Brad Parker Wham
Brad Parker Wham
Brad Wham is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interests combine physical testing, numerical simulations, analytical methods and field reconnaissance to assess infrastructure response to a variety of loading conditions, including those imposed by natural (e.g., earthquake, wildfire) and human-induced hazards. He has served on field reconnaissance teams in New Zealand, Japan, Turkey and Colorado to document lifeline infrastructure response to natural hazards and holds leadership roles across several professional organizations, including chairing the development of new testing standards for pipeline systems.
Prior to joining the University, Wham served as an assistant research professor and managing director of the Center for Infrastructure, Energy and Space Testing (CIEST) at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he led research initiatives across a variety of engineering fields and experimental facilities. Before that, he was a post-doc at Cornell University’s Geotechnical Lifelines Large-Scale Testing Facility, where he designed and implemented full-scale fault rupture tests on hazard-resilient water distribution pipelines.
He earned his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in geotechnical engineering and M. Eng. in structural engineering at Cornell University. He earned his B.Sc. in civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech.