Application of probabilistic methods in engineering, including earthquake engineering, seismic risk analysis, wind and tornado engineering, structural dynamics, fatigue/fracture reliability/maintainability of infrastructure, soil-structure interaction, system identification, nonlinear random vibration, stochastic finite element, stochastic optimization, probabilistic evaluation of construction deficiencies, fuzzy sets and systems analysis, all aspects of damage, nondestructive inspections and their use in updating the reliability of existing structures.

SERVICE

Intramural (at the University of Arizona)

Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Advisor for Undergraduate and Graduate CEEM students, 1982 - present.

Undergraduate Studies Committee, Member, 1988-1989.

Promotion and Tenure Committee, Member, 1988-1989; Chair, 1994-1995.

Resource Generation and Allocation Committee, Member, 1988-1989.

Annual Performance Evaluation Committee, Chair, 1989-1990; 1991-1992; Member, 1990-1991; 1992-1994; Chair, 1995-1996.

Graduate Studies Committee, Chair, 1990-1991; 1993-1994; Member, 1991-1993; Chair, 1996-1997.

Civil Engineering Scholarship Committee, 1991-1994.

Department Advisory Committee, 1994-1995.

Project 2.2 - Identify nature, purpose, direction, focus of graduate program, Chair, 1996 - present

Project 1.3 - Prepare for ABET 2000, 1996 - present.

Project 4.2 - Establish procedures to deal with issues, 1996 - present.

Other Activities

Helped ASCE student chapter to participate in the steel bridge design competition.

Lectured at local junior high school.

College of Engineering and Mines

College Graduate Studies Committee, 1990-1992; 1993-1994; 1996-1997.

University of Arizona

Committee on Graduate Studies, 1989-1993.

Faculty Development Committee, 1994-1995.

UA/SAC Employee Recognition Selection Committees, 1997.

Extramural

Membership in Professional Societies

Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990- present.

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1975 - 1990.

Professional Engineer, State of California, 1978 - present.

Professional Engineer, State of Illinois, 1979 - 1993 (inactive).

Professional Engineer, State of Georgia, 1980 - 1993 (inactive).

Professional Engineer, State of Arizona, 1989 - present.

Reviews of Scholarly Publications

Book Reviewer, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Publisher, New York.

Reviewer of technical papers on reliability and risk analysis, Engineering Mechanics Division, Geotechnical Division, and Structural Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Reviewer of research proposals, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Reviewer of research proposals, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Book Reviewer, Harper and Row, Publishers, New York.

Reviewer of technical papers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Reviewer of technical papers for Structural Safety, an international journal on integrated risk assessment for constructed facilities.

Reviewer of research proposals, Australian Research Grants Scheme, Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships and Australian Research Grants Committee.

Reviewer of technical papers, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.

Reviewer of technical papers, International Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics.

Reviewer of technical papers, Journal of Engineering Fracture Mechanics.

Reviewer of technical papers, Risk Analysis An International Journal.

Reviewer of Technical papers, Applied Mechanics Review

Professional Activities

Member, ASCE Seismic Analysis Committee on Quantification of Uncertainties, 1980-1984.

Member, ASCE Technical Committee on Reliability and Probabilistic Concepts, 1980-1984.

Member, ASCE Technical Committee on Safety of Buildings, 1985-1988.

Control Group Member, ASCE Technical Committee on Safety of Buildings, 1988 - 1989.

Member, ASCE Technical Committee on Reliability of Offshore Structures, 1985 - 1991.

Member, ASCE Technical Committee on Geotechnical Safety and Reliability, 1985-1988.

Control Group Member, ASCE Technical Committee on Geotechnical Safety and Reliability, 1988 - 1989.

Member, International Program Committee, International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, 1991, 1993, 1995.

Member, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Technical Committee on Probabilistic Methods,1986 - present.

Judge, 1983 Southeast Regional Conference Essay Contest, ASCE.

Control Group Member, ASCE Technical Committee on Reliability of Offshore Structures, 1990-1991.

Member, Applied Risk Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1990 - present.

Control Group Member, ASCE Technical Committee on Geotechnical Safety and Reliability, 1991 - present.

Associate Editor, Journal of the Structural Engineering, ASCE, 1992 - 1995.

Technical Advisor, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., March 1992 to present.

Publications Secretary of the Technical Administrative Committee on Structural Safety and Reliability, ASCE, 1992 - 1995.

Chair, Technical Administrative Committee on Structural Safety and Reliability, ASCE, responsible for committees on Safety of Buildings, Reliability of Offshore Structures, Safety of Bridges, and Fatigue and Fracture Reliability, 1995-present.

Member, Advisory Committee, the First International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure (ICCI'96), sponsored by the NSF and the Universiry of Arizona, 1996.

Judge for Grand Awards, the 47th International Science & Engineering Fair, Tucson, Arizona, May 8, 1996.

Member, Conference Scientific Committee, 7th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, 1997.