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December · SiRIUS Lab welcomed postdoctoral researcher Dr. Reza Filizadeh.

December · Congratulations to Ph.D. student Pramodit Adhikari on successfully passing his comprehensive examination 

December · Congratulations to Ph.D. student Abdallah Al-Zu'bi on the successful defense of his doctoral dissertation

December · Dr. Roohi began serving as Chair of the Construction Technical Committee, ASCE Nebraska Section

December · Dr. Roohi joined the Organizing Committee for the NHERI Computational Symposium (UC Berkeley, May 2026)

December · Dr. Roohi’s journal article received the IABSE Outstanding Paper Award 2025, recognizing international excellence in infrastructure resilience research

November · Ph.D. student Saeid Ghasemi received the Chancellor's Graduate Research Grant (CGRG) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

November · Dr. Roohi received a Certificate of Distinction / Honorable Mention at the EOS OpenSees Research & Innovation Awards (for an ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics paper)

November · Dr. Roohi began serving as Chair of the ASCE EMI Objective Resilience Committee

October · Dr. Roohi delivered an invited presentation at the ASCE–SEI / NIST Workshop on Adaptation and Resilience for Forward-Looking Codes and Standards in Reston, Virginia

October · Dr. Roohi began service as Topic Chair & Program Committee Member for the ASCE AEI/IRD 2026 Conference (San Antonio, Texas)

October · Dr. Roohi participated in the NSF-sponsored Climate, Catastrophe, and Compound Risk Workshop at Portland State University

October · Dr. Roohi received a Building Mass Timber Workshop Travel Award to attend the SUNY-ESF workshop in Syracuse, New York

September · Dr. Roohi was recognized with an Editor's Choice recognition in the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering for his article on hospital network resilience after the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes

September · Dr. Roohi was selected as a Systems Thinking Faculty Fellow for the USDA Higher Education Challenge Program

August · Dr. Roohi participated as an NSF-sponsored faculty member in the NHERI Summer Institute in San Antonio, Texas

July · Dr. Roohi served as an invited panelist at the 7th Global Summit of GADRI on engagement, partnerships, and resilience policy development

July · Congratulations to Ph.D. student Pramodit Adhikari on completing his summer internship at Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). 

July · Dr. Roohi delivered an oral presentation at the 7th Global Summit of GADRI: Converging Disaster Research and Stakeholder-Engagement for Resilience.

June · 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

June · Dr. Roohi delivered two presentations at the 14th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR'25) at University of Southern 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.

June · 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 · 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 · Dr. Roohi co-organized 8 technical sessions at ASCE EMI 2025 Conference on resilience, AI, and infrastructure modeling 

May · 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 · 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 · Dr. Roohi co-organized and led the 2025 Durham School Future of Building Industry (FoBI) Workshop in Omaha, NE. With over 90 participants, the 1.5-day 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 · 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

April · 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

April · Undergraduate student Geoffrey Sanderson presented at UNL Research Days - Read More

April · Dr. Roohi named a College of Engineering Teaching Fellow and awarded a NEIEC Faculty Development Grant to advance inclusive and community-engaged pedagogy

March · Dr. Roohi served as a panelist at the DSAEC Seminar on Academic and Career Pathways in Architectural Engineering at UNL

March · Dr. Roohi delivered an invited Special Seminar at McGill University on hybrid model-data approaches for resilience

March · Dr. Roohi recognized at the UNL College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Reception for his continued excellence and commitment to engineering education

February · Dr. Roohi and Ph.D. student Pramodit Adhikari presented research on tornado resilience at the NHERI Computational Symposium, UCLA

February · Pramodit Adhikari and Dr. Roohi presented tornado resilience research at the College of Engineering Graduate Symposium at UNL 

February · Undergraduate student Geoffrey Sanderson awarded Mitacs Globalink Research Internship in Canada under the mentorship of Dr. Roohi

