Bio

Bio

Education

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, May 2012
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, May 2008
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, May 2006
    University of Pittsburgh

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida (June 2019 – present)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland (July 2018 – May 2019)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland (August 2012 – June 2018)
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Smart Structures Technology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (August 2006 – May 2012)
  • Visiting Researcher, Kawashima Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (July, August 2007)
  • Research Assistant, Pavements Group, University of Pittsburgh (January 2005 – May 2006)

Awards

  • (2017) E. Robert Kent Teaching Award for Junior Faculty
  • (2016) A. James Clark Student Competition Advisor Award
  • (2011) Liu Huixian Earthquake Engineering Scholarship Award
  • (2010) Structural Engineering Instructional Fellowship, University of Illinois
  • (2008) NSF APSS Fellowship for Research in South Korea
  • (2007) NSF EAPSI Fellowship for Research in Japan

Education and Mentoring Activities

  • Keystone Professor, (July 2018 – May 2019)
  • Faculty Advisor, ASCE Student Chapter (January 2015 – present)
  • Faculty Advisor, ASCE Concrete Canoe Team (January 2015 – present)
  • Faculty Advisor, ASCE Steel Bridge Team (January 2015 – present)
  • Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (August 2008 – January 2010)
  • Student Competition Director, Asia-Pacific Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (July 2009)

Teaching

  • Steel Structures I (CEE460), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Introduction to Engineering Design (ENES100), University of Maryland
  • Structural Steel Design (ENCE455), University of Maryland
  • Finite Element Methods (ENCE611), University of Maryland