
Titles and Organizations
Associate Professor, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing
Contact Information
Phone: 703-993-1782
Campus: Fairfax
Building: Potomac Science Center
Room 2108
Mail Stop: 6C1
Campus: Fairfax
Building: Potomac Science Center
Room 2108
Mail Stop: 6C1
Email: cferrei3@gmu.edu
Personal Websites
In the News
- May 30, 2023
- July 26, 2021
- February 22, 2020
- March 23, 2018
Biography
Celso Ferreira leads the Mason Flood Hazards Research Lab, focusing on investigating and developing solutions that increase society's resilience to water-related natural hazards.
Research Spotlight
Celso Ferreira leads the Flood Hazards Research Lab at Mason. He is one of the faculty members exploring the connections of climate change to the ecosystems, and populations of the Chesapeake Bay. He is currently working with the Nature Conservancy on a project that seeks to assess the economic impact of sea-level rise on the coastal communities in Maryland.
Degrees
- PhD, Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University
- MEng, General and Applied Hydrology, CEDEX Centro de Experimentácion y Obras Públicas
- MS, Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Research Interests
- Water-related extreme weather hazards, their impacts on infrastructure and societies
- Nature-based climate adaptation strategies
Publications
Research
2013 - 2015: In Hot Water and Harm's Way: Modeling to Promote Regional Resilience to Repeated Heat Waves and Hurricanes. Funded by Johns Hopkins University.
2013 - 2015: PROTECTING VIRGINIA FROM HURRICANE STORM SURGE WITH WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS: CAN NATURE HELP TO REDUCE HURRICANE FLOOD RISK? Funded by Jeffress Memorial Trust.