He joined the Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering in the Volgenau School at George Mason University in 2011. Prior to joining George Mason, Dr. Tanyu was a senior engineer at Geosyntec Consultants. In his eight years of practice he worked on landslide forensic analyses, earth retention system designs, design and permitting of residual waste landfills, and seep investigation and embankment stability. Since 2008, he has been a National Highway Institute certified instructor teaching design of earth retaining structures.