EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 1991
• M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 1988
• B.S. Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, May 1985

EXPERIENCE

• October 30 2023 – present, Chair and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami.
• September 2022 – October 2023, Glenn L. Parker-James L. Tyson Professor of Engineering Mechanics, CEAE Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
• January 2008 – August 2022, Professor of Civil Engineering, CEAE Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
• January 2008 – October 2023, Professor of Mechanical Engineering (by Courtsey), University of Kansas, Lawrence.
• September 2002—December 2007, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
• September 1996—August 2002, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
• January 1997–July 1997, Consultant (on sabbatical), Grace Construction Products, W.R. Grace, Cambridge, MA.
• September 1990–August 1996, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
• September 1985–August 1990, Graduate Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.