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Spotlight Profile on Reginald DesRoches
Professor DesRoches’ research, service, and professional interests center on development of mitigation strategies to reduce the risks from earthquakes, particularly, earthquakes in the central and southeastern United States. His specific research interests include seismic resistant design and retrofit of bridges, protective systems for buildings and bridges, performance of transportation networks, and structural applications of smart materials.
He is the deputy director of the NEESR-Grand Challenge Project, “Seismic Risk Mitigation for Port Systems”, and directs the Transportation Networks Program for the Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Center. He is an associate editor for the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering and Chair of the ASCE Seismic Effects Committee. Professor DesRoches has been on the Board for Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment for the National Research Council since 2002, and is currently a member on the committee for the Review of the Louisiana Coastal Protection Restoration Program. Professor DesRoches was a 2001 National Science Foundation “CAREER” award recipient, and was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2002. He is also a recipient of the Walter L. Huber Research Prize for contributions in the area of bridge analysis and design, and the 2007 ANAK award. The ANAK award is the highest honor an undergraduate student body can bestow upon a Georgia Tech faculty.
More information about Dr. DesRoches can be found on his CEE Faculty page.