Professional Service

  • National Science Foundation. Role: One of three researchers responsible. Constructed and Tested the Modular Testbed Building at UCSD. 04/01/2022 - 05/31/2022
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Organizing Committee and Review Committee 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
  • University of Rome La Sapienza. Role: External Reviewer. Review Proposal for Research Instrumentation. 10/2020 - present
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation. Role: Reviewer. 2020 INNOVATION FUND. 01/01/2020 - 03/31/2020
  • American Society of Civil Engineers. Role: Editor. Editorial Board, Journal of Architectural Engineering. 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2021
  • Elsevier. Role: Editor. Construction and Building Materials International Journal. 01/2018 - 12/2018
  • Various Journals. Role: Reviewer. US and International Journals in my field. 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
  • University of Iowa. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer for Faculty Promotion. 10/2017 - present
  • Reviewer of several journals. Reviewer. 01/2017 - present
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology. Reviewer for faculty promotion to Professor. 01/01/2017 - 06/01/2017
  • Elsevier. Role: Reviewer. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Elsevier. Role: Reviewer. Construction and Building Materials Journal . 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Institution of Civil Engineers. Role: Reviewer. Journal of Structures and Buildings. 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Taylor and Francis Group. Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance. 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Elsevier. Role: Reviewer. Composite Structures Journal. 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Elsevier. Role: Reviewer. Engineering Structures Journal. 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Swiss National Science Foundation. Proposal Reviewer. 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Mountain Plains Consortium. Webinar. 01/25/2016 - 01/25/2016
  • ASCE. Role: Reviewer. Journal of Composites for Construction. 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Journal of Composites, ASCE. Reviewer. 12/01/2015 - present
  • Swiss National Foundation . Reviewer. 05/2015 - present
  • American Concrete Institute Structural Journal. Reviewer. 04/2015 - present
  • Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. Reviewer. 03/2015 - present
  • Prestressed Concrete Insitute. Reviewer. 03/2015 - present
  • Construction and Building Materials. Reviewer. 02/2015 - present
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Materials Engineering. Reviewer. 02/2015 - present
  • Composite Structures. Reviewer. 02/2015 - present
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Bridge Engineering. Reviewer. 01/2015 - present
  • Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. Role: Review Paper. Review of manuscript 13-017. 10/2013 - 11/2013
  • Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. Role: Review Paper. Review paper:13-006, “Implementation of 0.7 in. Diameter Strands at 2 in. Spacing in Pretensioned Bridge Girders”. 08/2013 - 09/2013
  • University of Utah. Role: Interim Chair. Created Advertisement and Hired Full Lecturer. 05/2013 - 06/2013
  • Mountain Plains Consortium. Role: Reviewer. Reviewed Two Research Proposals. 04/2013 - 05/2013
  • Journal of Construction and Building Materials. Role: Review Paper. CONBUILDMAT-D-13-01765 Title: Numerical and experimental evaluation of a double inverted trussed beam reinforced with steel cable . 03/2013 - 04/2013
  • Journal of Composites for Construction. Role: Review Paper. CCENG-830, entitled "Experimental Investigation of Concrete Shear Walls Reinforced with Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Bars under Lateral Cyclic Loading.". 02/2013 - 03/2013
  • Journal of Construction and Building Materials. Role: Review Paper. CONBUILDMAT-D-12-00483 Title: A Critical Review of Retrofitting Methods for Unreinforced Masonry Structures. 02/2013 - 03/2013
  • Journal of Structural Engineering. Role: Review Paper. STENG-2076R1, entitled "Experimental Testing of CFRP-Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Wall Elements Loaded by Close-in Blast.". 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • Journal of Structural Engineering. Role: Review Paper. STENG-2076R1, entitled "Experimental Testing of CFRP-Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Wall Elements Loaded by Close-in Blast.". 01/2013 - 02/2013
  • ACI Committe 374. Review ASCE 31. 10/2012 - 12/2012
  • University of Utah. Interim Chair of CvEEN Department. 06/01/2012 - 12/31/2012
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Composites for Construction . Role: Reviewer. Paper Review. 08/2011 - present
  • American Concrete Institute Structural Journal . Role: Reviewer. Review Paper. 06/2011 - present
  • University of Canterbury. External PhD Examiner. 06/2011 - 07/2011
  • International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. Role: Reviewer. Review paper. 05/2011 - present
  • Technopress. Role: Reviewer. Journal Reviewer. 04/2011 - present
  • UNLV. Role: REviewer. Review Faculty for Promotion and Tenure. 04/2011 - 05/2011
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures. Journal Paper Review. 03/2011 - present
  • Journal of Engineering Structures. Role: Reviewer. Review Journal Paper. 02/2011 - present
  • IGI Global. Role: Reviewer and Member of Editorial Board. Review Book Chapter . 02/2011 - 12/2011
  • Journal of Composite Structures . Role: REviewer. Review Paper. 01/2011 - present
  • Taylor & Francis : J. Earthquake Engineering. Journal Reviewer. 11/2010 - present
  • ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. Journal Reviewer. 09/2010 - present
  • Hellenic Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Role: Session Chairman. Session Chairman: Concrete Structures II 9th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, July 12-14, Limassol, Cyprus. 07/14/2010 - present
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Role: Session Chairman. Session Chairman at Session: M3 Fiber Reinforced Column Retrofit 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching Beyond Borders, July 25-29, Toronto, Canada. 07/2010 - present
  • ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction . Journal Reviewer. 04/2010 - present
  • Elsevier: J. Construction and Building Materials. Journal Reviewer. 02/2010 - present

