Amir H. Behzadan

  • Professor
  • Fellow for the Institute of Behavioral Science, Natural Hazards Center
  • CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Amir Behzadan dressed in a sweater in front of trees with yellow leaves

Amir H. Behzadan, CEAE Professor and Faculty Fellow in the Natural Hazards Center of the Institute of Behavioral Science, works at the intersection of the society and built/natural environments focusing on the responsible and ethical design, development and deployment of human-centered AI/ML technologies. He is a 2009 ASCE ExCEEd Fellow and past chair of the ASCE Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation (VIMS) Committee. 

Education

  • PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2008)
  • MS, Construction Engineering and Management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2005)
  • BS, Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2003)

Honors and Distinctions

  • "Editor's Choice" recognition, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2023
  • Top Downloaded Article, Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 2022.
  • Keynote Speaker, 5th International Workshop on Advances in Resilient and Intelligent Cities (ARIC), 30th ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL), Seattle, WA, 2022.
  • Second Place Award, The Inaugural Best Data Award Competition by Data, Sensing, and Analytics (DSA) Committee of the ASCE Computing Division, 2022
  • TEDx invited speaker, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2022
  • Keynote Speaker, Brazilian Symposium on Information and Communication Technology in Construction (SBTIC’21), Uberlândia, Brazil, 2021
  • Best Paper Award, 4th International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics (ICCBEI), Sendai, Japan, 2019
  • Best Paper Award Nomination (Finalist), 8th IEEE International Conference on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction (ACII), Cambridge, UK, 2019
  • Presidential Investment Hire, Office of the Provost, Texas A&M University, 2017
  • Highly Cited Research Article, Journal of Advances in Engineering Software, Elsevier Science, 2016
  • Keynote Speaker, VI Conference on Information Technology and Communication in Construction (TIC 2013), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil, 2013
  • FIATECH CETI Award, Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovation, category of Outstanding Student Researcher in New and Emerging Technology R&D, 2009