Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
University of Missouri-Columbia

Education

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota, June 1990
• MSCE, Purdue University, May 1987
• BSCE, Purdue University, May 1983

Research Interests

• Design and evaluation of bridges.
• High Performance Steel bridges.
• Inelastic design and behavior of steel structures.
• System limit state behavior and reliability.
• Large-scale experimental testing.
• Hybrid girder shear design.
• Bridge field testing.

Professional Memberships

• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers Steel Bridge Committee
• Member, American Iron & Steel Institute, Research Task Force
• Member, Federal Highway Administration SP&R Exchange Team
• Member, Federal Emergency Management Agency, US&R Technical Committee
• Member, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project Panel C12-38, "Research Needs for Horizontally Curved Girder Bridges"
• Member, Transportation Research Board Committee A2C05, Dynamics and Field Testing of Bridges

Awards

• Crossing Boundaries Circle Award, Fall 99
• Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Winter 99
• Citation of Merit for Excellence in Education, University of Missouri, April 1997
• Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Fall 96
• Gold Chalk Award, University of Missouri - Columbia, March 95
• Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Fall 94