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Malay Ghose Hajra, Ph.D., P.E., ENV. SP

Associate Professor

Contact

504-280-7062
mghoseha@uno.edu
Education
  • Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), Kansas State University, USA (2001)
  • M. Tech. (Civil Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur, India (1998)
  • B.E. (Civil Engineering), University of North Bengal, India (1996)
About

Malay Ghose Hajra received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University. Prior to joining the University of New Orleans in 2011, he had worked as project manager and senior Geotechnical engineer with multiple engineering firms in Louisiana and Texas. Dr. Ghose Hajra has extensive real-world professional engineering experience in Geotechnical Engineering, Foundation Design, Construction Materials Testing, and Coastal Protection/ Restoration projects located in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in multiple states including Louisiana. Dr. Ghose Hajra is actively involved with American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and has served as the President of the ASCE – Louisiana section. He is also the past chair of ASCE – Committee on Student Members (CSM). He is also an active member of Academic Committee for the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) and ASCE Geo-Institute.

Research Interests
  • Shallow and Deep Foundation systems
  • Subsidence and Erosion
  • Coastal Restoration and Coastal Protection
  • In-situ and laboratory characterization of coastal and marine deposits
  • Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Geothermal Energy
  • Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering
  • Remote sensing using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
  • Numerical Modeling in Civil Engineering
Honors and Awards
  • 2019 ASCE Louisiana section Educator of the Year award
  • 2018 ASCE New Orleans branch Educator of the Year award
  • 2018 Faculty Professionalism Award, Louisiana Engineering Society (LES)
  • 2016 President’s Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Louisiana chapter
  • 2015 Louisiana Discovery, Integration, and Application (LaDIA) Fellow, LA Sea Grant
  • 2014 University of New Orleans Early Career Research Award
  • 2014 ASCE ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Teaching award
  • 2014 ASCE Louisiana section Educator of the Year award
  • 2014 ASCE New Orleans branch Educator of the Year award
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