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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA - 3/03
M. "SAIID" SAIIDI'
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Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Nevada,
Reno, Nevada 89557
Tel: 775/784-4839; Fax: 775/784-1390;
E-mail:
saiidi@unr.edu |
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| PERSONAL
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Born on May 24, 1950;
Married; Two children; United States Citizen |
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| RESEARCH
AREAS: |
Earthquake Engineering
of Bridges and Buildings, Experimental Studies of Bridges and
Components, Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures |
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EDUCATION: |
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Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
(Structures), University of
Illinois,
Urbana, Illinois, 1979 |
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Graduate Advisor: Professor Mete Sozen |
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M.S. in Civil Engineering
(Structures), University of
Illinois,
Urbana, Illinois, 1977 |
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M.S. in Civil Engineering (Five-year
program), Tehran
University,
Tehran,
Iran, 1973 |
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EXPERIENCE: |
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Professor, Civil Engineering
Department, University of
Nevada Reno, 7/88 -Present (on
Sabbatical Fall 1992 & Spring 1999); Awarded UNR-Foundation
Professorship in 1997 |
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Chairman, Civil Engineering
Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 7/86 - 6/94
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Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 7/83 - 6/88 (Tenured
7/84) |
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Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 8/79 - 6/83 |
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Research Assistant, Civil Engineering
Department, University of
Illinois,
Urbana, Illinois, 1/77 - 7/79 |
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SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES |
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Founding Chair of ACI Committee 341 -
Earthquake-Resistant Concrete Bridges, 1991-1997. Chair of
Subcommittee on Bridge Pier Walls |
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Co-Director, Second NSF Workshop on
Bridge Engineering Research in Progress, Reno, Nevada, 1990. |
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Director, NSF Grantees Workshop,
Natural Hazard Mitigation Programs, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, April 1995. |
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Director, NSF US/Central Europe
Workshop on Civil Infrastructure Systems for the next Century: a
Global Partnership in Research, Cracow, Poland, October 1996. |
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Principal Investigator (w/ B. Douglas)
of two NSF EPSCoR grants to build the research infrastructure in
bridge engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, through which a
permanent faculty position and technician position were added and
major large-scale testing equipment was purchased. |
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: |
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Fellow, ACI |
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Member, ASCE, EERI, IABSE, Phi Kappa
Phi |
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Registered Professional Engineer in
the State of Nevada and California |
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Reviewer of the National Science
Foundation Research Proposals |
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Reviewer of ASCE, ACI, EERI, PCI,
Journal of Engineering Structures, Journal of Structural Engineering
and Mechanics, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, and TRB
Manuscripts |
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Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and
Technology, 2nd Edition |
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Distinguished Leadership Award for
Outstanding Contributions to Civil Engineering, 2nd Ed.
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Member of Review Panels for NCHRP and
NSF Proposals |
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UNR-Foundation Professorship Award,
1997 |
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UNR Outstanding Researcher of the
Year, 2000 |
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University of
Illinois
Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2003 |
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PUBLICATIONS |
More than 250
publications in the form of journal articles, conference papers, and
technical reports for research sponsors. Has presented invited
lectures, papers, seminars in 20 countries. |
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