Jerome F. Hajjar, Ph.D., P.E.
CDM Smith Professor, University Distinguished Professor, and Department Chair
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
National and International
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
1996- ACI
Committee 335, Composite and Hybrid Structures (member, 2014-; associate
member, 1996-2013)
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
2022-
AISC Sustainability Committee (chair)
2021
AISC Task Group on Need for Speed Research (member)
2016-2022 AISC Specification Ad
Hoc Committee on Seismic Analysis (member)
2016-2019 AISC Specification Task
Committee 7 on Evaluation and Repair (member)
2011-
AISC Specification Task Committee 1 on Coordination (member)
2011-2013 AISC T. R. Higgins
Lectureship Award Committee (member)
2010-2013 AISC Specification Task
Committee 12 on Nuclear Facilities Design, Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Modular
Composite Construction (member)
2010-2015 AISC Committee on Research
(member)
2010-2013 AISC Committee on Education
Awards (member)
2010-2012 AISC Manual Task Committee 5
on Seismic (member)
2006-
AISC Committee on Specifications (member)
2006-2015 AISC Specification Task
Committee 9 on Seismic Design (member)
2006-2015 AISC Specification Task Committee
9 on Seismic Design, Subcommittee 6 on Composite Construction (chair),
Subcommittee 4 on Moment Frame Systems (member), and Subcommittee 7 on
Analysis (member)
2004-2006 AISC Educator Awards
Committee (member)
2002-2005 AISC Specification
Commentary Development Team (chair)
2002-
AISC Specification Task Committee 5 on Composite Design (chair,
2016-; member, 2002-2015)
2000-2003 AISC Specification Task
Committee 3 on Loads, Analysis, and Systems, Subcommittee on Analysis
(chair)
2000-2002 AISC/SSRC Specification Task
Committee Stability (member)
2000-2002 AISC/SSRC Specification Task
Subcommittee on Notional Loads (chair)
1997-2015 AISC Specification Task
Committee 3 on Loads, Analysis, and Systems (chair, 2011-2015; vice-chair,
2002-2011; member, 1997-2002)
1997-2015 AISC Specification Task
Committee 10 on Stability (member, 1997-2005; corresponding member,
2005-2015)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural
Engineering Institute (SEI)
2024-
ASCE Thomas A. Lenox Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Leadership Award Committee (member)
2024-
ASCE Board Strategic Advisory Council Reimagine ASCE Subcommittee (member)
2022-
ASCE/SEI Board of Governors Executive Committee (BOG EXCOM) (member)
2022-2024
ASCE Technical Region Board of Governors (member)
2020-2023
ASCE Future World Vision Academic Use Case Working Group (member)
2020-2022 ASCE/SEI Committee on Reform of
Structural Engineering Education - 2 (CROSEE-2) (corresponding member)
2020-2022 ASCE Education Summit Working
Group (member)
2020-2022 ASCE/SEI Technical Committee on
Modular, Rapidly Erectable, and Deployable Structures (member)
2020
ASCE/SEI Committee on Reform of Structural Engineering
Education Task Group (member)
2019-
ASCE/SEI Board of Governors (past-president,
2024-2025;
president 2023-2024; president-elect 2022-2023; member 2019-2022)
2019-2022 ASCE/SEI
Publications Committee (SEI TAD EXCOM contact member)
2018-2021 ASCE Committee on Education
(member)
2017-2020 ASCE/SEI Jack E. Cermak Medal Awards
Committee (member)
2016-2018 ASCE Committee on Accreditation
(member)
2016-2018 ASCE Body of Knowledge 3
Committee (corresponding member)
2016-2021 ASCE/SEI Awards Committee (past
chair 2020-2021; chair 2019-2020; member 2016-)
2016-2019 ASCE/SEI Nathan M. Newmark Medal
Awards Committee (chair 2018-2019; member 2016-2018)
2016-2017 ASCE/SEI Structures Congress
Committee (member)
2014-2021 ASCE Department Heads
Coordinating Council (chair, 2018-; member, 2014-2018)
2012-2022 ASCE/SEI Technical Activities Division
Executive Committee (TAD EXCOM) (BOG contact member, 2019-2022;
past-chair, 2016-2017; chair, 2015-2016; vice-chair, 2014-2015; secretary,
2013-2014; member, 2012-2013)
1994-2004 ASCE/SEI Technical
Administrative Committee on Metals (chair, 2001-2004; member, 1994-2000)
1993-
ASCE/SEI Technical Committee on Composite Construction (control group
member, 2011-2012; member, 1993-2010, 2017-)
1993-1996 ASCE Task Committee on
Effective Length (chair)
1993-1995 ASCE Technical Committee on
Flexural Members (member)
1991-2001 ASCE/SEI Technical Committee
on Load and Resistance Factor Design (chair, 1994-2000; control group
member, 1992-1994, 2001; member, 1991-1992)
Applied Technology Council (ATC)
2015-2016 ATC-114 Project Technical Committee
(member): Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation for Performance-Based
Engineering
2013-2018 ATC-106 Project Technical Committee
