A.Emin Aktan

John Roebling Professor of Infrastructure Studies Drexel University,

Philadelphia 19104

Ph: 215-895-6135;

E-mail: aaktan@drexel.edu; www.di3.drexel.edu

Founding Principal of Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Ph: 610-639-4919; e-mail: Eaktan@Pennoni.com

A Division of Pennoni Associates, Inc. Philadelphia

Education:

Post-Doctoral Research in Earthquake-Structural Engineering at University of California, Berkeley (1979-1984)

Ph.D. in Earthquake Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1970-1973)

B.S. (1967) and M.Sc. (1968) in Civil/Structural Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara

Employment History:

John Roebling Professor of Infrastructure Studies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, (1997 – current)

Associate Professor (1988), Professor of Civil Engineering (1991), University of Cincinnati (1988-1997)

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (1984-1987) Associate Research Engineer, EERC, University of California at Berkeley (1979-1984) Assistant/Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU) (1973 -1979)

Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1970-1973) Research Assistant, METU (1968-1970)

HONORS:

Scholarship from the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council, 1968-1970 Fellowship from the US Agency for Interior Development, State Department, 1970-1973 US Permanent Residency sponsored by UC Berkeley and NSF as a National Interest Case through the International Communications Agency, 1982

Co-recipient, R.C. Reese Structural Research Award of the American Concrete Institute, 1986 Co-recipient, Moisseiff Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1987

United Nations Development Program Scholar, 1987

Consultant to Ohio Adjutant General's Department for Earthquake Risk Recognition, 1990 Co-recipient, ASCE-CERF Pankov Innovative Research Award, 1997

Invited by Drexel University President Constantine Papadakis (his formed Dean at Cincinnati) to join Drexel University and to establish an Infrastructure Institute, 1997

Invited/supported for a Sabbatical as visiting faculty at Kansai University, Japan, 2006

Elected Fellow of International Society for Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructures, 2007 Appointed Honorary Professor at Mugla University, Turkey, 2010

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY LEADERSHIPS:

· Specialty editor and member of the Editorial Board:

o Journal of Structural Engineering (2004-current)

o Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Taylor and Francis (2004-current)

o International Journal of Lifecycle Performance Engineering, Inderscience (2010- current)

· Founding Chair, ASCE SEI Technical Committee: “Structural Identification of Constructed Systems” (1996-2000), Chair (2005-2010);

· Founding Chair, ASCE SEI Technical Committee: “Performance-Based Design and Evaluation of Constructed Facilities” (1999-2005)

· Founding Chair, Health Monitoring Committee of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS, http://www.iabmas.org since 2000)

· Founding Vice President and Fellow, the International Society for Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructures (ISHMII, www.ishmii.org since 2003)

· Member, ASCE SEI Technical Administrative Committee on Performance of Structures (1996-2011)

· Member, ASCE SEI National Technical Program Committee for Structures Congress (2007- 2011)

· Member, NRC Transportation Research Board Committees: “Dynamics and Field Testing of Bridges,” and, “Concrete Bridges” (1993-2003)

· Served as member of Executive Committee and Conference Co-Chair, “Smart Structures and NDE and Measurement for Homeland Security” Conferences of SPIE, (1999-2009)

· Member, ASCE Administrative Committee on Continuing Education (2011-current)

· Vice-Chair, NRC TRB Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Committee (2012-2015)