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1
State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
1989-1992
2
Dalian Institute of Technology, Dalian, China, M.S. in Civil Engineering
1982-1985
3
Dalian Institute of Technology, Dalian, China, B.S. in Civil Engineering
1978-1982
Professional Employment
1
Center for Intelligent Infrastructure, Director
Sept. 2019 - Present
2
INSpecting and Preserving Infrastructure through Robotic Exploration (INSPIRE) University Transportation Center, Director ($7.0M)
Nov. 2016 - Sept. 2022
3
Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering
July 1, 2014 - Present
4
Seagull Scholar in the School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Zhejiang University, China (with Dean and Professor Shilang Xu)
Jan. 1, 2013 - Dec. 31, 2015
5
Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China (with Professor Yu-lin Xu)
Mar. 5 - 18, 2012
6
Visiting Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento, Italy (with Professor Daniele Zonta)
May 17 - June 11, 2009
7
Coordinator for the MoDOT/USDOT Collaborative Structures Research Program (approximately $1.9M)
Sept. 2008 - Aug. 2010
8
Mid-America Transportation Center; Associate Director for the Missouri S&T Program (approximately $3.5M)
Sept. 2007 - Sept. 2022
9
Missouri S&T; Full Professor of Civil Engineering
Sept. 2007 - Present
10
Haitian Scholar in the School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China (with Professor Hongnan Li)
Sept. 2007 - Aug. 2010
11
Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES), Interim Director ($3.5M/year)
July 2006 - Aug. 2011
12
University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR); Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Sept. 2002 - Aug. 2007
13
Visiting Professor in the School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (with Professor Jinping Ou)
Aug. 17 - 20, 2002
14
Natural Hazards Mitigation Institute, Technical Director of the UMR Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Program (approximately $1.5M)
Feb. 2002 - Jan. 2006
15
UMR; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Aug. 1996 - Aug. 2002
16
Steinman Consulting Engineers; Senior Engineer
May 1993 -July 1996
17
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER), SUNY at Buffalo; Post-doctoral Fellow
Sept. 1992 - Apr. 1993
18
Dalian Institute of Technology, China; Assistant Lecturer
July 1985 - Jan. 1989
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