(member): Seismic Behavior and Design of Deep, Slender Wide-Flange
Structural Steel Beam-Column Members - Phase 2 – Experimental Evaluation
2013
ATC-96 Project Technical Committee (member): Nonlinear Response
History Analysis of Steel Moment Frames
2012-2013 ATC-103 Project Technical
Committee (member): Seismic Design of Steel Special Concentrically Braced
Frame Systems: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
2011
ATC-90 Project Technical Committee (member): Seismic Behavior and Design of Deep, Slender Wide-Flange
Structural Steel Beam-Column Members: Phase 1
2009-2010 ATC-76-6 Project Review
Panel (member): Improved Nonlinear Static Seismic Analysis
Procedures – Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling
Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC)
2020-2022 BSSC Strategic Planning Committee
(member)
2016-2023 BSSC Issue Team 9 on Diaphragm
Issues (corresponding member)
2011-2015 BSSC Issue Team on
Self-Centering Rocking Systems (member)
2006-2010 BSSC Provisions Update
Committee – Task Subcommittee 6 on Steel Structures (member)
2001-2004 BSSC Provisions Update
Committee (member)
1998-2004 BSSC Provisions Update
Committee -- Task Subcommittee 11 on Composite Construction (member)
Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake
Engineering (CUREE)
2004-2005 Board of Directors (member)
2001-2005 University of Minnesota
Institutional Representative
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
2021-2023 Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
1999-2005 EERI Seismic Ethics Review
Committee (member)
European Convention for Constructional Steelwork
(ECCS)
2013-
Task Committee 11 on Composite Construction (corresponding member)
2010-
Task Committee 13 on Seismic Design (corresponding member)
International Association for Bridge and Structural
Engineering (IABSE)
2001-2002 IABSE Working Commission 2
on Steel, Timber, and Composite Structures (corresponding member)
International Federation for Structural Concrete
(Fédération Internationale du Béton, FIB)
2013-
Special Activity Group 6 on Steel-Concrete Composite Structures
(corresponding member)
National Academy of Engineering
2023 “Repurposing Plastic Waste in Infrastructure.” Report Review Committee,Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (monitor)National Research Council (NRC) of the National
Academies
2011 “Grand
Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research—A Vision for NEES Experimental
Facilities and Cyberinfrastructure Tools,” National Research Council of the
National Academies, Washington, D.C. (steering
committee)
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Consortium, Inc. (NEES)
2006-2007 Task Group on Information
Technology Vision (chair)
2006-2007 Task Group on Success
(corresponding member)
2005-2009 Information Technology
Strategy Committee (chair-elect, 2005-2006; chair, 2007-2008;
past-chair, 2008-2009)
2003-2005 Data Sharing and Archiving
Committee (member)
2003-2005 Information Technology
Committee (member)
2003-2005 University of Minnesota
Alternate Institutional Representative
Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC)
2015- Task
Group 3 on Design (member)
2005-
Voting member for RCSC Specification for Structural Joints Using
High-Strength Bolts
Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC)
2008-2009 SSRC Nominating Committee
(member)
1992-2016 SSRC Task Group 4, Frames
(member)
1991-2004 SSRC Task Group 29,
Inelastic Analysis for Frame Design (member)
Local
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1993-2005 ASCE Minnesota Section
Board (Director of Technical Services, 1998-2000; Secretary, 2000-2002,
Vice President of Information Services, 2002-2003; President-Elect,
2003-2004; President, 2004-2005)
1993-2005 ASCE Minnesota Section
Structural Committee (member)
1988-1989 ASCE New York
Metropolitan Section Computer Committee (member)
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
2013-2019 EERI New England Regional
Chapter (member)
National Council of Structural Engineering
Associations (NCSEA)
2010-
Structural Engineers Association of Massachusetts
(member)
2001-2003 Minnesota Structural Engineering
Emergency Response Plan (MnSEERP) Committee (member)
Leadership of International Conferences and Symposia
December 5-6, 2022, Co-Chair, “2022 National Offshore Wind Research and Development Symposium,” Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
July 20-August 12, 2020, Chair, “Civil and Environmental Engineering Solutions to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Panel Discussion Series (three panels), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts (virtual).
