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[Jun 2025] A recent paper co-authored by Dr. Roohi awarded the IABSE Outstanding Paper Award 2025 – Scientific Paper. The award will be presented in November at the IABSE Awards Gala in Zurich, Switzerland. The paper was developed under IABSE Task Group 1.8 “Design Requirements for Infrastructure Resilience”. - Link to Paper; Link to IABSE Task Group 1.8
[Jun 2025] Dr. Roohi delivered two presentations at the 14th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR'25) at University of South California, Los Angeles. He presented new methods for hybrid model–sensor data fusion in post-earthquake assessment and a multidisciplinary resilience framework linking community goals to building performance.
[Jun 2025] Dr. Roohi organized two sessions at ICOSSAR’25 on Multi-Hazard Resilience Quantification, drawing over 140 attendees. The sessions explored frameworks for mitigation, climate adaptation, and post-event recovery, co-chaired with Omar Nofal, Pouria Kourehpaz, and Lisa Wang
[May 2025] Dr. Roohi chaired the EMI SHM Committee Student Paper Competition at ASCE EMI 2025, overseeing a panel of 10 national and international judges. The competition received 18 student papers, with five finalists presenting live in Orange County. Winners were selected through a rigorous scoring process. Sponsored by ESCA Consultants, Inc. – Read More
[May 2025] Dr. Roohi co-organized 8 technical sessions at ASCE EMI 2025 Conference on resilience, AI, and infrastructure modeling
[May 2025] Ph.D. students Pramodit Adhikari and Saeid Ghasemi presented research in Dr. Roohi’s co-organized session on Multi-Hazard Resilience at EMI 2025
[May 2025] Dr. Roohi served as a judge for the EMI Objective Resilience Committee Student Paper Competition at ASCE EMI 2025. The competition featured outstanding submissions spanning structural to human-centered definitions of resilience. Finalists were scored and recognized with 1st–3rd place awards – Read More
[May 2025] Dr. Roohi co-organized and led the 2025 Durham School Future of Building Industry (FoBI) Workshop in Omaha, NE. With over 90 participants, the 1.5day event focused on "Al for Resilient Communities: People, Built Environment, and Adaptation," featuring keynotes, research talks, and roundtables with academic and industry leaders from across the U.S. and internationally - Read More
[May 2025] Dr. Roohi was invited as one of 48 experts to co-develop a national R&D roadmap at the U.S. Workshop on Multidimensional Digital Twins in the Built Environment, hosted by Missouri S&T and sponsored by ASCE and the Taylor Geospatial Institute
[Apr 2025] Dr. Roohi presented "Engineering Future Resilience through Co-Creation" as part of the Civil Engineering for the Future Webinar Series at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
[Apr 2025] Undergraduate student Geoffrey Sanderson presented at UNL Research Days - Read More
[Apr 2025] Dr. Roohi named a College of Engineering Teaching Fellow and awarded a NEIEC Faculty Development Grant to advance inclusive and community-engaged pedagogy
[Mar 2025] Dr. Roohi served as a panelist at the DSAEC Seminar on Academic and Career Pathways in Architectural Engineering at UNL
[Mar 2025] Dr. Roohi delivered an invited Special Seminar at McGill University on hybrid model-data approaches for resilience
[Mar 2025] Dr. Roohi recognized at the UNL College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Reception for his continued excellence and commitment to engineering education
[Feb 2025] Dr. Roohi and Ph.D. student Pramodit Adhikari presented research on tornado resilience at the NHERI Computational Symposium, UCLA
[Feb 2025] Pramodit Adhikari and Dr. Roohi presented tornado resilience research at the College of Engineering Graduate Symposium at UNL
[Feb 2025] Undergraduate student Geoffrey Sanderson awarded Mitacs Globalink Research Internship in Canada under the mentorship of Dr. Roohi
[Jan 2025] Dr. Roohi delivered an invited lecture for the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Carolinas Chapter
[Jan 2025] Dr. Roohi participated in the US-Japan NHERI-NIED Research Collaboration Meeting in Miki City, Japan
[Jan 2025] Dr. Roohi received a travel award from the National Science Foundation for the NHERI-NIED Research Collaboration Meeting
[Jan 2025] Dr. Roohi will serve as USA Young Regional Representative for the International Association on Multidisciplinary Resilience
[Jan 2025] Dr. Roohi and Ph.D. student Pramodit Adhikari presented at the NHERI Computational Symposium (UC San Diego) on machine learning applications for tornado resilience in community infrastructure
