Present | Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
|
Disciplines
Research Interests
Finite-element analysis of deterioration processes, Evaluation of major uncertainties involved in aging mechanisms, Practical implementation of advanced probabilistic approaches, Mitigation of disasters in civil infrastructure components, Condition assessment of degraded structural components, Development of non-invasive sensing techniques, and Seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing structures
Honors and Awards
- Public Impact Distinguished Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2010-2011)
- James D. Cooper Best Paper Award, International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (2011)
- NSF Grant for NSF-CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, GA (2011)
- FEMA Scholarship Recipient for EERI-WSSPC Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (2009)
- Henry Samueli Endowed Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2007-2008)
- Second Best Paper Award, FRF’s First International Paper Competition on “Seismic Retrofit of Structures” in honor of Prof. Ghalibafian, Los Angeles, CA (2008)
- Recipient of the “Large Grant” from 13th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland (2006)
Links
Contact Information
College of Engineering
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts
233 Marston Hall
130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel:413-545-0434
Fax:413-577-4940
Email:
This author has not uploaded works yet.