June 8-30, 2020, Chair, “National Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference,” Virtual Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia (virtual).
May 30-31, 2019, Chair, “National Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference,” Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
May 26-27, 2016, Co-Chair, “Workshop: Setting a Broader Impact Innovation Roadmap,” Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia.
May 24-26, 2016, Chair, “Eighth International Workshop on Connections in Steel Structures (Connections VIII),” Boston, Massachusetts.
July 8-12, 2012, Co-Chair, “CMMI 2012 Grantee Conference: Engineering Transformation Through Partnerships,” Boston, Massachusetts.
June 2-4, 2011, Co-Chair, “Engineering Mechanics Conference 2011,” Engineering Mechanics Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, Boston, Massachusetts.
April 8, 2010, Co-Chair, “11th Annual Structural Engineering Conference,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
April 16, 2009, Chair, “10th Annual Structural Engineering Conference,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
July 20-24, 2008, Co-Chair, “Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VI,” Tabernash, Colorado, United Engineering Foundation, New York, New York.
March 27, 2008, Chair, “9th Annual Structural Engineering Conference,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
April 5, 2007, Chair, “8th Annual Structural Engineering Conference,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
May 28-June 2, 2000, Co-chair, “Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete IV,” Banff, Alberta, Canada, United Engineering Foundation, New York, New York.
June 6-7, 1997, Co-chair, “Innovations in Structural Design: Strength, Stability, Reliability. A Symposium Honoring Theodore V. Galambos,” Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Scientific Committee of International Conferences and Symposia
December 1-3, 2025 International Scientific Committee, “19th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS 19), Hong Kong, China.
September 8-10, 2025, Scientific Committee, “International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures (SDSS 2025),” Barcelona, Spain.
December 11-13, 2024, International Scientific Committee, 13th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (ASCCS 2024), Hong Kong, China.
July 22-24, 2024, Chair, “Towards Zero Carbon: Developing a Roadmap for the Structural Engineering Profession and the Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE,” Structural Engineering Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, Boston, Massachusetts.
November 29-December 1, 2023, International Scientific Committee, Ninth International Conference on Thin-walled Structures, Sydney, Australia.September 12-14, 2023, International Scientific Committee, “10th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (Eurosteel 2023),” Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
November 9-11, 2022, International Scientific Committee, “8th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8ACEE),” Taipei, Taiwan.
September 14-16, 2022, International Scientific Committee, “International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures (SDSS 2022),” Aveiro, Portugal.
May 25-27, 2022, International Advisory Committee, “10th International Conference on the Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA 2022),” Timisoara, Romania.
July 26-30, 2021, Scientific Committee, “Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete IX,” Stromberg, Germany.
June 14-24, 2021, Chair, “National Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference,” Virtual Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia (virtual).
September 11-13, 2019, Scientific Committee, “Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures (SDSS 2019),” Prague, Czech Republic.
July 3-5, 2019, International Scientific Committee, “9th International Conference on Steel and Aluminum Structures (ICSAS19),” Bradford, England.
May 28-30, 2019, Planning Committee, “Civil Engineering Education Summit, American Society of Civil Engineers,” Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
July 24-27, 2018, International Scientific Committee, “Eighth International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures (ICTWS'18),” Lisbon, Portugal.July 16-20, 2018, Scientific Committee, “International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures Symposium: Creativity in Structural Design (IASS 2018),” Boston, Massachusetts.
