Associate Professor
Arizona State University,
Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering
Overview
I work on the accelerating and increasingly uncertain factors that are creating wicked and complex challenges for infrastructure in the future. See the Research section for an expanded description of my interests and projects. My writings on the topic can be found in the Publications section.
Associate Professor
Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering
School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment
Graduate Faculty, School of Sustainability
Affiliate Faculty, Global Security Initiative
Arizona State University
Director | Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering
Leader | Resilient Infrastructure Laboratory
Leader | Transportation Life Cycle Assessment Laboratory
Co-leader | Urban Resilience to Extreme Events Sustainability Research Network
I am currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Industrial Ecology, and Elementa.
I was previously an Associate Editor for Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and Environment, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, and ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems.
Academic Positions
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present 2017
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2020 2019
Visiting Scholar (on Sabbatical)
University of California Los Angeles,
Institute of Transportation Studies, and,
Civil and Environmental Engineering -
2017 2011
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University,
Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering -
2011 2010
Guest Researcher
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
International Energy Studies Group -
2011 2008
Post-doctoral Researcher
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Education
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Ph.D. 2008
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
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M.S.2005
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
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M.S.2003
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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B.S.2005
B.S., Civil Engineering with an additional major in Engineering & Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Honors, Distinctions, and Awards
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2022Co-author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
Co-author for the chapter on Cities, Settlements, and Key Infrastructure. -
2021Reuter's Hot List of World's Top Climate Scientists
Ranked as number 402 on Reuter's Hot List of World's Top Climate Scientists. Ranking based on number of publications, citation ratio, and Altmetric Attention Score (reach). -
2019Stanford METRICS Center Top 1000 Scientists Ranking
Ranked number 798 of 66,925 scientists in the environmental sciences field for 2019. Ranking considers citations, h-index, coauthorship-adjusted hm-index, and citations to papers in different authorship positions. -
2018National Academy of Engineering's Frontiers of Engineering
One of approximately 80 people selected for the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering symposium at MIT Lincoln Labs in September 2018. -
2017American Society of Civil Engineer's Huber Award
Awarded a Huber Research Prize for my work in life cycle assessment and infrastructure resilience to extreme events. -
2017ASU Engineering Fulton Exemplar Faculty
Awarded ASU Engineering's Fulton Exemplar Faculty for research productivity, instructional load, student evaluations and doctoral student mentoring. -
2016Environmental Research Letters 10th Anniversary Special Collection
Publication Environmental Assessment of Passenger Transportation Should Include Infrastructure and Supply Chains selected to Environmental Research Letter’s 10th Anniversary Collection as one of the top 3 articles of 2009. -
2015ASU Engineering Top 5% Teaching Award
Top 5% Teaching Award from Arizona State University's College of Engineering for 2015.
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2013National Academy of Engineering's Frontiers of Engineering Education
One of 73 people in the US selected for the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education workshop in Irvine, CA in October 2013. -
2013ASU Departmental Teaching Award
Teaching Award from Arizona State University's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment for 2013. -
2012Testimony to the California Legislative Analyst's Office on High-speed Rail
Testified to the California Legislative Analyst’s Office on the environmental impacts of high-speed rail in April 2012. -
2011Environmental Research Letters 5th Anniversary Collection
Publication Environmental Assessment of Passenger Transportation Should Include Infrastructure and Supply Chains selected to Environmental Research Letter’s 2011 5th Anniversary Collection as one of the top 3 articles of 2009. -
2010National Research Council’s Hidden Cost of Energy Study
Participated (as a researcher and chapter author) on the National Research Council’s Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption in the preparation of the Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use 2010 report. -
2007Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor at the University of California, Berkeley
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor awarded by the University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate Council for the 2006-2007 academic year. -
2001Stephen Omar Lee Course Project Award at Carnegie Mellon University
Participant in the Carnegie Mellon University's Engineering and Public Policy course project Voting System Transitions: What are the Options for Pennsylvania? which received the Stephen Omer Lee Award as the outstanding project course in 2001. -
2000Stephen Omar Lee Course Project Award at Carnegie Mellon University
Participant in the Carnegie Mellon University's Engineering and Public Policy course project Environmental Impacts of E-commerce - A Case Study of Book Purchasing which received the Stephen Omer Lee Award as the outstanding project course in 2000.