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Dr. Farīborz M. Tehrānī (fa.rī.borz-teh.rā.nī) is an Associate
Professor, Professional Civil Engineer, Sustainability Professional, and
Project Management Professional with three decades of academic and
industry background in structural, geotechnical, and transportation
engineering and management. Dr. Fariborz Tehrani has contributed to the
publication of ten books; nearly seventy papers and technical reports;
and presented nearly ninety papers and posters. His research and
practice experiences focus on resilient and sustainable infrastructures
and include structural analysis and design; earthquake resistant design;
building materials and construction; road and bridge design; and project
management. His research on sliding seismic isolation resulted in a
patented methodology, Sliding Foundation System with Safety Margin,
applied in construction of a small building in 1998. He has contributed
to the engineering design of more than fifty structures and
infrastructures; management and planning of nearly $150 million
projects; and development of several research proposals leading to
nearly $700k funding from NSF, DOT, and other public and private
sources. Fariborz holds membership of ASCE, ACI, EMI, ASTM, and EWB. He
is a voting member of ACI 213 and ASTM C09, C12, C15, D04, and D18, the
Academic Committee Chair of the ISI, and the Director of the ESCSI.
Further, Dr. Tehrani has served in NCEES, PMI, CHESC, and EMI as
panelist and subject matter expert. Fariborz reviews ACI, ASCE, IJDM,
ES, and Elsevier journals and serves as an editor of SAGE journals. He
has also mentored EWB student chapters in USC, UCSD, and Cal Poly SLO on
multiple projects in Honduras, Ontario, and Nicaragua. Dr. Tehrani
received the ASCE Region 9 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2015 for
leading the Student Chapter from 2010 to 2015, the Best Practice Award
from California Higher Education Sustainability Conference in 2017, and
the best Research Award from ASCE Fresno and San Francisco for two
projects in 2019. Fariborz received BSc from Sharif University of
Technology, MSc from Amirkabir University of Technology, and MS, Degree
of Engineer, and PhD from University of California, Los Angeles.
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