January · Dr. Roohi delivered an invited lecture for the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Carolinas Chapter

January · Dr. Roohi participated in the US-Japan NHERI-NIED Research Collaboration Meeting in Miki City, Japan

January · Dr. Roohi received a travel award from the National Science Foundation for the NHERI-NIED Research Collaboration Meeting 

January · Dr. Roohi will serve as USA Young Regional Representative for the International Association on Multidisciplinary Resilience

January · 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

November · Ph.D. student Saeid Ghasemi and Pramodit Adhikari presented tornado and seismic resilience modeling research at the NIST Center of Excellence Semi-Annual Meeting

November · Dr. Roohi co-organized and spoke on resilience panels at the NIST Center of Excellence Semi-Annual Meeting, Gaithersburg, MD

October · Dr. Roohi delivered an invited lecture at the University of South Carolina on data-driven hazard resilience

October · 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

September · Dr. Roohi was invited as discussant at the NSF Multi-Hazards Decision Support Workshop in Fort Collins, CO

September · Dr. Roohi presented seismic retrofit strategies for Salt Lake City at the NIST Semi-Annual Meeting

September · Dr. Roohi delivered an invited seminar at the ASCE Structural Technical Dinner in Omaha, NE

August · Dr. Roohi participated in the NSF NICHE Workshop Series for community hardening against extreme events

July · Dr. Roohi’s research on multi-disciplinary seismic resilience modeling was featured in the IN-CORE Newsletter

July · Dr. Roohi attended the inaugural meeting of the International Association for Multi-Disciplinary Resilience (IAMDR) in Milan, Italy as the Young Regional Representative (USA).

July · Dr. Roohi received a travel grant to attend the NHERI@UC San Diego User Training Workshop

July · SiRIUS Lab was awarded a NSF grant for the project on transforming tribal community resilience against extreme wind hazards - Read More

July · SiRIUS Lab was awarded a grant by the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) for a research project on integrated resilience framework - Read More

July · 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

July · Ph.D. student Aleem Ullah accepted into the C-GCA Pilot Program by NSF’s CMMI division

July · Ph.D. student Aleem Ullah accepted to 2024 NHERI Computational Academy with NSF travel support

June · Dr. Roohi co-organized a special session on AI for bridge infrastructure assessment at IABMAS 2024 in Copenhagen - Read More

May · NSF Primary Travel Award Recipient to join Natural Hazards Research Summit, College Park, MD

May · Undergraduate Student Geoffrey Sanderson recommended for UCARE funding for 2024-2025 academic year

May · Undergraduate Student Jordan Taylor recommended for UCARE funding for 2024-2025 academic year

May · Undergraduate Student Jed Fuller recommended for UCARE funding for 2024-2025 academic year

May · Developed and taught new course AREN 4940/8940 Infrastructure and Community Resilience at UNL

March · Mentored three students (Geoffrey Sanderson, Jordan Taylor, Jed Fuller) to submit UCARE application

February · SiRIUS lab attended 2024 college of engineering graduate symposium - Read More

February · Dr. Roohi delivered the American Society of Civil Engineers EMI Dynamics Seminar - Read More

February · Ph.D. Student Aleem Ullah attended and presented a conference paper at IMAC XLII Conference - Read More

June · Co-taught ENGR 491/891 Sp. Topics: Improvisation Skills for The Complete Engineer at UNL

December · Dr. Roohi completed the Faculty Teaching Fellows Program by Engineering and Computing Education Core (ECEC), University of Nebraska-Lincoln

December · Dr. Roohi completed the Learning by Design Program by Engineering and Computing Education Core (ECEC), University of Nebraska-Lincoln

December 2022 · Dr. Roohi completed the Peer Observations of Classroom Activities (POCA) program by Engineering and Computing Education Core (ECEC), University of Nebraska-Lincoln

November · Dr. Roohi and Ph.D. student Saeid Ghasemi attended and presented at NIST SAM in Gaithersburg, MD - Read More

