One of the primary objectives of the ABC-UTC is to conduct research that will improve ABC standard practice and develop new knowledge to advance the frontier of ABC. Accomplishing this objective requires available researchers with a diverse set of expertise. The below list of researchers are currently involved in ABC-UTC research or are available for future projects.
Florida International University
Atorod Azizinamini, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Chair; ABC-UTC Director
Education: Ph.D., University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1985
Specialty: Structural and Bridge Engineering
Office: EC 3677
Phone: (305) 348-3821
Email: aazizina@fiu.edu
Mehmet Emre Bayraktar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., Purdue University, 2006
Specialty: Construction Decision and Risk Analysis
Office: EC 2953
Phone: (305) 348-3174
Email: bayrakm@fiu.edu
Fabian Cevallos, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
Education: Ph.D., Florida International University, 2006
Specialty: Advanced Transportation Technologies
Office: EC 3609
Phone: (305) 348-3144
Email: fabian.cevallos@fiu.edu
Arindam Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2004
Specialty: Wind Engineering
Office: EC 3604
Phone: (305) 348-0518
Email: chowdhur@fiu.edu
David Garber, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor; ABC-UTC Director of Workforce Development
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Specialty: Structural Engineering
Office: EC 3606
Phone: (305) 348-4879
Email: dgarber@fiu.edu
Mohammed Hadi, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Florida, 1990
Specialty: Transportation Engineering
Office: EC3605
Phone: (305) 348-0092
Email: hadim@fiu.edu
Youngjib Ham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
Specialty: Infrastructure Condition Assessment
Office: EC 2954
Phone: (305) 348-8410
Email: yham@fiu.edu
Xia Jin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007
Specialty: Transportation Planning
Office: EC 3603
Phone: (305) 348-2825
Email: xjin1@fiu.edu
Kingsley Lau, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of South Florida, 2010
Specialty: Structural Engineering; Corrosion Engineering
Office: EC 3607
Phone: (305) 348-6124
Email: kilau@fiu.edu
Seung Jae Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
Specialty: Civil Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering
Office: EC 3626
Phone: (305) 348-1086
Email: sjlee@fiu.edu
Armin Mehrabi, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor; ABC-UTC Director of Research
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1994
Specialty: Structural Engineering
Office: EC 3627
Phone: (305) 348-3653
Email: AMehrabi@FIU.edu
Wallied Orabi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
Specialty: Civil Engineering
Office: EC 2952
Phone: (305) 348-2730
Email: worabi@fiu.edu
Mary Lou Ralls, P.E.
Principal, Ralls Newman, LLC (Austin, TX); ABC-UTC Director of Technology Transfer
Education: MSc., University of Texas at Austin, 1984
Specialty: Bridge Engineering
Phone: (512) 422-9080
Email: ralls-newman@sbcglobal.net
Ton-Lo Wang, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Associate Chair
Education: Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1984
Specialty: Analysis and Dynamics
Office: EC 3672
Phone: (305) 348-3054
Email: wangt@fiu.edu
Ioannis Zisis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., Concordia University, 2011
Specialty: Wind Engineering
Office: EC 3608
Phone: (305) 348-4869
Email: izisis@fiu.edu
Iowa State University
Alice Alipour, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2010
Specialty: Specialty: Vulnerability Assessment
Phone: 515-294-3280
Email: alipour@iastate.edu
Doug Gransberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2004
Specialty: Construction Cost Estimation and Projection
Phone: 515-294-4148
Email: dgran@iastate.edu
Brent M. Phares, Ph.D., P.E.
Director II, Institute for Transportation
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Education: Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1998
Specialty: Bridge Engineering
Phone: (515) 294-5879
Email: bphares@iastate.edu
Behrouz Shafei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2011
Specialty: Structural Engineering; Risk Analysis
Phone: 515-294-4058
Email: shafei@iastate.edu
Jennifer Shane, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006
Specialty: Construction Engineering
Phone: 515-294-1703
Email: jsshane@iastate.edu
Sri Sritharan, Ph.D.
Wilson Engineering Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of California, 1998
Specialty: Bridge Engineering
Phone: (515) 294-5238
Email: sri@iastate.edu
Terry J. Wipf, Ph.D., P.E.
Pitt-Des Moines Professor in Civil Engineering
Education: Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1983
Specialty: Bridge Engineering
Phone: (515) 294-6979
Email: tjwipf@iastate.edu
University of Nevada – Reno
Ian Buckle, Ph.D.
Foundation Professor, Director of CCEER
Education: Ph.D., University of Auckland, New Zealand, 1967
Specialty: Bridge Engineering – Seismic Isolation
Phone: (775) 784-1519
Email: igbuckle@unr.edu
Ahmad Itani, Ph.D., P.E., S.E.
Professor and Chair in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1991
Specialty: Seismic design of bridges
Phone: (775) 784-4379
Email: itani@unr.edu
Patrick Laplace, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Large Scale Structures Laboratory Manager
Education: Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno, 2002
Specialty: Large-Scale Structural Testing
Phone: (775) 784-8080
Email: plaplace@unr.edu
Ramin Motamed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: University of Tokyo, 2007
Specialty: Bridge Foundations
Phone: (775) 784-6960
Email: motamed@unr.edu
Mohamed A. Moustafa, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2014
Specialty: Earthquake Engineering; Hybrid Simulation
Phone: (775) 682-7919
Email: mmoustafa@unr.edu
Gokhan Pekcan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Buffalo, New York, 1998
Specialty: Structural Dynamics and Control
Phone: (775) 784-4512
Email: pekcan@unr.edu
Keri Ryan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2004
Specialty: Seismic Isolation
Phone: (775) 784-6928
Email: keri.ryan@unr.edu
Saiid Saiidi, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1979
Specialty: Bridge Engineering; Seismic-Concrete Bridges
Phone: (775) 784-4839
URL: http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/saiidi/
Email: saiidi@unr.edu
David Sanders, Ph.D.
Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1990
Specialty: Bridge Engineering
Phone: (775) 784-4288
Email: sanders@unr.edu
University of Washington
Jeffrey Berman, Ph.D.
Thomas & Marilyn Nielsen Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006
Specialty: Seismic Behavior of Steel Structures
Phone: (206) 616-3530
Email: jwberman@uw.edu
Paolo Calvi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2015
Specialty: Seismic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Phone: (206) 616-0511
Email: pmc85@uw.edu
Marc O. Eberhard, Ph.D.
Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana, 1989
Specialty: Bridge Engineering (Reinforced Concrete, Earthquakes, Tsunamis)
Phone: (206) 543-4815
Email: eberhard@uw.edu
Dawn E. Lehman, Ph.D.
Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1998
Specialty: Bridge Engineering (Steel and Composites; Earthquakes)
Phone: (206) 715-2108
Email: delehman@uw.edu
Mike Motley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University, 2011
Specialty: Tsunami Engineering
Phone: (206) 685-1709
Email: mrmotley@uw.edu
Charles Roeder, Ph.D.
Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Specialty: Bridge Engineering (Steel and Composites; Earthquakes)
Phone: (206) 543-6199
Email: croeder@uw.edu
John Stanton, Ph.D.
Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1979
Specialty: Bridge Engineering
Phone: (206) 543-6057
Email: stanton@uw.edu
University of Oklahoma
Kianoosh Hatami, PhD
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
Education: Ph.D., McMaster University, Canada, 1997
Specialty: Geotechnical Engineering and Earthquake Engineering
Phone: (405) 325-3674
Email: kianoosh@ou.edu
Jinsong Pei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University, 2001
Specialty: Structural Engineering (Structural Health Monitoring)
Phone: (405) 325-4272
Email: jspei@ou.edu
K.K. “Muralee” Muraleetharan, Ph.D., P.E., G.E.
Kimmell-Bernard Chair in Engineering, David Ross Boyd and Presidential Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1990
Specialty: Geotechnical Engineering, Geoenvironmental Engineering, Earthquake Engineering
Phone: (405) 325-4247
Email: muralee@ou.edu
Naiyu Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
Specialty: Structural Engineering, Structural Safety and Reliability
Phone: (405) 325-3600
Email: naiyu.wang@ou.edu
Musharraf Zaman, Ph.D., P.E.
David Ross Boyd Chair & Aaron Alexander Chair Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1982
Specialty: Geotechnical Engineering, Geomechanics, Materials Testing and Modeling
Phone: (405) 325-2626
Email: zaman@ou.edu