Honors & Awards

  • ASCE Fellow. American Society of Civil Engineers, 10/01/2022
  • Outstanding Reviewer J. of Structural Enginering. American Society of Civil Engineers, 12/31/2020
  • Outstanding Reviewer J. of Structural Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers, 12/31/2019
  • Fellow. American Concrete Institute, 04/2018
  • 2008 Trailblazer Award: Utah Transportation Research Advisory Council. Utah Transportation Research Advisory Council., 03/15/2008

Internal Service

  • RPT Chair. Chair, 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022. Department service.
  • UU Director of MPC. Director, 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022. Department service.
  • UU Director of TriDurLE. Director, 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022. Department service.
  • Infrastructure Group. Lead, 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022. Department service.
  • Infrastructure Lead. Leader f Infrastructure Group, 01/01/2021 - 02/12/2023. Department service.
  • RPT Chair. Chair, 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2022. Department service.
  • Chair of Faculty Search for Construction Engineering. Chair, 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021. Department service.
  • Member of HEDCO Building Renovation Committee. Member of committee for structural consultartion, 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021. Department service.
  • University of Utah Director of TriDurLE National Transportation Center. University of Utah Director, 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021. Other service.
  • Director of Mountain Plains Consortium Region 8 Transportation Center. University of Utah Director, 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021. Other service.
  • TriDurLE National Transportation Center. Director, 10/01/2019 - 09/30/2020. Other service.
  • Search Committee Digital Engineering Faculty Search 2019-2020. Committee Member, 10/01/2019 - 04/01/2020. Department service.
  • Search Committee Geoinformatics/Geotechnical Engineering Faculty Position. Committee Member, 10/01/2019 - 04/01/2020. Department service.
  • Promotion of faculty from Missouri University of Science and Technology to Professor. External Reviewer, 09/2019 - 11/2019. Other service.
  • George Washington University Promotion of faculty to Professor. External Reviewer, 08/2019 - 09/2019. Other service.
  • RPT Subcommittee for Luther McDonald. Committee Member, 07/31/2019 - 12/31/2019. Department service.
  • RPT Subcommittee for Glenn Sjoden . Committee Member, 07/31/2019 - 12/31/2019. Department service.
  • RPT Subcommittee Christine Pomeroy. Committee Member, 07/01/2019 - 12/31/2019. Department service.
  • RPT Subcommittee for Abbas Rashidi. 07/01/2019 - 12/31/2019. Department service.
  • RPT Subcommittee Doug Schmucker. Committee Member, 07/01/2019 - 07/31/2019. Department service.
  • Graduate Student Recruitment Committee. Committee Member, 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2020. Department service.
  • MPC Transportation Center DIrector. Director, 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019. Other service.
  • Cyberinfrastructure Faculty Search 2017-2018 . Member, 11/2017 - 12/2017. Department service.
  • Transportation Faculty Search. Member, 11/2017 - 12/2017. Department service.
  • Traveled to Weber State University to discuss plans for sharing courses and recruitment. Convenor, 09/2017 - 09/2017. Department service.
  • Infrastructure Group . Convenor, 08/2017 - 12/2017. Department service.
  • Mountain Plains Consortium - University of Utah Director. 01/2017 - 12/2017. Department service.
  • RPT Committee - Luis Ibarra. Member, 01/2015 - present. Department service.
  • Search Committee Structures Faculty. Chair, 01/2015 - present. Department service.
  • Strategic Planning Committee. Member, 01/2015 - present. Department service.
  • Infrastructure Group. Chair, 01/2015 - present. Department service.
  • Executive Committee. Member, 01/2015 - present. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee. Member, 01/2015 - present. Department service.
  • RPT Committee - Steve Burian. Member, 01/2015 - present. Department service.
  • Interim Chair of the Department. 06/2012 - 07/2013. Department service.
  • Interim Chair. 06/2012 - 12/2012. Department service.
  • Academic Senate. 08/01/2011 - present. University service.
  • Developed and passed new PhD requirements. Chair of Graduate Committee, 12/2010 - present. Department service.
  • University of Utah / Chemical Engineering Department. Reviewed Teaching of Faculty Member for RPT. Scholarly Service. 10/2010 - present. College service.
  • Curriculum Development. 01/2010 - present. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Envision Utah Seismic Resilience. 06/2020 - 02/2021

Outreach

  • ASCE Student Chapter Lecture "MASS TIMBER BRACING FOR RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE" . 02/21/2020 - 02/21/2020
  • Tour of Structures Laboratory. 03/31/2016 - 10/31/2016
  • Structures Laboratory Demonstration Prospective College of Engineering Students. 04/22/2011 - present

In the Media

  • Utah State University Forestry Extension. 05/01/2020. https://forestry.usu.edu/news/utah-forest-newslett...
  • Compositi Magazine Italy. 11/30/2016.
  • Roads and Bridges Magazine. 10/31/2016.
  • KUTV News. 06/13/2016.
  • KSL 5 Radio. 06/13/2016.
  • Radwaste Solutions. 03/31/2016.
  • "Overlay Protective", Article in Roads and Bridges Magazine, pg. 56-59 . 11/2011.
  • Bond Strength of Overlays for ABC Bridges Utah Department of Transportation Newsletter. 04/2011.
  • ENR Mountain States Article: A Durable Deck Building and studying stresses on Utah’s Beaver Creek Bridge . 10/01/2010.
  • UDOT Research Newsletter: Prestressed Concrete Girder Repair with CFRP Post-tensioned Rods. 03/2010.