Dr. Iris Tien is Williams Family Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She joined the faculty in 2014 after receiving her Ph.D. in Civil Systems Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Tien’s research interests are in probabilistic methods for modeling and reliability assessment of civil infrastructure systems. Her research leverages her unique interdisciplinary expertise encompassing traditional topics of civil engineering, sensing and data analytics, stochastic processes, probabilistic risk assessment, and decision making under uncertainty. Dr. Tien’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Transportation, and National Institute of Standards and Technology. Her work on interdependent infrastructure systems modeling and analysis has twice won 1st Place Paper Awards in resilient critical infrastructure. Dr. Tien was selected by the National Academy of Engineering to organize the session on Resilient and Reliable Infrastructure at the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium; and speak on Community Resilience at the National Academies Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium. Dr. Tien was awarded the prestigious Early Achievement Research Prize by the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR), and her published work has been recognized as Editor’s Choice Selection Papers in multiple journals, including the ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, and the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems.
Dr. Tien’s research interests include: probabilistic methods for modeling and reliability assessment of civil infrastructure systems; complex systems risk analysis; structural and infrastructure health monitoring; sensing and data analytics, signal processing, and machine learning; stochastic processes; and decision making under uncertainty; with applications for smart cities, interdependent systems, and resilient communities.
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering Systems University of California, Berkeley 2014
M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California, Berkeley 2010
B.S. in Civil Engineering University of California, Berkeley 2008
Dr. Tien’s teaching interests include: risk assessment, data analytics, structural reliability, and construction and infrastructure system engineering processes. She has created new courses in Engineering Risk Analysis and Data Analytics for CEE Systems, and has implemented numerous innovative course pedagogies and delivery methods into her courses.
Williams Family Associate Professor Iris Tien is helping coastal communities improve their resilience with the right flood-control infrastructure in the right places.
Williams Family Associate Professor Iris Tien is one of five faculty members selected to become Cybersecurity Fellows to help grow the College of Engineering’s work in high-impact cyber-physical systems security.
A tool developed by Georgia Tech researchers can help pinpoint the ideal locations for water level sensors to maximize the real-time data available to emergency managers to help anticipate flood risks and respond in emergencies.
