Dorothy A. Reed

PSEC Academic Engineer of the Year 2014 (SEAW nominee)A native of Savannah, Georgia, Dorothy Reed received a BSCE from the University of South Carolina magna cum laude (1976) and a Master's (1977) and PhD (1980) in civil engineering from Princeton University.

Reed joined the University of Washington faculty in 1983 following two years at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly the National Bureau of Standards) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. At the University of Washington, she served as an associate dean of academic affairs for three years. Currently Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at UW, she has lectured on wind engineering and other topics such as structural reliability at many meetings and academic institutions, nationally and internationally.

Her research interests include the investigation of the resiliency and sustainability of civil infrastructure systems, with particular emphasis on post-hurricane performance of power delivery systems. Aa member of the board of directors of AAWE (American Association for Wind Engineering) she has done post-hurricane damage investigations in the Gulf of Mexico for several years.

SEAW's nomination cites Professor Reeds's contributions to advancing the state of engineering and specific accomplishments relevant to the Puget Sound Engineering Council Academic Engineer of the Year award:

"Dorothy Reed has significantly advanced the state of engineering through her research and teaching at the University of Washington, through lectures at and participation in conferences and meetings nationally and internationally, and through organizing and participating in field trips post-hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and New York regions. ... Reed has participated in interposing ... new technologies including tuned liquid dampers ... [with] research partner Prof. Harry Yeh, [enabling] others to make improvements and ultimately implement in practice. ... Dorothy Reed has taught over twenty different courses during her thirty-year career at the University of Washington."

Posted January 2014