Amir Mirmiran, PhD, PE, FASCE, FACI
Professor and Dean

Professional Service

Editorship

·         Regional Editor (U.S.), Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, 2007 – Present

·         Editorial Board Member, Advances in Civil Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corp., 2008 – Present

·         Editorial Board Member, Advances in Structural Engineering, Multi-Science, 2006 – Present

·         Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, ASCE, 2001 – Present

·         Proceedings Editor, Third International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2006), The Official Conference of IIFC, Miami, FL, December 13-15, 2006

·         Associate Editor, International Editorial Advisory Board, Handbook of FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CRC Press, June 2003 – Present

·         Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, October 1998 – October 2001

 

Scientific and Technical Committees and Conferences

·         Member, International Scientific Committee, Asian-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures (APFIS 2009), Organized by Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, December 2009

·         Member, International Advisory Board, 1st International Conference on Composites: Materials Characterization, Fabrication, and Application (CCFA-1), Kish Island, Iran, December 2008

·         Member, International Scientific Committee, 5th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures (ACMBS-V), Winnipeg, Canada, September 2008

·         Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2008), Zurich, Switzerland, July 2008

·         Conference Chair, Third International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2006), The Official Conference of IIFC, Miami, FL, December 13-15, 2006

·         Referee, International Scientific Committee Panel of Referees, 33rd World Congress of Housing XXXIII: Transforming Housing Environments Through Design, Pretoria, South Africa, September 27-30, 2005

·         Member, Advisory Committee, “Third International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-III): Advancing Engineering, Management and Technology,” Athens, Greece, September 15-17, 2005 

·         Member, Conference Scientific Committee, “First Conference on Application of FRP Composites in Construction and Rehabilitation of Structures,” Organized by Building and Housing Research Center (BHRC), Tehran, Iran, May 4, 2004

·         Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, Handbook of FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CRC Press, June 2003-Present.

·         Member, Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE), 2003-Present.

·         Member, Council for International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC), March 2003-Present.

·         Keynote Speaker, Chinese Conference on Application of FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, Kunming, China, July 26-28, 2002 [see photos below]

·         Member, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project Panel for Project 10-64, Inspection of FRP Bridge Decks, 2002-Present

·         Member, Ad-Hoc Organizing Committee, International Association for FRP Composites in Construction, Hong Kong, China, February 2002-March 2003

·         Member, Scientific Committee and Review Board, International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE/9), San Diego, California, July 2002

·         Member, Advisory Committee and Theme Session Organizer, International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2001), Hong Kong, China, December 2001

·         Member, Scientific Committee, International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE/8), Tenerife, Spain, August 2001

·         Foreign Advisor to the Chinese National Committee on FRP Guidelines, Since June 2000

·         Keynote Speaker, First Chinese Conference on FRP Composites, Beijing, China, June 2000

·         Member, International Advisory Board,  International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE/7), Denver, Colorado, 2000

·         Voting Member, ACI Committee 440 on FRP Reinforcement, Since 1999

·         Co-Chair and Secretary, ACI Committee 440C State of the Art Report on FRP Reinforcement, Since 1999

·         Member, Steering Committee of the ASCE Structures Congress, New Orleans, LA, 1999

·         Member, Local Arrangements Committee, 5th Materials Engineering Congress, ASCE, Cincinnati, OH, 1999

·         Co-Chair, ACI Committee 440J FRP Stay in Place Form, Since 1998

·         Member, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project Panel for Project 12-49, Seismic Design of Highway Bridges, 1998-2002

·         Vice President, ASCE Structural Technical Group, East Central Florida Branch, 1997-98

·         Member, International Advisory Board, International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE/4), Hawaii, HA, 1997

·         Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 1997

·         Member, ASCE-ACI Committee 343 on Concrete Bridges, Since 1996

·         Member, National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal Review Panels, Since 1996

·         Control Group Member, ASCE Technical Administrative Committee on Metals, 1996-98, 2000-01

·         Chair, ASCE Committee on Special Structures, 1996-99

·         Chair, ASCE Subcommittee on Tension-Based Structures, 1995-98

·         Teaching P.E. Review Courses, 1995-97

·         Member, International Community for Composites Engineering (ICCE), Since 1994

·         Member, ASCE Committee on Composite Construction, 1994-96

·         Member, ASCE Committee on Computer Aided Analysis and Design, 1994-96

·         Member, American Concrete Institute (ACI), Since 1993

·         Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Since 1991

·         Professional Engineer, Maryland (1987), Pennsylvania (1991), and Florida (1993)

University Service

·         Secretary and Treasurer, Executive Committee for the Departmental Advisory Board, UC, 2001

·         Chair, Civil Division Ph.D. Standardizing Committee, UC, 2001

·         Member, Departmental Committee on Work Load Policy, UC, 2001

·         Member, Departmental Committee on Graduate Assistant Performance Criteria, UC, 2001

·         All-University Graduate Faculty, UC, 1999-2001

·         Graduate School Faculty Mentor for Junior Structures Faculty, UC, 1999-2000

·         Member, Departmental Committee on Faculty Recruitment Policy, UC, 1999

·         Graduate Coordinator, Structural Engineering Program, UC, 1998-2001

·         Faculty Advisor for Undergraduate Class of 2003, UC, 1998-2001

·         Member, Departmental Search Committee for Junior Structures Faculty, UC, 1998-99

·         Member, Departmental Committee on Ph.D. Self-Study for Ohio Board of Regents, UC, 1998-99

·         Faculty Senator, University Faculty Senate, UCF, 1998

·         Member, Departmental Personnel Committee, UCF, 1997-98

·         Coordinator, Structural Engineering Group, UCF, 1997-98

·         Member, Departmental Graduate Committee, UCF, 1997-98

·         Member, Departmental Strategic Planning Committee, UCF, 1997-98

·         Member, Departmental Instructional Quality Committee, UCF, 1997-98

·         Member, Departmental Committee to Establish Construction Engineering program, UCF, 1996-97

·         Member, College Honors Committee, UCF, 1995-98

·         Member, Departmental ABET Preparation and Course Documents, UCF, 1995

Community Service

  • National Teach-In Program, Orange County Public School System, 1994-95
  • Annual Physics Olympics, 1994-95

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Opening CICE 2006 Conference in Miami

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Presenting Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Rizkalla

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Delivering Keynote Paper, Beijing, China, June 2000

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Delivering Keynote Paper, Kunming, China, July 2002

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Yunnan Provice, China, with Prof. Neale, July 2002

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Stone Forest, Yunnan Province, China, July 2002