June 27-29, 2018, Scientific Committee, “Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (ASCCS 2018),” Valencia, Spain.
July 30-Aug. 2, 2017, Scientific Committee, “Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VIII,” Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
June 7-11, 2016, Organization and Host Committee, “8th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics & Applications (BBAA VIII),” Boston, Massachusetts.May 30-June 1, 2016, International Scientific Committee, “International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures (SDSS 2016),” Timisoara, Romania
July 26-27, 2015, International Scientific Committee, “6th International Symposium on Innovation and Sustainability of Structures in Civil Engineering (ISISS 2015),” Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
July 21-24, 2015, International Scientific Committee, “8th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS’15),” Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
July 1-3, 2015, International Advisory Committee, “8th International Conference on the Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA 2015),” Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
October 17-18, 2014, International Scientific Committee, “5th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Earthquake Engineering for Resilient Communities (5ACEE),” National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
September 10-12, 2014, International Advisory Committee, “7th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (Eurosteel 2014),” Naples, Italy.
September 3-4, 2014, Organizing Committee, “International Resilience Symposium,” National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
April 3-5, 2014, Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Technical Activities Division Executive Committee Liaison, “2014 SEI Structures Congress,” Boston, Massachusetts.
October 8-11, 2013, International Scientific Committee, “10th Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC 2013),” Singapore.May 16-17, 2013, International Scientific Committee, “11th International Conference: Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques,” Vilnius, Lithuania.
August 12-14, 2012, Local Organizing Committee, “3rd
American Association for Wind Engineering Workshop,” Hyannis,
Massachusetts.
July 2-4, 2012, International Scientific Committee, “Advances in Steel and Concrete Composite and Hybrid
Structures (ASCCS 2012),” Singapore.
March 6-8, 2012, International Scientific Committee, “9th Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering (9CUEE) and 4th Asian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (4ACEE),” Tokyo, Japan.
January 9-11, 2012, International Advisory Committee, “7th International Conference on the Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA 2012),” Santiago, Chile.
March 14-15, 2011, Steering Committee, “Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research: A Community Workshop,” National Research Council, Irvine, California.
July 25-29, 2010, Technical Committee, “9th U.S. National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching Beyond Borders,” Toronto, Canada.
July 21-23, 2010, International Scientific Committee, “4th International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (ICSCS’2010),” Sydney, Australia.
December 7-9, 2009, Program Steering Committee, “ATC-SEI Conference on Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings,” San Francisco, California.
September 24-25, 2009, Scientific Committee, “International Colloquium on Structural Stability and Ductility,” Structural Stability Research Council, Vilnius, Lithuania.
August 16-20, 2009, International Advisory Committee, “6th International Conference on the Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA 2009),” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
July 8-10, 2009, International Scientific Committee, “ASCCS '09: International Conference on Steel-Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures,” Association for Steel-Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures (ASCCS), Leeds, United Kingdom.
December 5-7, 2007, International Scientific Committee, “ICASS '07: Advances in Steel Structures,” Fifth International Conference, Singapore.
March 13-17, 2007, PSSC International Advisory Committee (PIAC), representing the American Institute of Steel Construction, “Eighth Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC),” Pacific Council of Structural Steel Associations, Wairakei, New Zealand.
September 6-8, 2006, International Scientific Committee, “International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures,” Structural Stability Research Council, Lisbon, Portugal.
June 21-23, 2006 Organizing Committee, NEES Fourth Annual Meeting, Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, NEES, Inc., Washington, D.C.
July 18-23, 2004, Steering Committee, “Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete V,” Berg-en-Dal, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Engineering Conferences International, New York, New York.
December 9-11, 2002, Steering Committee, “ICASS '02: Advances in Steel Structures,” Third International Conference, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction.
Organization of Workshops
July 22-24, 2024 Chair, Achieving Net-Zero Embodied Carbon in Sustainable Structural Design: A Roadmap for the Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE, Boston, Massachusetts.
March
18-19, 2019 Co-Chair, “French-American Innovation
Day 2019: An International Workshop on Floating Offshore Wind Energy
Technology: Innovation to Commercialization,” Boston, Massachusetts.
December
14-15, 2017 Co-Chair, “POWER-US: Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy
Workshop,” Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy, Northeastern
University, Boston, Massachusetts.
