Experience
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• Dean, Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (June 2007 - present)

• Interim Dean, College of Engineering, University of South Florida (2006 – 2007)

• Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida (2002 – 2006)

• Professor, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of South Florida (2004 – 2007) 

• Program Director, Mechanics and Materials Program, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, National Science Foundation (1996 – 1998)

• Professor (with tenure), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1995 – 2003)

• Professor (by courtesy), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1998 – 2003 

• Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1992 – 1995)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1989 – 1992) 

• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1986 – 1989)

• Research Associate, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD (Summer 2002) 

• Research Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (Summer 2001)

• Research Fellow, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (Summer 1999)

• Consultant, Mechanics and Materials Program, Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS) Division (1998-1999) 

• Research Engineer, Musculoskeletal Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (Summer 1994)

• Research Engineer, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, TN (Summer 1993) 

• Visitng Engineer, Division of Engineering Computations, Mercedes Benz AG, Stuttgart (Jan.-Aug, 1992) 

• Summer Research Fellow, Structures and Materials, NASA Lewis Research Center (Summer 1990 and Summer 1991)

• Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona Tuscon, AZ (Summer 1988) 

• Visiting Engineer, Hibbitt, Karlsson, and Sorensen, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (Summer 1987)