Jerome F. Hajjar, Ph.D., P.E.
CDM Smith Professor and University Distinguished Professor
Director, Laboratory for Structural Testing of Resilient and Sustainable Systems (STReSS Laboratory)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
400 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Avenue
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000 USA
617-373-3242 (telephone); 617-373-4419 (fax); jf.hajjar@northeastern.edu
AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Awards
2025 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award, American Society of Civil Engineers
2025 Distinguished Member, Structural Stability Research Council
2024 University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University
2023 Lynn S. Beedle Award, Structural Stability Research Council
2022 National Academy of Engineering
2021 Lifetime Achievement Award, American Institute of Steel Construction
2014 CDM Smith Professorship, College of Engineering, Northeastern University
2013 Fellow, Structural Engineering Institute
2009 Shortridge Hardesty Award, American Society of Civil Engineers
2007 Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
2005 Narbey Khatchaturian Faculty Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Awards
2024 Special
Achievement Award, American
Institute of Steel Construction
2018
Robert
D. Klein Lectureship Award, Northeastern University
2018 Faculty Research Team Award, College of Engineering, Northeastern University
2016 Moisseiff Award, American Society of Civil Engineers
2015 Clemens Herschel Award, Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section, American Society of Civil Engineers
2010 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award2005 T. R. Higgins Lectureship Award, American Institute of Steel Construction
2004 Special Achievement Award, American Institute of Steel Construction
2003 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers
2000 UPS
Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Stanford University
2000 Norman Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers
Teaching Awards
2025 College Educator Award, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers
2008 Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008 List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (twice)
2007 List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2001 Charles E. Bowers Faculty
Award, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota
1998 Taylor Career Development Award, Institute of
Technology, University of Minnesota
1997 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates
Undergraduate Faculty Award, Department of Civil Engineering, University
of Minnesota
1996 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates
Undergraduate Faculty Award, Department of Civil Engineering, University
of Minnesota
1996 Outstanding Instructor Award, Department of Civil
Engineering, Institute of Technology Student Board, University of
Minnesota
1995 Outstanding Instructor Award, Department of Civil
Engineering, Institute of Technology Student Board, University of
Minnesota
Service Awards
2025 Outstanding Alumni Award, Northeastern University Civil Engineering Alumni Organization, Northeastern University
2023 Thomas A. Lenox Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Leadership Award, American
Society of Civil Engineers
2015 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Automation in Construction, Elsevier
2015 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Engineering Structures, Elsevier
2010 Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Structural Engineering, American
Society of Civil Engineers
2009 Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Structural Engineering, American
Society of Civil Engineers
2008 Outstanding Contributions to NEES Community
Cyberinfrastructure, George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake
Engineering Simulation, NEES, Inc.
1995 Minnesota Young Engineer of the Year, Minnesota Federation of Engineering Societies
1995 Minnesota Young Civil Engineer of the Year,
American Society of Civil Engineers, Minnesota Section
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2009 JSPS Fellowship for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2003 Minnesota Supercomputer
Institute Travel Grant, University of Minnesota
2000 Bush Faculty Sabbatical Supplement, University of
Minnesota
1998 Minnesota Supercomputer Institute Travel Grant,
University of Minnesota
1996 Institute of International Studies and Programs
Travel Grant, University of Minnesota
1996 Minnesota Supercomputer Institute Travel Grant,
University of Minnesota
1996 Engineering Foundation Travel Grant, Engineering
Foundation, New York