March 14-15, 2011 Steering Committee, “Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research: A Community Workshop,” National Research Council, Irvine, California.
August 7, 2003 Steering Committee, “Network for Earthquake Engineering (NEES) Summit Meeting,” Chicago, Illinois. Led breakout session on NEES Software Deployment
Dr. Hajjar has participated in the organization over ten sessions at national conferences, primarily through the American Society of Civil Engineers. Examples include:
December 7-8, 2022, Hajjar, J. F., “Metocean Characterization and Monitoring,” 2022 International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, December 7-8, 2022.
June 2-4, 2021, Hajjar, J. F. and Bell, G., “An Introduction to Systems Engineering and What it Means to Structural Engineers,” 2021 SEI Structures Congress, Structural Engineering Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia, June 2-4, 2021 (virtual).
April 23-25, 2015, Hajjar, J. F., Myers, A. T. and Arwade, S., “Advancing Design Approaches for Wind Energy Structures,” 2015 SEI Structures Congress, Boston, Massachusetts, April 23-25, 2015.
April 3-5, 2014, Hajjar, J. F., “Damage Detection and Evaluation,” 2014 SEI Structures Congress, Boston, Massachusetts, April 3-5, 2014 (session moderator)
April 3-5, 2014, Hajjar, J. F., “Seismic Effects,” 2014 SEI Structures Congress, Boston, Massachusetts, April 3-5, 2014 (session moderator)
July 25-29, 2010, Deierlein, G. G. an Hajjar, J. F., “International Asia Focus: Large-Scale Testing of Steel Framed Buildings (Parts 1 and 2),” 9th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, Canada, July 25-29, 2010
May 12-14, 2010, Griffis, L. A. and Hajjar, J. F., “New Provisions for Composite Construction in the 2010 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings and the 2010 AISC Seismic Provisions,” ASCE/SEI Structures Congress 2010, Orlando, Florida, May 12-14, 2010.
July 20-24, 2008, Hajjar, J. F., “Seismic Design of Composite Construction: Panel Discussion,” Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VI, Engineering Conferences International, Tabernash, Colorado, July 20-24, 2008.
June 16-18, 2008, Hajjar, J. F., “Innovative System Performance,” 6th Annual Meeting of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, Portland, Oregon, June 16-18, 2008.
June 20, 2007, Hajjar, J. F. and Sritharan, S., “IT Achievements, Goals, and Opportunities within NEES: Preparing for 2009-2014,” 5th Annual Meeting of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, Snowbird, Utah, June 21, 2007.
May 23, 2004, Hajjar, J. F. (ASCE Technical Committee on Composite Construction), “International Large-Scale Testing of Composite Steel-Concrete Structures,” Technical Session held at the ASCE Structures Congress '04, Nashville, Tennessee, May 23-25, 2004.
April 5, 2002, Hajjar, J. F. (ASCE Technical Committee on Load and Resistance Factor Design), “AISC LRFD Manual and Specification for Structural Steel Building Design: New Provisions and Future Directions,” Technical Session held at the ASCE Structures Congress '02, Denver, Colorado, April 4-6, 2002.
July 21, 1998, Hajjar, J. F. (ASCE Technical Committee on Load and Resistance Factor Design) and Ellingwood, Bruce R. (ASCE Technical Committee on Safety of Buildings), “International Developments in Probability-Based Limit States Design of Steel Structures. I and II,” Technical Session held at the First Structural Engineers World Congress, San Francisco, California, July 19-23, 1998.
July 20, 1998, Hajjar, J. F. (ASCE Technical Committee on Composite Construction), “U.S./Japan Composite Program: Steel Reinforced Concrete and Research for Innovation,” Technical Session held at the First Structural Engineers World Congress, San Francisco, California, July 19-23, 1998.
April 5, 1995, Hajjar, J. F. (ASCE Technical Committee on Load and Resistance Factor Design), “Stability of Steel Frames,” Technical Session held at the ASCE Structures Congress '95, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2-5, 1995.
