Facilitated / aided increasing department external research support by 60% over 15 month period.
Conducted very successful celebration of175th Anniversary of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) granting first civil engineering degree in the U. S. in 1835.
Coordinated successful campaign that led to prestigious dedication, by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), of the Civil Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, for offering the first civil engineering degree in the English-speaking world in 1835. The list of historic civil engineering landmarks include the Eiffel Tower, Brooklyn Bridge, etc. Our CEE Department at RPI is the only department in the world to have received such high recognition.
Led two successful fundraising campaigns to provide needed funds for departmental miscellaneous activities, laboratory renovation, student scholarships, etc.
Led comprehensive effort to revive the Environmental program within the Dept., which was at risk of closing in 2009. This effort included hiring two environmental faculty in FY 2010 and recruiting a third faculty in FY2011 as well as providing funding for upgrading the labs.
Generally planned and supervised the activities for the CEE Department
Co-leader of a $7 million project funded by NIST Technology Innovation Program (TIP), “Development of a Multiscale Monitoring and Health Assessment Framework for Effective Management of Levees and Flood-Control Infrastructure Systems”. The project aims at the monitoring and assessment of large, distributed infrastructure systems in varying stages of deterioration, which critical for extend the lives of these critical infrastructure systems and in the development of Sustainable systems.