[Nov 2024] Ph.D. student Saeid Ghasemi and Pramodit Adhikari presented tornado and seismic resilience modeling research at the NIST Center of Excellence Semi-Annual Meeting
[Nov 2024] Dr. Roohi co-organized and spoke on resilience panels at the NIST Center of Excellence Semi-Annual Meeting, Gaithersburg, MD
[Oct 2024] Dr. Roohi delivered an invited lecture at the University of South Carolina on data-driven hazard resilience
[Sep 2024] Dr. Roohi was invited as discussant at the NSF Multi-Hazards Decision Support Workshop in Fort Collins, CO
[Sep 2024] Dr. Roohi presented seismic retrofit strategies for Salt Lake City at the NIST Semi-Annual Meeting
[Sep 2024] Dr. Roohi delivered an invited seminar at the ASCE Structural Technical Dinner in Omaha, NE
[Aug 2024] Dr. Roohi participated in the NSF NICHE Workshop Series for community hardening against extreme events
[Jul 2024] Dr. Roohi’s research on multi-disciplinary seismic resilience modeling was featured in the IN-CORE Newsletter
[Jul 2024] Dr. Roohi and his collaborators presented research at the 18th U.S.-Japan-New Zealand Workshop on Structural Engineering and Resilience in San Diego, CA
[Jul 2024] Dr. Roohi received a travel grant to attend the NHERI@UC San Diego User Training Workshop
[Jul 2024] SiRIUS Lab was awarded a NSF grant for the project on transforming tribal community resilience against extreme wind hazards - Read More
[Jul 2024] SiRIUS Lab was awarded a grant by the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) for a research project on integrated resilience framework - Read More
[Jul 2024] Our new open access paper published in Resilient Cities and Structures was highlighted in the webinar “IN-CORE: Next-Gen Resilience Modeling of Communities for Policy Decisions” - Read More
[Jul 2024] Ph.D. student Aleem Ullah accepted into the C-GCA Pilot Program by NSF’s CMMI division
[Jul 2024] Ph.D. student Aleem Ullah accepted to 2024 NHERI Computational Academy with NSF travel support - Read More
[Jun 2024] Dr. Roohi co-organized a special session on AI for bridge infrastructure assessment at IABMAS 2024 in Copenhagen - Read More
[May 2024] NSF Primary Travel Award Recipient to join Natural Hazards Research Summit, College Park, MD
[May 2024] Undergraduate Student Geoffrey Sanderson recommended for UCARE funding for 2024-2025 academic year
[May 2024] Undergraduate Student Jordan Taylor recommended for UCARE funding for 2024-2025 academic year
[May 2024] Undergraduate Student Jed Fuller recommended for UCARE funding for 2024-2025 academic year
[May 2024] Developed and taught new course AREN 4940/8940 Infrastructure and Community Resilience at UNL
[March 2024] Mentored three students (Geoffrey Sanderson, Jordan Taylor, Jed Fuller) to submit UCARE application
[Feb 2024] SiRIUS lab attended 2024 college of engineering graduate symposium - Read More
[Feb 2024] Dr. Roohi delivered the American Society of Civil Engineers EMI Dynamics Seminar - Read More
[Feb 2024] Ph.D. Student Aleem Ullah attended and presented a conference paper at IMAC XLII Conference - Read More
[Jun 2024] Co-taught ENGR 491/891 Sp. Topics: Improvisation Skills for The Complete Engineer at UNL
[Dec 2023] Dr. Roohi completed the Faculty Teaching Fellows Program by Engineering and Computing Education Core (ECEC), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[Dec 2023] Dr. Roohi completed the Learning by Design Program by Engineering and Computing Education Core (ECEC), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[Dec 2022] Dr. Roohi completed the Peer Observations of Classroom Activities (POCA) program by Engineering and Computing Education Core (ECEC), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[Nov 2023] Dr. Roohi and Ph.D. student Saeid Ghasemi attended and presented at NIST SAM in Gaithersburg, MD - Read More
[Nov 2023] Ph.D. Student Saeid Ghasemi Presented at Durham School Seminar - Read More
[Nov 2023] Nebraska I-Corps Program Participant completed intensive innovation and commercialization program
[Oct 2023] Dr. Roohi delivered an invited seminar at Rice University - Read More
[Oct 2023] Dr. Roohi Received UNL Research Development Fellows Program (RDFP) Award - Read More
[Oct 2022] Selected as one of six University of Nebraska College of Engineering Research Fellows - Read More
[Sep 2023] Travel Grant Recipient attended NHERI Wall of Wind Facility Workshop, Florida International University