Dr. Hajjar has participated in or assisted in the organization of over twenty seminars and panel discussions for local engineers. Recent examples include:
February 20, 2020, “Anticipating the Future Built Environment,” organized this lecture by Gerald A. Buckwalter, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
February 26, 2015, “Birth of the Steel Skyscraper,” organized this lecture by Benjamin J. Schafer, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.January 30, 2002, “Building Design After September 11, 2001: Architecture, Structure, Safety -- A Forum for the Minnesota Community,” participated in and assisted in the organization of this panel discussion, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
November 29, 2001, “Disaster Management in Minnesota: The Role of the Civil Engineering Community -- A Panel Discussion,” moderated and assisted in the organization of this panel discussion, ASCE Minnesota Section, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Editorial Duties
2011- Editorial Board, Steel Construction, European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS), Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, Germany.
2010-2022 Associate Editor, Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia.
2008-2013 Editorial Board, Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Oakland, California.
2001- Editorial Board, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier Science Publishers, Oxford, U.K.
2000 Guest editor, Engineering Structures, Special Issue, Vol. 22, No. 2, February, Elsevier Science Publishers, London, U.K.
Review Duties
2020 Proposal reviewer, National Fund for Scientific and Technological Research (FONDECYT) of the National Research and Development Agency (ANID) of the Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation Ministry, Santiago, Chile.
2019 Department Review, Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology,
Hoboken, New Jersey.
2018 Department Review, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
2018 Department Review, Department of Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
2017 Department Review, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2015-2017 Proposal reviewer, InnovateMass Program, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
2010-2019 Advisory Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.
2010-2018 Advisory Council, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University.
1998- Text books: Reviewer of several text books on topics in structural engineering.
1998- Ph.D. dissertations: External examiner or committee member for Ph.D. dissertation defenses for:
1989- Manuscripts: Reviewer of manuscripts for the following refereed journals and special publications:
Advances in Civil Engineering
Advances in Engineering Software
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
American Concrete Institute, Special Publications
American Society of Civil Engineers, Special Publications
Automation in Construction
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
Computation
Computational Mechanics
Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Computers and Structures
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Special Publications
Earthquake Spectra
Earthquakes and Structures
Engineering Computations
Engineering Structures
Engineering Journal, American Institute of Steel Construction
Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
International Journal of Microcomputers in Civil Engineering
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics
International Video Journal of Engineering Research
Japan Architectural Review
Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Journal of Architectural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers
Journal of Bridge Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers
Journal of Building Engineering
Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Journal of Earthquake Engineering
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers
Journal of Field Robotics
Journal of Materials and Design
Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers
Journal of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures
National Academy of Sciences, India
Natural Hazards Review
Nuclear Engineering and Design
Sensors
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Steel and Composite Structures
Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings
Structural Engineering and Mechanics
Structural Health Monitoring
Structural Safety
Structural Stability and Dynamics
Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
Structures and Buildings, Proceedings of the Institution of Structural Engineers
Structures Journal, American Concrete Institute
Structural Safety
Technical Report Series, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthq. Engrg. Research
Thin-Walled Structures
United Engineering Foundation, Proceedings
University Activities, Northeastern University
2022 “Negotiating for a Faculty Position,” Presentation at ADVANCE Future Faculty Workshop, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, July 28, 2022.
2022 “Key Strategies for Leadership,” Presentation at Leadership Development Forum, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, June 17, 2022.
2022 Resilience Steering Group (chair)
2019-2020 Provost Search Committee (chair)
2017 “Urban Engineering for a Sustainable Future,” NU@Noon: Presentation to Northeastern University Alumni, George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, Northeastern University, Burlington, Massachusetts, November 28.
2016 “Urban Engineering: New Ideas for a Sustainable Future,” Presentation to Northeastern University Alumni, Los Angeles, California, September 28.
