Adel Abdelnaby holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012), B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Cairo University (2005 and 2007). He has been on the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Memphis since the fall of 2012. His professional experience includes working as a design engineer at ACE Consulting Engineers Moharram-Bakhoum, one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in the Middle East. Dr. Abdelnaby’s research interests are primarily in the areas of structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, structural health monitoring, life-cycle analysis of structures subjected to multiple hazards, application of innovative and smart materials in structures for hazard mitigation, passive and active control of structures, and nonlinear finite element methods. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses related to the behavior and design of steel structures, nonlinear analysis of structural systems, and mechanics of materials.