[Aug 2023] Ph.D. student Saeid Ghasemi and Dr. Roohi received travel grants to attend Tornado Hazard Wind Assessment and Reduction Symposium (THWARTS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Read More
[Aug 2023] SiRIUS lab welcomes a new Ph.D. student: Aleem Ullah Cheema - Read More
[July 2023] Travel Grant Recipient attended Timber Engineering Design Faculty Development Workshop, Clemson University
[June 2023] Travel Grant Recipient attended NHERI UF Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Workshop, University of Florida
[May 2023] Selected by UNL's Office of Research and Development to participate in Research Development Fellows Program
[May 2023] Travel Grant Recipient attended NSF RAPID Facility Intensive Equipment Training Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle
[May 2023] NSF CMMI Panel Fellow participated in NSF Game Changer Academies for Advancing Research Innovation
[Apr 2023] Congrats to Ph.D. Student Saied Ghasemi for Receiving Travel Grant Award for the 2023 EERI Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California
[Jan 2023] Dr. Roohi Served as a Panel Member of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response & Management - Read More
[Jan 2023] Dr. Roohi Chaired Sessions at Canadian Conference-Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering at UBC - Read More
[Apr 2022] Attended the NIST Semi-Annual Meeting at Colorado State University
[Apr 2022] Delivered a guest lecture in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering at Colorado State University
[Feb 2022] Attended and presented at the ASCE 2022 Lifelines Conference at UCLA
[Jan 2022] Served as a Technical Reviewer at the 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Salt Lake City, UT
[Sep 2021] Presented at the 17WCEE Special Session on Infrastructure Systems Resilience
[Aug 2021] Paper on resilience modeling accepted for publication at 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
[May 2021] Presented at the EMI2021 Conference at Columbia University
[May 2021] Served as a judge for the ASCE Dynamics Committee Student Paper Competition at EMI2021
[May 2021] Served as a judge for the ASCE Structural Control and Health Monitoring Committee Student Paper Competition at EMI2021
[Mar 2021] Joined Aon as a Senior Scientist in the Impact Forecasting R&D Center of Excellence
[Mar 2021] Delivered an invited talk on smart resilient cities at the University of Notre Dame
[Mar 2021] Abstract published in the ASCE Lifelines Conference 2021-2022 Abstract Book
[Mar 2021] Delivered an invited seminar talk at New Mexico Tech
[Mar 2021] Journal article published in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
[Jan 2021] Joined the ISCRAM2021 Planning, Foresight and Risk Analysis Program Committee
[Nov 2020] Presented at the NIST Center of Excellence Virtual Semi-annual Meeting
[Oct 2020] Paper published in ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics
[Oct 2020] Delivered an invited seminar talk at the University of Vermont
[Oct 2020] Selected as a member of the IABSE Task Group on Infrastructure Resilience
[Aug 2020] Abstract accepted for the ASCE/IRD UCLA Lifelines 2021 Conference
[Jul 2020] Paper published in the Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
[Jul 2020] Served as a moderator at the 2020 Natural Hazards Center Researchers Meeting
[Jul 2020] Paper published in the Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring
[Apr 2020] Paper published in Frontiers in Built Environment
[Apr 2020] Attended the ASCE/SEI Wood Committee Virtual Meeting
[Jan 2020] Joined the EMI Dynamics Committee as a voting member
[Nov 2019] Held a Kick-off meeting in Denver for Balloon-style CLT building seismic performance factors
[Nov 2019] Attended the NIST-CoE semi-annual meeting in Washington DC
[Oct 2019] Delivered an invited talk at the University of New Mexico
[Sep 2019] Presented at the 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring at Stanford University
[Aug 2019] Accepted a Postdoctoral Fellow position at the NIST Center of Excellence for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning
[Jul 2019] Defended Ph.D. dissertation on seismic monitoring of instrumented buildings
[Jul 2018] Presented at the Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference organized by MIT
[Apr 2018] Delivered an invited talk at Colorado State University on post-earthquake assessment of minimally instrumented buildings
[Jul 2017] Visited the NEHRI full-scale shake table test at NEES@UCSD Shake Table
[Jul 2017] Presented a paper at the 7th International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures