Professional Experience
- Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Associate Professor from 2000 - 2010; Assistant Professor from 1994 - 2000), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
- Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (2010 - present), College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development (2008 - present), Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Director of ADVANCE (2008 - present), Northeastern ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Project.
- Director (2007 - present) NSF IGERT on Intelligent Diagnostics for Aging Civil Infrastructure, Northeastern University
- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement (2005 - 2008; Acting '05 - '06), Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
- Founding Director (2005 - 2006) Engineering Institute for Gender Equity in Leadership (IGEL), Northeastern University College of Engineering
- Director (2004 – present) GAANN Doctoral Fellowship Program for Sensing, Diagnostics, and Rehabilitation of Structural Systems.
- Visiting Associate Professor (2001 – 2002) of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
- Director (1999 – 2004) CONNECTIONS, a program to strengthen the pathways for women and girls to pursue careers in engineering and science.
- Graduate Research Assistant (1991 – 1994) Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
- Undergraduate Research Assistant (1989 – 1990) Carnegie Mellon, Engineering & Public Policy.
Professional Affiliations, Memberships, Offices Held
- Member Editorial Board American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 2004 – present.
- Elected Member National Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Education and Outreach Committee. 2003 - 2005 and 2007 - present.
- Invited Member Boston Advisory Council to the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. 2002 – present.
- Member Educational Advisory Committee to the Northeastern University CenSSIS Engineering Research Center. 2000 – present.
- Invited Member of the Dean's Leadership Council for the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. 1999 – 2003.
- Elected Member Boston Society of Civil Engineers Nominating Committee. 1998 – 2000.
- Member (1997 – 2004) ASCE Technical Committee on Safety of Bridges
- Member (1996 – 2003) and Secretary (1996 – 2000) ASCE Technical Committee on Structural Identification and Health Monitoring of Constructed Facilities (control member)
- Member (1996) ASCE Task Committee on Structural Identification of Constructed Facilities