2016- Global Resilience Institute Faculty Advisory Committee (member)
2015-2019 Research Policy Oversight Committee, Faculty Senate (member)
2015-2017 Provost Advisory Committee on NSF Compliance Remediation
2014-2016 President’s Social Impact Council (member)
2014-2015 University Distinguished Professors Committee (member)
2014-2016 Faculty Senate (senator)
2014 Sustainability Presentation, Northeastern University Board of Trustees (presenter)
2014-2015 Cross-College Faculty Search Committee on Urban Coastal Sustainability and Adaptation (member)
2013-2014 Cross-College Faculty Search Committee on Urban Coastal Sustainability and Adaptation (member)
2013 Sustainability Pop-Up (presenter)
2013 Empowerfest (presenter)
2012-2013 Cross-College Faculty Search Committee on Coastal Engineering (member)
2011-2012 Cross-College Faculty Search Committee on Coastal Engineering (chair)2010-2012 Faculty Handbook Project Committee (member)
2010-2011 Cross-College Faculty Search Committee on Urban Sustainability (chair)
2010-2011 School of Architecture External Review Committee (member)
2010- Ph.D. dissertation and M.S. thesis: Committee member for Ph.D. dissertations and M.S. thesesfor numerous students
College of Engineering Activities, Northeastern University
2022-2023 Department of Bioengineering Chair Search Committee (member)
2019-2020 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Chair Search Committee (member)2012-2013 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair Search Committee (member)
2010-2012 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Chair Search Committee (member)2010-2011 Co-op Faculty Search Committee (member)
2020- Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (member)
2015-2019 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Chapter (advisor)
2012-2014 Infrastructure Systems Working Group (member ex-officio)2012-2014 Graduate Recruiting Working Group (chair)
2010- Tenure and Promotion Committee (member ex-officio)
2010- Department Chair
2009-2010 Academic Senate (senator)
2005-2010 Ph.D. dissertation and M.S. thesis: Committee member for Ph.D. dissertations and M.S. thesesfor numerous students
2006 Mid-America Earthquake Center Information Technology Specialist Search Committee (chair)
2006 Mid-America Earthquake Center Administrative Manager Search Committee (member)
2005-2006 National Center for Supercomputing Applications Research Programmer (three positions) Search Committee
2005-2007 Deputy Director, Mid-America Earthquake Center
2005-2007 Thrust Leader, Engineering Engines Thrust, Mid-America Earthquake Center
2005-2007 Co-Thrust Leader, Consequence-Based Risk Management Thrust, Mid-America Earthquake Center
2009-2010 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee
2009-2010 Member, Non-Tenure Track Faculty Evaluation Committee
2006-2009 Chair, Structures Faculty
2006-2009 Administrative Committee (member)
2006-2007 Graduate Affairs Committee (member)
2005-2008 IT Director, MUST-SIM Facility
2005-2010 Promotion and Tenure Ad Hoc Committee (to evaluate and prepare cases for four assistant and associate professors) (chair)
2006-2007 Structures Faculty Search Committee (member)
2005-2006 Structures Faculty Search Committee (two positions) (member)
2005-2006 MUST-SIM Research Engineer (Operations Manager) Search Committee (member)
2005-2006 MUST-SIM Research Engineer (Systems Manager) Search Committee (chair)
2005- Structures Graduate Studies Admissions and Fellowship Ad Hoc Committee
2005-2006 Safety Committee
2003-2005 Center for Transportation Studies Faculty Scholar
2003-2004 President's Distinguished Faculty Mentor Program
2001-2004 Minnesota Supercomputer Institute Supercomputing Resources Peer Review and Allocations Committee
1999 Taught steel structures portion of Professional Engineers Review Class (CE 0005)
1993 Advisor for “Building a New World,” Institute of Technology
1993-2005 Ph.D. dissertation and M.S. thesis: Committee member for Ph.D. dissertations and M.S. theses for numerous students
1999-2000 Institute of Technology Faculty Search Committee for position on Computational Design in the Digital Technology Center
1994 Institute of Technology Computer Committee – Subcommittee on Software Standardization
2004-2005 Department of Civil Engineering Structures Faculty Search Committee
2004-2005 Department of Civil Engineering Graduate Studies Committee (and 1997-2000)
2003-2004 MAST Laboratory Grand Opening Committee, Chair
2002-2004 Department of Civil Engineering Planning Council
2002-2004 Gave yearly lecture on Structural Engineering in CE 1101, Civil Engineering Orientation
2001-2005 IT Director, MAST Facility
2001-2004 Department of Civil Engineering Undergraduate Studies Committee
2001-2003 Department of Civil Engineering Fundraising Committee
2000-2005 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Chapter Advisor
1998-2005 Promotion and Tenure Committee
1998-2000 Coordinated the effort to construct the Infrastructure Engineering Building / MAST Laboratory
1997-2003 Department of Civil Engineering Mentor for Asst. Prof. Paige Novak
1995 Department of Civil Engineering Structures Faculty Search Committee
1993-1997 American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter Advisor
1992-2000 Department of Civil Engineering Computer Committee
2023 Interviews with Rhode Island Public Radio regarding the Washington Street Bridge failure in Providence, Rhode Island.
2023 Interviews with the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Middle East Eye regarding the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
2022 Interview with the Boston Business Journal for article about construction projects built over the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston, Massachusetts.
2022 Interview with the Associated Press for article about the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2021 Interview with the Business Insider for article about resilience and sustainability in structural engineering.
2021 Interview with Engineering News Record for article about Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative.
2019 Interview with Glenn Bell, President of the American Society of Civil Engineers Structural Engineering Institute, about the future of civil and structural engineering education.
2019 Interview with the Washington Post, EE Times India, and other venues about the roof collapse due to fire at Notre Dame in Paris.
2016 Interview with Autodesk Redshift about innovation in the architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) industry.
2016 Interview with the Composites Weekly about use of composites in off-shore wind and building system applications.2015 Interview with the Boston Herald about MBTA bridge maintenance after the Boston winter of 2014-2015.
2015 Interview with BostInno about design for deconstruction in relation to the Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
2014 Participated on a Career Panel for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Student Chapter, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
2012 Interview with WGBH Boston Public Radio Innovation Hub on sustainable building systems and design for deconstruction.
2012 Interview with TBS eFM Radio for the program 1013 Main Street in Seoul, Korea on fuse-based controlled-rocking systems.
2011 Interviews with the Boston Globe, Popular Mechanics, New York City Metro News, and other organizations after the August 23, 2011 Virginia earthquake.
2011 Interviews with the National Public Radio, the Boston Globe, Popular Mechanics, Christian Science Monitor, and other organizations after the March 11, 2011 Tohuku, Japan earthquake.
2010 News articles published in many publications and websites on the 2010 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award about NEES research on Self-Centering Rocking Systems with Energy Dissipating Fuses for Steel Buildings Subjected to Earthquakes.
2009 News articles published and videos posted by national and international press, including Engineering News Record, Popular Science, and many other publications and websites about NEES research on Self-Centering Rocking Systems with Energy Dissipating Fuses for Steel Buildings Subjected to Earthquakes.
2007-2008 Interviews with CNN; WAND (NBC), Champaign, Illinois; WICD (ABC), Champaign, Illinois; WCIA (CBS), Champaign, Illinois; WEIU TV, Charleston, Illinois; Voice of America; Radio France Internationale, Paris, France; Radio Classique, Paris, France; National Public Radio; Minnesota Public Radio; WILL Champaign Public Radio; WDWS Radio, Champaign, Illinois; Mainichi Daily News, Japan; Le Soir News, Brussels, Belgium; Washington Post; Time Magazine; St. Paul Pioneer Press; St. Louis Dispatch; and the Champaign News-Gazette after the collapse of the I-35W steel bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 1, 2007.
2006 Interview with The Weather Channel, New York, New York regarding the Mid-America Earthquake Center.
2005-2007 Interviews with several regional newspapers, radio stations, and television stations regarding the Mid-America Earthquake Center.
2005 Judge, Future Cities Competition, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2004 Interviews with KARE Television, Minneapolis, Minnesota and WCCO Radio, Minneapolis Minnesota, Minnesota regarding the December 26, 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
2004 Interviews with the St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minnesota; Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota; KARE Television, Minneapolis, Minnesota; WCCO Television, Minneapolis, Minnesota; WCCO Radio, Minneapolis, Minnesota regarding the MAST Laboratory and NEES Grand Opening.
2001 Interviews with the St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minnesota; Fox News Television, Minneapolis, Minnesota; KSTP Television, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the RK Radio Network, Minneapolis, Minnesota after the collapse of the World Trade Center.
2001 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Advised on repair and retrofit measures for a large bronze sculpture that had cracked due to fatigue from the wind.
1996 Speaker at Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, with C. K. Shield.
1994 Advisor for “Newton 's Apple”, a Twin Cities Public television program on bridges.