Education

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