November · Ph.D. Student Saeid Ghasemi Presented at Durham School Seminar - Read More

November · Nebraska I-Corps Program Participant completed intensive innovation and commercialization program

October · Dr. Roohi delivered an invited seminar at Rice University - Read More

October · Dr. Roohi Received UNL Research Development Fellows Program (RDFP) Award - Read More

October 2022 · Selected as one of six University of Nebraska College of Engineering Research Fellows - Read More

September · Travel Grant Recipient attended NHERI Wall of Wind Facility Workshop, Florida International University

August · 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

August · SiRIUS lab welcomes a new Ph.D. student: Aleem Ullah Cheema - Read More

July · Travel Grant Recipient attended Timber Engineering Design Faculty Development Workshop, Clemson University

June · Travel Grant Recipient attended NHERI UF Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Workshop, University of Florida

May · Selected by UNL's Office of Research and Development to participate in Research Development Fellows Program

May · Travel Grant Recipient attended NSF RAPID Facility Intensive Equipment Training Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle

May · NSF CMMI Panel Fellow participated in NSF Game Changer Academies for Advancing Research Innovation

April · Congrats to Ph.D. Student Saeid Ghasemi for Receiving Travel Grant Award for the 2023 EERI Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California

January · Dr. Roohi Served as a Panel Member of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response & Management - Read More

January · Dr. Roohi Chaired Sessions at Canadian Conference-Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering at UBC - Read More

April · Attended the NIST Semi-Annual Meeting at Colorado State University

April · Delivered a guest lecture in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering at Colorado State University

February · Attended and presented at the ASCE 2022 Lifelines Conference at UCLA

January · Served as a Technical Reviewer at the 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Salt Lake City, UT

September · Presented at the 17WCEE Special Session on Infrastructure Systems Resilience

August · Paper on resilience modeling accepted for publication at 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering

May · Presented at the EMI2021 Conference at Columbia University

May · Served as a judge for the ASCE Dynamics Committee Student Paper Competition at EMI2021

May · Served as a judge for the ASCE Structural Control and Health Monitoring Committee Student Paper Competition at EMI2021

March · Joined Aon as a Senior Scientist in the Impact Forecasting R&D Center of Excellence

March · Delivered an invited talk on smart resilient cities at the University of Notre Dame

March · Abstract published in the ASCE Lifelines Conference 2021-2022 Abstract Book

March · Delivered an invited seminar talk at New Mexico Tech

March · Journal article published in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

January · Joined the ISCRAM2021 Planning, Foresight and Risk Analysis Program Committee

November · Presented at the NIST Center of Excellence Virtual Semi-annual Meeting

October · Paper published in ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics

October · Delivered an invited seminar talk at the University of Vermont

October · Selected as a member of the IABSE Task Group on Infrastructure Resilience

August · Abstract accepted for the ASCE/IRD UCLA Lifelines 2021 Conference

July · Paper published in the Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

July · Served as a moderator at the 2020 Natural Hazards Center Researchers Meeting

July · Paper published in the Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring

April · Paper published in Frontiers in Built Environment

April · Attended the ASCE/SEI Wood Committee Virtual Meeting

January · Joined the EMI Dynamics Committee as a voting member

November · Held a Kick-off meeting in Denver for Balloon-style CLT building seismic performance factors

November · Attended the NIST-CoE semi-annual meeting in Washington DC

October · Delivered an invited talk at the University of New Mexico

September · Presented at the 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring at Stanford University

August · Accepted a Postdoctoral Fellow position at the NIST Center of Excellence for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning

July · Defended Ph.D. dissertation on seismic monitoring of instrumented buildings

July · Presented at the Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference organized by MIT

April · Delivered an invited talk at Colorado State University on post-earthquake assessment of minimally instrumented buildings

July · Visited the NHERI full-scale shake table test at NEES@UCSD Shake Table

July · Presented a paper at the 7th International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures