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Reginald DesRoches
Born (1967-04-30) April 30, 1967 (age 57)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
AwardsASCE Fellow (2016)
National Academy of Engineering (2020)
Scientific career
Fieldscivil engineering
InstitutionsRice University, Georgia Tech

Reginald DesRoches (born April 30, 1967) is a civil engineer and, as of July 1, 2020, serves as the Howard Hughes Provost at Rice University.[1] From 2017 to 2020, he served as the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Engineering at the George R. Brown School of Engineering[2] at Rice. From 2012 to 2017, he served as the Karen and John Huff Chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[3]

Early life & career

Reginald DesRoches was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and grew up in Queens, New York City. He attended St. Francis Preparatory High School in New York City and the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1990, an Master of Science in Civil Engineering in 1992, and a doctorate in Structural Engineering in 1998. In 2015, he was inducted into UC Berkeley’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni.[4]

Rice University

At Rice University, DesRoches serves as the chief academic officer of Rice and its 7,500 students, eight schools and more than 700 faculty.[5] He previously served as the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Engineering at the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice. In this position, DesRoches provided leadership to a top-ranked engineering school with nine departments, 137 faculty and 2,500 students.[6]

His research interests include the design of resilient infrastructure systems under extreme loads and the application of smart and auto-adaptive materials. He has published some 300 articles[7] and delivered more than 100 presentations in 30 countries.

A fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the society’s Structural Engineering Institute (SEI),[8] DesRoches served as the key technical leader in the response of the United States to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, taking a team of 28 engineers, architects, city planners and social scientists to study the impact of the earthquake.[9] He has participated in numerous congressional briefings[10] to underscore the role university research plays in addressing the failing infrastructure in the U.S.and enhancing its resilience to natural hazards. DesRoches has served as thesis adviser[11] to 30 doctoral candidates and 17 master’s students.

DesRoches chairs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee (NCST) [12] and is on the advisory board for the National Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Simulation Center and the California Department of Transportation Seismic Advisory Board. He previously served on the National Academies Resilient America Roundtable (RAR),[13] the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Advisory Committee[14] and the Global Earthquake Modeling Scientific Board.

DesRoches has testified[15] before U.S. House and Senate subcommittees on the science of earthquake resilience, and has participated in Washington, D.C. roundtables for media and congressional staffers on topics ranging from disaster preparedness to challenges for African-American men in STEM fields. National media outlets frequently contact him for expert analysis following earthquake events, including CNN,[16] CNN International,[17] LiveScience[18] and National Geographic.[19]

DesRoches received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2002[20] — the highest honor bestowed upon scientists and engineers early in their careers. He was a recipient of the 2015 ASCE Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award,[21] the Georgia Tech Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Adviser Award (2010),[22] the 2007 ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize,[23] and the Georgia Tech ANAK Award (2008),[24] the highest honor the undergraduate student body can bestow on a Georgia Tech faculty member. In 2019, he was a recipient of the Distinguished Arnold Kerr Lecturer Award. He gave the John A. Blume Distinguished Lecture in 2018 and that same year received the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Distinguished Lecturer Award, one of the highest honors in the earthquake engineering field. in 2020, DesRoches was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Georgia Institute of Technology

During his tenure as Karen and John Huff School Chair at Georgia Tech, DesRoches guided the development of a new minor in global engineering leadership[25] open to all Georgia Tech engineering undergraduates, doubled the number of named chairs/professors,[26] led a strategic interdisciplinary research initiative,[27] developed a Corporate Affiliates Program,[28] and led a comprehensive strategic planning process.[29] He also oversaw a $13.5 million renovation of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s main facility, the Jesse W. Mason Building.[30] In 2014, he became Georgia Tech’s Faculty Athletics Representative,[31] serving as the liaison between the Institute and the Athletics Association. As Faculty Athletics Representative, he worked closely with the Athletic Director and university leadership — including the president, provost, and senior vice provost for academic affairs — to formulate policies affecting intercollegiate athletics on campus. His responsibilities also include representing the Institute to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He was appointed to the ACC leadership team as vice president of the conference for 2016-2017.

