Razaq Ferhadi is the Dean of the College of Engineering.  He has a PhD in Prestressed Concrete Bridges from The George Washington University, a Master of Engineering in Earthquake Engineering from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Utah.  He is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia.

His research interests include prestressed and post-tensioned concrete bridges, forensic structural analysis of steel and concrete structures.  His current project is Non-uniform Temperature Fluctuations Effect on Partially Fixed Single-span Post-tensioned Box Girder Bridges.