Degrees

PHD, 2015, Princeton Univ; MA, 2013, Princeton Univ; MSE, 2008, Princeton Univ; BS, 2006, Cornell Univ

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Bio

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at Hofstra University and I lead the Segal Structures Group. The group engages in material exploration, form generation, and historic analysis related to a range of engineering research, design, and teaching activities.

I received my B.S from Cornell University and my M.S.E. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. In 2008, I was awarded a Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Structural Engineering Trav­el Fellowship to study European physical modeling and testing laboratories and the structures that emerged from those facilities. The objective of this research was to identify potential roles for physical models as complements to computational models in design and education. In 2017, I received the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In 2019, I was selected to be an ASCE ExCEEd Fellow. From 2008 to 2011, I worked at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger and I am a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in New York.

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Teaching Interests

Structural design
Structural analysis
History of structural engineering

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Research Interests

Sustainable solutions for civil engineering applications
Analysis, design, testing, and optimization of structures constructed from unconventional materials
Structural art and historic structures

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Recent Courses Taught

Course	Title	Level
ENGG 025	MECHANICS:STATICS	Undergraduate
ENGG 028	STRENGTH OF MATERIAL	Undergraduate
ENGG 143A	CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN A	Undergraduate
ENGG 143D	DESIGN OF MULTIDISPLY ENGG SYS	Undergraduate
ENGG 143G	INDEPENDENT ENGG DESIGN B	Undergraduate
ENGG 147	SOIL MECHNCS&FNDATNS	Undergraduate
ENGG 162	CIVIL ENGG MATERIALS & STR LAB	Undergraduate
ENGG 198	DEPT HONORS CANDIDACY: THESIS	Undergraduate