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Committee member:
- American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Task Committee TC 9 – Seismic Systems
- Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), Building Code Committee
- American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committee 423 Prestressed Concrete (Associate Member)
- American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committee 544 Fiber Reinforced Concrete (Associate Member)
- American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committee 239 Ultra-High Performance Concrete (Associate Member)
- ASTM Subcommittee C09.42 on Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
- International Workshop on High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites (HPFRCC)
- International Interactive Symposium on Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (IIS-UHPC)
Editorship:
- Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering
- Associate Editor, ACI Structural Journal
Proposal Review Panel:
- National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER proposal reviewer, 2018, 2021
- National Science Foundation (NSF) proposal review panelist, 2011, 2014.
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), 2014, 2020.
- Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness Subprogram
Award and Prize Review Panel:
- 2019 Killam Prize in Engineering competition, Canada Council for the Arts
Paper reviewer for the following journals:
- ACI Structural Journal
- ACI Materials Journal
- ACI Special Publications
- PCI Journal
- Cement and Concrete Composites
- Materials and Structures
- ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering
- ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering
- ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
- ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems – Engineering and Practice
- Engineering Structures
- Structural Engineering and Mechanics
- Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
- NED University Journal of Research
- Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
- Advances in Structural Engineering
- Steel and Composite Structures
- Journal of Earthquake Engineering
- International Journal of Steel Structures
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics
- Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration
- Composites Part B: Engineering
- Earthquakes and Structures
- Structural Engineering International
- Structures
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research
- Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance
- Journal of Building Engineering
- Construction & Building Materials
- Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering
- KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering
- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
- Journal of Composites Science
- Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials
- Advances in Civil Engineering
- Structural Concrete
Scientific and professional societies of which a member:
- Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Member, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
- Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
- Member, American Concrete Institute (ACI)
- Member, Post-tensioning Institute (PTI)
- Member, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
- Member, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- Member, Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT)
Webinars:
- American Concrete Institute 2021 Fall Convention, “Analysis and Design of Double-Beam Coupling Beams (DBCB),” October 20, 2021.
- Dallas ASCE, “Long-Span Lateral Force Resisting Systems,” July 21, 2021.
Seminars:
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Millennium Tower – Perimeter Pile Retrofit” by Kevin Moore (Senior Principal at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), April 19, 2023.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Introduction to Heavy Civil Bridge Construction Blueridge Parkway Bridge Over IH-26, North Carolina” by Justin Campbell (Project Director at Structural Technologies / VSL Systems), March 24, 2023.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Laser Scanning and Other Digital Tools for Building Design and Construction” by Will Ikerd (principal at IKERD Consulting), July 29, 2016.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “A New Structuralism In Architecture–Innovation, Technology, Geometry & Materiality” by Bradley Bell (Interim Director for the School of Architecture and an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington), July 22, 2016.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “AISC Appendix 6 – Stability Bracing for Columns & Beams” by Chris Tansil, July 8, 2016.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Topics in Structural Engineering Practice Rarely Discussed in School” by Stephen Price (principal in the Dallas office of Datum Engineers), June 17, 2016.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “How To Become A Better Technical Writer” by Carla Roberts, (Copy Editor, Grant Writer and Proprietor of Preferred Copy Editing), October 9, 2015.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Introduction To Structural Diagnostics” by Jacob Bice (Senior associate and the Operations Manager at Walter P Moore), November 11, 2014.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Plan Your Future Now” by John Ho (Vice President of Huitt-Zollars, Inc.), October 21, 2014.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Precast Concrete Elements Installation” by Juan Jimenez (Project Manager Professional at PMI and Quality Control Inspector Level III at Precast Concrete Institute (PCI), April 22, 2014.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Green Building & Sustainable Construction: A Concrete Perspective” by Larry Rowland (Manager Marketing & Technical Services, Lehigh White Cement Company), February 27, 2014.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Reinforced Concrete Details” by Mr. John Turner, P.E. (Regional Manager at CRSI Greater Southwestern Regional Office), September 10, 2013.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “The Philosophy of Engineering for the Burj Khalifa – the World’s Tallest Structure” by Mr. Lawrence Novak (Director, Engineered Buildings, Portland Cement Association), April 10, 2013.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Plan Your Future Now” by Mr. John Ho, P.E. (Senior Project Manager with Huitt-Zollars, Inc.), October 16, 2012.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Performance of Masonry Building in Christchurch, New Zealand During The 2010/2011 Earthquakes” by Dr. Arturo Schultz (Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota), June 1, 2012.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Unbonded Prestressed Concrete and Bonded Prestressed Concrete Technology Evolutions; Heavy Lifting, and Stay Cable Technologies and Applications” by Dr. Zuming Xia (Senior Engineer at Structural), February 22, 2012.
- Organizing Civil Engineering Seminar “Performance-Based Plastic Design of Earthquake-Resistant Structures” by Dr. Subash Goel (Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), November 5, 2010.
Community Service:
- 2015: Invited participant of Dallas Earthquake Group—organized by Dallas City Hall for recent earthquakes in North Texas.
Media Interviews:
- Fort Worth Report on Fort Worth Sandman Signature high-rise hotel explosion, February 2024.
- Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, CBS 11, and the Fort Worth Report on Fort Worth Sandman Signature high-rise hotel explosion, January 2024.
- Cheddar on “How 9/11 Changed Skyscraper Design”, September 2021
- Fox 4 on Shield’s Elementary story, January 2016
- CBS 11 on parking garage collapse at the Dallas condo, October 2015
- Dallas Morning News on North Texas earthquakes, October 2015
- Fox 4 on North Texas earthquakes, January 2015
- KRLD-NEWSRADIO-1080 on the way North Texas structures handle earthquakes, January 2015
- Dallas Morning News on Allen High School Eagle Stadium, July 2014
- KDFW/FOX4 on Allen High School Eagle Stadium, May 2014
- WFAA on Allen High School Eagle Stadium, May 2014
