Professional Service

  • Envision Utah. Role: Committee Member. Utah Disaster Resilience Lifeline Infrastructure Working Group . 03/2021 - present
  • ASCE. Role: member. Gas and Liquid Fuels Subcommittee, Civil Infrastructure and Lifeline System Committee, ASCE, 2015-current, (member). 01/01/2015 - present
  • EPS 2017 International Organizing Committee. Committee Member. 05/2014 - 10/2018
  • Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center. Role: member. Next Generation Liquefaction Triggering Database. 03/2014 - present
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Director - Utah Chapter. 12/15/2012 - 12/31/2013
  • EERI. Utah Chapter Organizing Committee. 09/2011 - 12/15/2012

Honors & Awards

  • University of Utah Distinguished Service Award, 2021-2022. Unviersity of Utah, 05/05/2022
  • Dean’s Recognition, placed among top instructors, College of Engineering,. U. of U. College of Engineering, 12/31/2021
  • ASCE OCEA Project Finalist, Team Member, Design of Colton Crossing Flyover with HDR, Seismic Analysis. ASCE, 02/12/2015
  • ASCE 2010 Local Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Awards - Geotechnical Category – Outstanding Award SR 519 / I-90 to SR 99 Intermodal Access I/C Improvements Phase 2 Design Build Project – Seattle Washington . ASCE, 01/2011
  • National Project of the Year ($25 million to $75 million), SR 519 / I-90 to SR 99. American Public Works Association, 01/2011
  • Dean’s Recognition, placed among top instructors, College of Engineering. U of U College of Engineering, 12/2010
  • National Earthquake Award of Excellence, “Development and Implementation of Seismic Design Policy,” Team Award given to Metropolitan Water Conservancy District Salt Lake and Sandy, Utah, . EERI/WSPC, 2004
  • 2002 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award, Wasatch Constructors I-15 Reconstruction Design-Build Team (team member). American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002

Internal Service

  • Academic Senate. Senator, 08/01/2022 - 12/31/2023. University service.
  • Chair - Construction Engineering Program. Chair of Committee, 08/24/2021 - 08/15/2022. Department service.
  • Construction Engineering ABET Coordinator. Coordinator and ABET Report, 10/30/2020 - 08/01/2022. Department service.
  • Associate Chair - Civil and Environmental Engineering, U of U Asia Campus. 02/15/2019 - present. Department service.
  • ABET Coordinator. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017. Department service.
  • COE ABET Committee. member, 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017. College service.
  • Senate Subcommittee on Planning and Budget. member, 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017. University service.
  • Chair Undergraduate Committee. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017. Department service.
  • Senate Advisory Committee on Budget and Planning. Member, 08/15/2016 - present. University service.
  • ABET Self Study Report 2016. Primary Author, 03/02/2015 - 06/30/2016. Department service.
  • CVEEN Undergraduate Committee. Chair, 01/01/2013 - present. Department service.
  • CVEEN ABET. Cordinator, 01/01/2013 - present. Department service.
  • Research Committee. member, 09/2011 - present. Department service.
  • Math Committee. Member, 09/2011 - 08/24/2012. College service.
  • Graduate Committee. 09/01/2011 - 08/24/2012. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Songdo, Incheon, S. Korea - Songdo Bypass Highway. 02/15/2021 - 05/05/2022
  • Partnership with Granite Community Council to Develop Transportation, Plan for Littel Cottonwood Canyon. 01/01/2018 - 06/30/2018
  • Partnership with Big Cottonwood Community Council to Develop Transportation, Trails and Sanitation Plan for Big Cottonwood Canyon. 01/01/2017 - 05/30/2017

Affiliations

  • Utah Safety Commission Lifelines Subcommittee (UT Safety Commission), Member, 01/2000 - present
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Chaiman of the Committee on Pre and Post-Disaster Mitigation, 01/2000 - present
  • Utah Advisory Committee for Urban Strong-Motion Monitoring (Strong Motion Monito), Chairman, 01/2000 - present
  • Utah Liquefaction Advisory Group (UT Liquefaction Advi), Member, 01/2000 - present
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Member, 01/2000 - present

Outreach

  • Earthquake Mobile Lab - Outreach to high school students. 08/2013 - present

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