Helmick Professor
Arizona State University,
Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering
Overview
My work focuses on aligning infrastructure with the accelerating, increasingly uncertain, and complex conditions that are defining our future. I develop new technologies, governance models, and knowledge systems to transition and adapt infrastructure to myriad future challenges including emerging and disruptive technologies, cybertechnologies and security, finance models, ageing assets, and weather disruptions. I work on both civil and defense infrastructure modernization challenges. 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.
Helmick Professor of Infrastructure Resilience
» Director of the Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering
» Leader of the Resilient Infrastructure Lab
Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Arizona State University
Program Affiliations:
Graduate Faculty, School of Sustainability
Global Futures Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Affiliate Faculty, Global Security Initiative
Academic Positions
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present 2025
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present 2022
Professor
Arizona State University,
Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering -
2022 2017
Associate Professor
Arizona State University,
Civil, Environmental, & Sustainable Engineering -
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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2025Helmick Professor of Infrastructure Resilience
Named a Helmick Professor of Infrastructure Resilience chair. -
2025American Society of Civil Engineers Community Innovation Team
Member for the ASCE Community Innovation Team. Team responsible for delivering high risk high reward ideas directly to ASCE board. -
2024ClimateIQ Advisory Board
Advisory board member for The New School's Urban Systems Lab ClimateIQ project with Google. -
2024Stanford Top 2% Scientists Ranking
Listed in top 2% of global scientists in Stanford University 2024 Annual Assessment of Author Citations. Ranking considers citations, h-index, coauthorship-adjusted hm-index, and citations to papers in different authorship positions. -
2023New York State Extreme Heat Action Plan
Expert panelist for the State of New York's Extreme Heat Action Plan. -
2023National Academies Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment
Committee member for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. -
2023National Academies Committee on Communities, Climate Change, and Health EquityCommittee member for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's report and workshop on Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity – Lessons Learned in Addressing Inequities in Heat-Related Climate Change Impacts.
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2023Co-author on the U.S. Fifth National Climate Assessment
Co-author on the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) Transportation chapter. -
2022ASU Knowledge Exchange for Resilience Fellow
The Knowledge Exchange for Resilience is committed to solving our most perplexing problems through use-inspired research that builds community resilience. -
2022Contributing author on the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
Contributing author on 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). -
2021ASU Outstanding Faculty Mentor
Nominated by graduate students and recognized by ASU's Graduate College as an outstanding faculty mentor. -
2019Stanford Top 1000 Scientists RankingRanked 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.
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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. -
2017ASU Engineering Fulton Exemplar Faculty
Awarded ASU Engineering's Fulton Exemplar Faculty for research productivity, instructional load, student evaluations and doctoral student mentoring. -
2017American Society of Civil Engineer's Huber AwardAwarded a Huber Research Prize for my work in life cycle assessment and infrastructure resilience to extreme events.
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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 AwardTop 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 AwardTeaching Award from Arizona State University's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment for 2013.
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2012Expert Testimony 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.