, corrosion, and hydrometallurgy. The project on which I am working currently concerns evaluation of a novel anodizing method with regard to corrosion and abrasion resistance of the end product.
Sarita Ale-Magar
MS - Civil Engineering
Thesis:
Current Position:
Justin Silnutzer
MS Materials Science and Engineering 2022
Thesis: Impedance analysis of anodized aluminum and structural bridge tendons.
Current position: Additive Engineer Intern | GE
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Dr. Farzaneh Nosouhian
Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: Assistant Professor Texas AM Corpus Cristi
Carolina Paez
MS Civil Engineering 2020
Thesis: Corrosion Durability Service Life of Calcium Silicate-Based Reinforced Concrete
Current position: Zero waste analysts Cascadia Consulting Group
Nelly Sofia Orozco Martinez
MS Civil Engineering 2020
Thesis: Corrosion Propagation of Stainless Steel Reinforced Concrete
Current position: Bridge EIT HDR
Dr. Mahmood Aliofkhazraei
Postdoctoral Researcher
Former Undergraduate Researchers
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Sofia Cherrez-Revian, Civil Engineering
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Ann Jager, Civil Engineering
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Enrique Hernandez-Jurado, Mechanical Engineering
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Kiera Matheny, Civil Engineering
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Ishanka Indran, Mechanical Engineering
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Jonas Fernandes, Mechanical Engineering
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Moiz Khozema, Civil Engineering
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Ammar Adnan, Civil Engineering
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Thu Nyugen, Chemical Engineering
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Sebastian Paez, Civil Engineering
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Giancarlo Figueroa Garcia, Civil Engineering
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Sachintha, Civil Engineering
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Maria Cardoso, Chemical Engineering
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Justin Silnutzer, Chemical Engineering
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Nelly Orozco Martinez, Civil Engineering
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Carolina Paez Jimenez, Civil Engineering