EDUCATION HISTORY

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Structural and Earthquake Engineering) , University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (December 2015)

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Structural and Earthquake Engineering), The State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, United States ( June 2011)

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Kabul University, Afghanistan (January 2009)

LICENSURES/CERTIFICATION

• Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Idaho in the United States (License No. 17018) – Civil Engineering; October 2016 – Present

• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) in New Zealand (License No. 1023382) – Structural Engineering (Structural design, design management, assessments and construction monitoring for buildings and bridges); March 2017 – Present

• International Professional Engineer (IntPE)[1] in New Zealand (License No. 1023382) – Structural Engineering (Structural design, design management, assessments and construction monitoring for buildings and bridges); March 2017 – Present

• Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB). The Structural Engineering Certification Board was formed to identify those professional engineers with the additional education, experience, and skills that are particular to the practice of Structural Engineering in the United States; November 2018 – March 2022

[1] Registration as an IntPE (NZ) shows that the engineer meets the combined requirements of the Engineers Mobility Forum’s “International Professional Engineers Register” and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineer Register. Link

The following countries are APEC members where IntPE is fully recognized: United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Russia, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Peru.

MEMBERSHIPS ON NATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

1. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Transportation Research Board[3] AKB50 “Standing Committee on Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges” (2018 – Present)

   • Committee Research Coordinator & Member

2. American Society of Civil Engineers / Structural Engineering Institute[4]

   • ASCE/SEI 7: Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures - Main Committee “Member” (2018 – Present)

     • Subcommittee on Seismic Loads “Member” (2018 – Present)

     • Subcommittee on Snow & Rain Loads “Member” (2018 – 2019 & 2020 – 2021)

     • Subcommittee on Wind Loads (2017 – 2019)

3. ASCE/SEI 41: Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings Standards Committee “Member” (2018 – Present)

4. American Concrete Institute (ACI) (2017 – Present)

   • Committee 369 - Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation “Voting Member”

   • Subcommittee 341-0A, Earthquake Resistant Bridges-Columns “Voting Member”

   • Subcommittee 341-0D, Earthquake Resistant Bridges-Performance-Based Seismic Design “Voting Member”

   • Committee 441 - Reinforced Concrete Columns-Joint ACI-ASCE “Voting Member”

   • Faculty Network

5. Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) (2017 – Present)

   • 9th Edition Industry Handbook Committee “Voting Member”

   • Bridges Committee “Voting Member”

     • Extreme Events Resiliency Subcommittee “Voting Member”

   • Seismic Committee “Consulting Member”

   • Precast Insulated Wall Panels Committee “Consulting Member”

[3] TRB is one of seven program units of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), which provides independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions.

[4] ASCE/SEI is an integral part of building codes in the United States.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / PATENTS

1. M. Mashal (2022). “Ductile Connections for Pre-Formed Construction Element”, United States Patent and Trademark Office - Patent No.11,286,683.

2. G. Keats, A. Palermo, M. Mashal (2018). “Energy Dissipation Device”, World Intellectual Property Organization - Patent Cooperation Treaty (WIPO-PCT), WO2016167670A1. [University of Canterbury, New Zealand]

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

• Member of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)

• Member of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)

• Member of the fib (International Federation for Structural Concrete)

• Member of the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA)

• Primary Institution Representative to the EarthScope Consortium

• Member of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

• Member of the Bridge Engineering Institute (BEI)

• State Alumni (United States Department of State)

PROFESSIONAL PEER-REVIEW

• Journal of Structural Engineering

• Journal of Bridge Engineering

• Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

• Journal of Earthquake Engineering

• American Concrete Institute (ACI) Special Publications 

• Earthquake Spectra

• Journal of Earthquake Engineering

• Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

• Soils Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

• Elsevier Structures Journal

• Structural Engineering International

• Journal of Mechanical Design

• Bulletin of New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

• Transportation Research Record (TRR)

• New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Annual Conference