Daniel I. Castaneda – Assistant Professor of Engineering at James Madison University

Getting Involved in Student Organizations

Getting Involved in Student Organizations

Students benefit by becoming involved in professional student organizations in engineering. You travel to conferences and greatly expand your professional network. I'm interested to work with students who want to start new student chapters of ACI, ASCE, and SHPE... Read more.

Project Work

Junior and Senior Capstone is a highlight of JMU Engineering, and I’m motivated to recruit teams of engineering students who are interested in project work grounded in civil engineering, construction materials engineering, and/or structural engineering... Read more.

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate research vitally complements undergraduate education by extending your classroom knowledge toward the furthest edges of engineering knowledge. Come by my office if you have a research idea or are intrigued by some of the research topics listed ... Read more.

About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. I earned my Ph.D. and M.S. in civil engineering ...

Research

My research broadly focuses on novel construction materials and test methods that can be used to increase the durability of civil infrastructure ...

Teaching

I blend pedagogical practices that emphasize engineering as a sociotechnical process, and you'll learn how to apply this to the engineering design process ...