Fadi Karaa

Fadi Karaa, an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology, focuses on enterprise and project management systems, infrastructure resilience, and lifecycle management. His interdisciplinary teaching spans courses in performance and risk analysis of infrastructure systems, construction management, and data analytics. He has taught at MIT, Tufts University, Northeastern University, and Notre-Dame University.

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering (Water Resource Systems)
• MS, MIT, Management (Finance and MIS)
• MS, MIT, Civil Engineering Systems
• Engineer Diploma, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris

His research integrates analytical applications for risk modeling, multi-hazard flood protection, and underground infrastructure asset management. Current work explores green infrastructure optimization, predictive modeling, and decision support systems for water and wastewater networks.

His publications emphasize risk propagation analysis, project bundling, agent-based modeling, and underground conduit management, with keywords spanning Civil Engineering, Environmental Systems, and Machine Learning.

• Excellence in Teaching Awards (College of Engineering, NJIT)
• Arthur T. Ippen Award, MIT
• Boston Society of Civil Engineers President’s Appreciation Award

He has led federally and state-funded projects, including multi-tiered flood protection strategies post-Sandy and decision support systems for the US Army Corps of Engineers. His industry experience includes Vice Presidency at Oracle Corporation, where he developed enterprise solutions for Fortune 100 companies.