Udaya Halabe

Dr. Udaya B. Halabe joined Arizona State University (ASU) as a Teaching Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (SSEBE) beginning in January 2023. He is currently serving as the Friends of Civil and Environmental Engineering (FOCEE) Capstone Faculty Fellow at SSEBE-ASU. Prior to joining ASU, Dr. Halabe was a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU), Morgantown, WV. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil/Structural Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1988 and 1990, respectively. His dissertation work at MIT focused on the use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) for condition assessment of concrete bridge decks. As a faculty member at WVU for 32 years, Dr. Halabe directed Ph.D. and M.S. level student research in the area of nondestructive testing (NDT) using Ground Penetrating Radar, Infrared Thermography, Ultrasound and Digital Tap Testing techniques. He has authored or co-authored over 180 technical papers, research reports, and book chapters related to condition assessment of civil infrastructure including concrete, steel, composites and timber structural components, and detection of pipes buried in soil. For his numerous contributions, he has been recognized as Fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) and the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT). He is also a member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). In 2012, Dr. Halabe received the James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award presented by Chi Epsilon, the National Civil Engineering Honor Society. In 2016, Dr. Halabe received Outstanding Civil Engineering Educator of the Year Award from the West Virginia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Dr. Halabe is a member of two honorary societies, Chi Epsilon and Tau Beta Pi. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Arizona and West Virginia.