KEYNOTE / GUEST SPEAKERS / TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

2023

·         Transportation Research Board (TRB) Mid-Year Meeting - AKB50 Committee, Washington, D.C., United States (Virtual)

·         2nd International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Infrastructure Facilities (MAIREINFRA2), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

·         Bridge Engineering Institute (BEI), Rome, Italy

·         fib Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey

·         Elevate Idaho  (Idaho’s Link to SBIR/STTR Program), held virtually (Guest Speaker)

·         Department of Civil Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Guest Speaker)

·         Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (Guest Speaker)

·         2nd International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction, Doha, Qatar

2022

·         Department of Civil Engineering, The British University in Egypt, Egypt (Keynote Speaker)

·         Department of Structural Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt (Guest Speaker)

·         Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar (Guest Speaker)

·         Department of Civil Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait (Guest Speaker)

·         2022 Department of Civil Engineering, Australian University, Kuwait (Guest Speaker)

·         2022 American Society of Civil Engineers – India Section (Western Region), New Zealand Group, and Australia Section (Keynote Speaker), held virtually[1]

·         2022 International Online Workshop on Key Technologies for Industrialized Construction and Accelerated Bridge Construction, BRIDGE Magazine, China, (Keynote Speaker), held virtually

·         Christchurch City Council, Christchurch, New Zealand (Guest Speaker)

·         Earthquake Commission (EQC), New Zealand (Guest Speaker), held virtually

·         Civil Defense and Emergency Management (CDEM) - Christchurch, New Zealand (Guest Speaker), held virtually

·         Structural Engineering Society (SESOC) – Canterbury Structural Group, Christchurch, New Zealand (Guest Speaker)

·         Batchelar McDougall Consulting (BMC) Lecture Series, Wanaka, New Zealand  

·         Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Department – Structures Cluster Group, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

·         International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, presented virtually

·         Idaho State University Graduate Research Symposium[2], United States (Keynote Speaker), (Link)

·         Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) Seminar Series “Codebreaker” (Guest Speaker), Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

2021

·         University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC), Peru, (Keynote Speaker), held virtually

·         American Society of Civil Engineers – India Section (Western Region) and Builders Association of India (Keynote Speaker), held virtually[3]

·         Western Bridge Engineers Seminar, United States, held virtually

·         United States – Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop, held virtually

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Professor Seminar, Sacramento, California, United States

·         International Bridge Conference, Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania, United States, held virtually

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

·         Idaho National Laboratory Resilience Optimization Center (Guest Speaker), United States, held virtually

·         National University Consortium – Center for Advanced Energy Studies (NUC/CAES) (Guest Speaker), United States, held virtually

·         American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Southern Idaho Section Meeting (Guest Speaker), United States, held virtually

·         International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Congress, New Zealand, held virtually

·         Caribou County Local Emergency Planning Committee, (Guest Speaker), held virtually

·         Alumni Association Town Hall, Idaho State University, held virtually

2020

·         American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fall Convention, United States, held virtually

·         Bridge Technological Innovation Achievement EXPO & Bridge Development Conference, China, held virtually

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Committee Days and Technical Conference, United States, held virtually

·         International Online Workshop on Key Technologies for Industrialized Construction and Accelerated Bridge Construction, BRIDGE Magazine, China, held virtually

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, United States

·         Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) Winter Collaboration Meeting (Guest Speaker), Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States

2019

·         International Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference, Miami, Florida, United States

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Committee Days and National Bridge Conference, Rosemont, Illinois, United States

·         Western Bridge Engineers’ Seminar, Boise, Idaho, United States

·         Bridge Engineering Institute Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

·         American Society of Civil Engineers Structures (ASCE) – Structures Congress, Orlando, Florida, United States

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Convention, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

·         Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research (Guest Speaker), Boise, Idaho, United States

·         American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Southern Idaho Section Annual Civil Engineering Conference, Boise, Idaho, United States

·         National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) Technical Webinar (Keynote Speaker), held virtually[4] 

·         Pocatello City Council[5] (Expert Speaker), Pocatello, Idaho, United States

·         Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting - AKB50 Committee, Washington, D.C., United States

·         American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Snake River Branch Meeting (Guest Speaker), Blackfoot, Idaho, United States

2018

·         Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) Seminar Series “Codebreaker” (Guest Speaker), Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States

·         Joint Engineers Conference, Helena, Montana, United States

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Convention and National Bridge Conference, Denver, Colorado, United States

·         American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Snake River Branch Meeting (Guest Speaker), Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, United States

2017

·         Western Bridge Engineers’ Seminar, Portland, Oregon, United States

·         Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Foundation Professor Seminar, Denver, Colorado, United States

2015

·         American Society of Civil Engineers Structures Congress, Portland, Oregon, United States

2014

·         National Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference, Miami, Florida, United States

·         International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering Symposium, Madrid, Spain

·         10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

·         Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Auckland, New Zealand

·         New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Conference, Auckland, New Zealand

2013

·         Opus Bridge, Civil Structures and Marine Conference, Tauranga, New Zealand

·         New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Conference, Wellington, New Zealand

2012

·         15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal

2011

·         New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand

2010

·         Fulbright Enrichment Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, United States

·         Fulbright “Lab to Market” Seminar for students in Science and Technology fields (Guest Speaker), Austin, Texas, United States

[1] More than 600 registered for the webinar. More than 350 participants from 23 countries attended the livestream keynote. A recoding of the webinar has been made available to ASCE member.  

[2] Donated the entire honorarium ($1,000) for the keynote to the ISU’s ASCE Student Chapter. Impressed by the donation, the Dean of Graduate School at ISU provided an additional $500 (total of $1,500) to the ASCE Student Chapter at ISU. 

[3] More than 250 participants from around the world were in attendance. Participants received a certificate of attendance and a recording of the webinar has been made available on YouTube for others. Link

[4] More than 300 people registered for the webinar and 193 attended live. Attendees earned 2 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). A recording of the presentation is available on the NPCA website under their Class Catalog. Link

[5] Pocatello City Work Session of March 14, 2019. Link