Education

Ph.D., The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2006, Civil Engineering

M.Sc., The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2002, Civil Engineering

B.Sc., Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2000, Civil Engineering

Experience

Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA [current]

Research Engineer, Weidlinger Associates Inc., Albuquerque, NM

Structural Engineer, Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Ltd., Albuquerque, NM

Research & Teaching Assistant, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Licensure

Professional Engineer, State of Maryland, # 39902

Awards and Certificates

Professor of the Year (2008), GMU ASCE Student Chapter

Listee, Who's Who in America

Outstanding Graduate Student, The University of New Mexico, Department of Civil Engineering

Recipient of the AGEP [Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate] scholarship funded by NSF

Certificate, Teaching a Basic Course, Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, Department of Communication and Journalism, The University of New Mexico

New Mexico Graduate Scholar Award