Professional Experience

Director, Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Experimental Facility, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, (January 2021 – Present)
Deputy Director, Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Experimental Facility, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, (April 2017 – December 2020)
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (August 2017 – Present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (August 2011 – July 2017)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (August 2009 – July 2011)
Graduate Research Assistant, Smart Structures Technology Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (September 2005 – July 2009)
Visiting Researcher, Bridge and Structure Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan (March 2007 – June 2007)
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (January 2004 – October 2005)
Research Assistant, Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (March 2001 – August 2001)

Teaching Experience

Advanced Structural Analysis (CES 6106), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Structural Dynamics (CES 6108), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Mechanics of Engineering Structures (CES 3102), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Structural Analysis (CE 3440), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Introduction to Structural Analysis (CEE 360), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Synergistic Activities

Member, University of Florida Transportation Institute, Internal Steering Committee (Infrastructure & Materials)
U.S. Delegate, NEES/E-Defense Collaborative Earthquake Research Program 10th Planning Meeting (Rebooting US-Japan Joint Research on Earthquake Engineering) Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, (December 2013)
Secretary, 4th Workshop on China-USA Collaboration for Disaster Evolution/Resilience of Civil Infrastructure and Urban Environment (Monitoring Working Group), University of Nevada, Reno (August 2013)
Member, NEESComm Data Curation Subcommittee (February 2013 – Present)
Lecturer, NSF-funded Asia Pacific Summer School for Smart Structures Technology, IISc. Bangalore (July 2012)
U.S. Delegate & Secretary, 3rd Workshop on China-U.S. Collaboration for Disaster Evolution/Resilience of Civil Infrastructure and Urban Environment (August 2012)
Vice Chair, ASCE/SEI Young Professionals Committee (2011 – 2015)
Panelist, How the Future of Structural Engineering Sees the Future of Structural Engineering, ASCE/SEI Structures Congress (April 2011)
Instructor, Science: It’s a Girl Thing Camp, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (June 2010)
U.S. Delegate, U.S.-India Workshop: Innovative Materials and Structural Systems for Resilient and Sustainability Built Infrastructure, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India (December 2009)
Graduate Affairs Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (August 2008 – August 2009)

Honors and Affiliations

• Kissinger Campo Term Professorship, 2021 – 2026
• University of Florida Term Professorship, 2017 – 2020
• University of Florida Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, 2015
• NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2015 – 2020
• NSF ENHANCE Fellow, 2013 – Present
• ASCE Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2011
• Vodafone Fellowship Recipient, 2006-2008
• CEE Alumni Teaching Fellow, 2007-2008
• Chi Epsilon
• Tau Beta Pi, Texas Beta Chapter
• Phi Kappa Phi
• American Society of Civil Engineers