Muhammad R. Hajj
George Meade Bond Professor and Department Chair Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Director, Davidson Laboratory Stevens Institute of Technology Email: mhajj@stevens.edu, Phone: 201/216-3556 Physical address: 200 Davidson, 711 Hudson St, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Mailing address: 1 Castle Point Terrace, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Hoboken, NJ 07030
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Professor Muhammad R. Hajj is the George Meade Bond Professor, Chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering and Director of the Davidson Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Hajj is a renowned scholar in the fields of nonlinear dynamics, fluid mechanics, structural dynamics and fluid-structure interactions with applications in aero- and hydro-elasticity, ship hydrodynamics, biomimetically-inspired air and underwater vehicles, and energy harvesting. To date, he has advised and directed research programs of 26 PhD students who hold prestigious academic and industry positions. He is the author/co-author of over 150 journal publications.
Before joining Stevens Institute of Technology in July 2018, Dr. Hajj was the J. Byron Maupin Professor of Engineering and Director of the NSF funded I/UCRC Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems at Virginia Tech where he oversaw the development of industry-directed energy-related science and technology research programs. At Virginia Tech, he also served as the Associate Dean of Graduate School between 2014 and 2018 where he was involved in the implementation of the Transformative Graduate Education initiative. Dr. Hajj is a Fellow of the Engineering Mechanics Institute and has served as an elected member of its Board of Governors. Dr. Hajj received a B. Eng. degree (with distinction) from the American University of Beirut in 1983. He received a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and 1990.