Distinguished Associate Award of the Year
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili has received the 2023 distinguished associate award of Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This annual award recognizes his pioneering work in the field of uncertainty quantification and artificial ground motion generation fields.
Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance
As part of the ACI 133 (bigger) team, Dr. Hariri participated in a ten-day post-earthquake reconnaissance mission in Turkey. The team was composed of professionals from NIST, ASCE SEI, WJE, kpff, CPL, Canterbury U., UNL, KU, UNAM, Purdue U., Izmir Inst. Of Tech., EQ Solutions, U. Belgrade, and Osmangazi U. The team focused on evaluating the performance of reinforced concrete structures in the affected area. The unique contribution was using the Hassan Index to "quantify" wall and column damage, as well as practicing "Functional Recovery" aspects in schools, hospitals, and residential buildings. The team surveyed hundreds of structures. The team visited cities like Maraş, Türkoğlu, Nurdağı, Antakya, and Malatya.
USSD's Exceptional Young Professional (YP) of the Year
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili has been named the 2022 Exceptional Young Professional of the Year by the United States Society on Dams (USSD). This annual award recognizes young professionals who make exceptional contributions to the dams and levees industry. Candidates were vetted based on how they demonstrate the USSD mission goals of Advocate, Educate, Collaborate, and Cultivate in their careers and through community involvement.
CU's Recent Alumni Award
The college of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder recognized Dr. Hariri-Ardebili as alumni of FY2021. Established by the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Board in 2013, the recent alumni award (RAA) recognizes one outstanding alumnus/a each year for professional achievements, continued service to the college or university, and admirable personal characteristics within 10 years of graduation from the college.
Alumni Awards | College of Engineering & Applied Science | University of Colorado Boulder
New Book on "Dams and Nuclear Structures"
A new book entitled "Aging, Shaking, and Cracking of Infrastructures: From Mechanics to Concrete Dams and Nuclear Structures" is published in April 2021 By Springer. This book is a result of 60+ years of combined experience of my co-author, Prof. Victor Saouma, and Dr. Hariri-Ardebili. It is written in 1,100+ pages and includes 36 chapters covering theory and application.
The book can be directly purchased from Springer or Amazon.
Presentation at IIT
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili delivered a presentation at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, Feb 2021. The presentation covered "Multi-Hazard Uncertainty Quantification of Nuclear Power Plants: Aging, Shaking and Cracking".
IEEE Best Paper Award
Prof. Pourkamali-Anaraki (UMass), Dr. Hariri-Ardebili (CU) and Ms. Morawiec (UMass) received the "Best Paper Award" at the 19th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), Dec 2020, entitled "Kernel Ridge Regression Using Importance Sampling with Application to Seismic Response Prediction".
Presentation at US Bureau of Reclamation
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili, Prof. Saouma and Mr. Alsaffar delivered a presentation at USBR, Denver, May 2019. The presentation covered a project funded by USBR on "Long Term Assessment of Dams Suffering from ASR". The meeting was hosted by Dr. Jerzy Salamon (Project Manager), with invitees from the "Dam Safety Office".
USSD 2019 Conference and Workshop
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili attended the 2019 USSD conference, Chicago, IL, April 2019. He presented a paper on "Application of Response Surface Meta-Models in Seismic Assessment of Concrete Dams". Dr. Hariri in collaboration with Dr. Omid Abdi (Arup) presented a poster on "Probabilistic Analysis of Dams". Moreover, Mr. Pete Haug (Ayres Associates) and Dr. Hariri moderated a session on "5C: Dam Safety III" in the second day of presentations. [Photo posted by Mr. Michael Rogers, ICOLD president, in the USSD Social media]
Congratulations to Moad Isteita
Congratulations to Dr. Moad Isteita, who successfully defended his Ph.D. exam (March 2019). His research "Studies of Earthquake Pounding Risk and of Above-Code Seismic Design" was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Porter. Dr. Hariri-Ardebili served as thesis committee member.
PAC Travel Award
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili was selected as the recipient of the PAC travel award to attend the USSD conference in 2019. Selected by Postdoctoral Association of Colorado (PAC), University of Colorado, Boulder, September, 2018.
Best Doctorate Thesis Award
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili was recognized as the winner of "Best Doctorate Thesis Award" by National Dam Safety Association during the 5th International Dam Safety Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, October, 2018. The conference is chaired by Prof. Hasan Tosun, and the award is handed over by Mr. Akif Ozkaldi, the deputy minister of the agriculture and forestry of Turkey. Prof. Saouma and Dr. Hariri-Ardebili are also delivered several keynote speech, TED talk, and workshop during the conference.
State-of-the-art Review Article
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili published a new state-of-the-art review paper on "Risk, Reliability, Resilience (R3) and beyond in dam engineering". This review paper which includes about 400 references is accepted only in two months by International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR). Both the theoritical background and state-of-the-art review concepts can be found in the paper. This is a unique paper in its kind, and hopefully will unify all the future activities and improves the engineers' understanding from probabilistic risk analysis.
RILEM TC-259 Meeting and Workshop
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili attended in the RILEM TC-259 annual meeting and workshop, hosted by Dr. Jerzy Salamon at US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Denver, May 21-22, 2018. He presented the results of Merlin validation and application of AAR problems.
End of the Semester Exam (Spring 2018)!
Structural Analysis' students are working on the final exam. It was a very good semester with highly motivated students! University of Colorado, Boulder (05/05/2018).
USSD 2018 Conference and Workshop
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili presented a paper in 2018 USSD conference, Miami, FL, May 2018. The presentation covered a wide range of uncertainty quantification methods in concrete dam engineering. Dr. Hariri also served as an orgonizing comittee member and the session moderator for a workshop on "Evaluating Numerical Method in Analysis of Concrete Dams".
Marinus Smith Award
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili was recognized (for the second time) as an outstanding faculty who has made a significant impact on the lives of the CU Boulder students and received the Marinus Smith Award by Office of New Students and Family Programs, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 2018. This year three students from "Advanced Mechanics of Materials" nominated Dr. Hariri-Ardebili for his teaching. Detailed information at CU Boulder Today.
ASR Expansion Project Funded by NRC (Dec 2017)!
A three-years project about the ASR expansion in concrete is ended Dec 2017. The project was funded by NRC.
Summary: The focus of this project is to model the shear strength of concrete panels that have experienced alkali silica reaction. The end goal is to be able to derive an equation that relates the shear strength of the concrete to ASR affliction.
Participants: Dr. Victor Saouma, Dr. Mohammad Amin Hariri-Ardebili, David Graff, Robert Sparks, Damon Howard
End of the Semester Exam (Fall 2017)!
Advanced Mechanics of Materials' students are working on the final exam. They studied hard and they were brilliant at the exam with the average of 92%! University of Colorado, Boulder (12/17/2017).
Presentation at University of Colorado, Denver
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili delivered a lecture at University of Colorado Denver (college of engineering and applied science), Nov 2017. The seminar is hosted by Prof. Carnot Nogueira. Dr. Hariri-Ardebili presented a research on the recent advances in probabilistic risk quantification of concrete dams.
Presentation at Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili and Prof. Saouma delivered a one day presentation at Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington D.C., Oct 2017. The meeting is hosted by Ms. