Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering & Artificial Intelligence
Department of Civil Engineering | Kansas State University
📍 1701c Platt St #2118, Manhattan, KS 66502
✉️ Email: samsmith@ksu.edu
📞 Dept. Phone: +1 (785) 532-5862
🌐 Personal Website: www.drsamsmith.com
My research operates directly at the intersection of structural engineering and artificial intelligence, focusing on developing and critically evaluating machine learning tools to advance structural design and analysis.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Ph.D. and M.A. in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
B.E. in Civil & Environmental Engineering (Minor in Mathematics)
Assistant Professor | 2026 − Present
Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS
Founder & Instructor | 2025 − Present
Engineer+AI | Remote
Graduate Researcher & Assistant Instructor | 2020 − 2026
Princeton University | Princeton, NJ
Princeton ReMatch Mentor | 2020 − 2021
Princeton University | Princeton, NJ
Online Course Instructor | 2017 − Present
Udemy | Remote
Laboratory Assistant | 2015
Lebanese American University | Byblos, Lebanon
CE537 – Introduction to Structural Analysis (Fall 2026)
Kansas State University
CEE262/ARC262B – Structures in the Urban Environment (Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025)
Princeton University
CEE374/STC374 – Autonomous Fabrication and Robotics (Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023)
Princeton University