NTU-CEE Distinguished Seminar Series: Professor Mohsen Shahandashti

Organized By

CEE Seminar Committee

Host By

Associate Professor Tiong Lee Kong, Robert

Topic

Analytics for Resilient Construction and Infrastructure Systems

About the Seminar

Poor infrastructure system decisions can cripple our ability to prevent and mitigate disasters that ruin communities and lives. The infrastructure system decision-making could be extremely difficult due to uncertainties, system interdependencies, data heterogeneity, big data challenges, and computational intensity.

Dr. Shahandashti will present how his research team is addressing some of the practically inspired and theoretically challenging decision-making problems for infrastructure systems by advancing the science and practice of operations research and data analytics. More specifically, he will focus on the findings of two major National Science Foundation (NSF) projects that he has recently been leading:

1. Robust Risk-based Decision Analytics for Enhancing Seismic Resilience of Water Pipe Networks and
2. Housing Reconstruction Demand Surge: Measurement, Modeling, and Vulnerability Assessment.

About the Speaker

Dr. Mohsen Shahandashti is a professor and associate chair of Civil Engineering at UTA. Also, he is the director of North Texas Institute for Resilient Infrastructure (NTIRI). Dr. Shahandashti’s research enhances theory and applications of operations research and data analytics to improve the resilience of infrastructure systems. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles in the leading infrastructure and construction journals like Natural Hazards Review, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, and Automation in Construction.

He has received several awards, including the 2019 AASHTO High Value Research “Sweet Sixteen” Award and the best paper award in the category of Optimization and Computational Techniques from the International Associations for Automation and Robotics in Construction. Dr. Shahandashti's total funding support exceeds $11 million, supported by various organizations including multiple NSF programs, US Department of Transportation, and Texas Department of Transportation. Dr. Shahandashti is currently serving as an associate editor of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Natural Hazards Review, a member of the editorial board of ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, and a member of ASCE Infrastructure Committee. In 2023, Dr. Shahandashti was inducted into the UTA Academy of Distinguished Teachers, one of two highest honors that UTA extends to a faculty and was granted the title of “Distinguished Teaching Professor”.

He studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Ph.D. and M.Sc.), Carnegie Mellon University (M.Sc.), and Nanyang Technological University (M.E.). He is a registered professional engineer in Texas.

Registration

Click here for registration (Closes on 19 July 2024, 01:55 pm)