University of Washington

PacTrans Welcomes New Faculty Dr. Ingrid Arocho joined Oregon State University in January 2015 as an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering. She holds a MCE and a PhD in civil engineering from North Carolina State University. Dr. Arocho's research interests include construction equipment fleet management, pollution production during construction activities, and construction methods improvement to reduce environmental impact. Her previous research has included the estimation and forecasting of pollution emissions from construction equipment fleets. Dr. Paolo Calvi joined the University of Washington department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as assistant professor in structural engineering September 2015. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto and MS from the University of Pavia. Dr. Calvi's research interests include experimental and numerical response of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures, evaluation of demand on structures, displacement-based assessment of reinforced concrete buildings and bridges, and development of displacement based design methodologies for structures incorporating added damping, rocking systems and base isolation devices. Dr. Daniel Borello joined Oregon State University as an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering in 2014. He earned a MS in civil engineering and PhD in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Borello combines experimental testing and numerical simulations to study the behavior of large structures, particularly steel buildings. His research interests include sustainable infrastructure and mitigating the impact of earthquakes through innovative, replaceable structural systems including steel plate shear walls, self-centering systems, and supplemental energy dissipation devices. By facilitating economical yet resilient materials and systems, Dr. Borello aims to enhance the life cycle and safety of large structures while improving access to such structures in developing countries. His passion for teaching steel design and structural engineering placed him in the top 10 percent of instructors while at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Erdem Coleri joined Oregon State University in September 2014 as an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering. Prior to OSU, he held the position of postdoctoral scholar and project scientist at the University of California Pavement Research Center. Dr. Coleri received his PhD from the University of California at Davis with specialization in pavement materials and structures. His research interests include the areas of sustainable pavement materials and structures, energy efficient pavement design strategies, and infrastructure health monitoring using wireless sensor networks. Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim joined the University of Idaho Civil Engineering Department as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Ibrahim's most recent academic appointments were at St. Louis University and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil/Structural Engineering from the University of Missouri–Columbia in 2010. His research interests include non-linear behavior and modeling of reinforced and prestressed concrete elements, damage modeling of reinforced concrete elements under blast loading, experimental testing of reinforced concrete members under multi-hazard loading, and confinement of reinforced concrete bridge columns. His research has been funded from the US Department of Transportation and presented in several articles published in journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Ibrahim is registered as a professional engineer in the state of Michigan and his experience includes more than ten years in the industry and academia in the US and overseas. He performed structural damage evaluations of many schools in Peru, South America for UNESCO. He is a voting member in many professional committees like ACI 555 "Concrete with Recycled Materials" and he is also a member of the "Impact, shock, and Blast" committee in the ASCE. 6 Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium

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