Notable awards and honors

  • 2020 National Academy of Engineering "for research and design of resilient infrastructure systems to mitigate damage from natural disasters and other extreme conditions"[32]
  • 2019 Outstanding TMS Paper Award (The Masonry Society)
  • 2019 Arnold D. Kerr Distinguished Lecture[33]
  • 2018 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Distinguished Lecturer Award[34]
  • 2018 John A. Blume Distinguished Lecturer, Stanford University[35]
  • 2016 Elected, Fellow, Structural Engineering Institute
  • 2015 Elected, Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
  • 2015 Inducted into UC Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni
  • 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award
  • 2012 Georgia Engineer of the Year in Education Award (Georgia Engineering Alliance)[36]
  • 2011 Richard Carroll Distinguished Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University[37]
  • 2010 Shah Family Fund Lecture, Stanford University[38]

References

  1. ^ "DesRoches named new Rice University provost". news.rice.edu. 2019-12-13.
  2. ^ "Dean Reginald DesRoches | Rice Engineering | Rice University". engineering.rice.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  3. ^ "Faculty Profile | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  4. ^ "Academy of Distinguished Alumni | Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  5. ^ "Academics". Rice University. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  6. ^ "Facts & Rankings". George R. Brown School of Engineering | Rice University. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  7. ^ "Reginald DesRoches - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  8. ^ "DesRoches joins select group of ASCE and SEI Fellows | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  9. ^ "Reginald DesRoches | Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies | CDAIT | Georgia Institute of Technology". cdait.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  10. ^ "- EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS: WHAT THE UNITED STATES CAN LEARN FROM THE 2010 CHILEAN AND HAITIAN EARTHQUAKES". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  11. ^ "Dean Reginald DesRoches | Rice Engineering | Rice University". engineering.rice.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  12. ^ "Reginald DesRoches National Construction Safety Team NCST Advisory Committee | Rice Engineering | Rice University". engineering.rice.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  13. ^ "Advanced Technologies in Structural Engineering for Resilient Communities". sites.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  14. ^ "DesRoches joins NSF's engineering advisory committee | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  15. ^ "House Natural Resources Committee Discusses Earthquake Science and Warnings". www.aip.org. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  16. ^ Hope4Cities (2017-05-16). "#HaitianHOPEster: Dr. Reginald Desroches, Engineer, Professor, Chair, & Soon-to-be Dean". Hope4Cities. Retrieved 2019-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "'Perfect storm' of calamity, quake expert says - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  18. ^ Earth, Jeanna Bryner 2008-05-15T00:00:00Z Planet. "Why the China Quake Was So Devastating". livescience.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Engineering, Georgia Tech College of (2012-10-05). "Reminder - CEE chair Reggie DesRoches on National Geographic channel tonite. 9 p.m. "Deadly Earthquakes" episode of Forecast: Disaster". @gatechengineers. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  20. ^ "The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Recipient Details | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  21. ^ "Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award | ASCE | Past Award Winners". www.asce.org. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  22. ^ "Professor Reginald DesRoches Named Dean's Professor | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  23. ^ "Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prizes | ASCE | Past Award Winners". www.asce.org. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  24. ^ "Reginald DesRoches | Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies | CDAIT | Georgia Institute of Technology". cdait.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  25. ^ "New minor teaches engineers how to be global leaders and problem solvers | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  26. ^ "Georgia Tech's civil and environmental engineering chair named dean of engineering at Rice University". news.rice.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  27. ^ "Dean Reginald DesRoches | Rice Engineering | Rice University". engineering.rice.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  28. ^ "Reginald DesRoches named Dean of Engineering | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | Rice University". www.ece.rice.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  29. ^ issuu.com https://issuu.com/ceebuzz/docs/web_-_cee_2013_strategic_plan_-_fin. Retrieved 2019-12-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  30. ^ "Georgia Tech's civil and environmental engineering chair named dean of engineering at Rice University". Georgia Tech College of Engineering. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  31. ^ "Computing's Isbell Named Faculty Athletics Representative". www.news.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  32. ^ "Dr. Reginald DesRoches". NAE Website.
  33. ^ "Kerr Lecture". University of Delaware. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  34. ^ "EERI names DesRoches 'Distinguished Lecturer' | Rice Engineering | Rice University". engineering.rice.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  35. ^ "The Promise of Smart Materials in Earthquake Resistant Design | Blume Center". blume.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  36. ^ "Dean May Announces New School Chair for Civil and Environmental Engineering | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering". www.ce.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  37. ^ "Home". Department of Civil and Systems Engineering. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  38. ^ "Shah Family Fund Lecture Series | Blume Center". blume.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
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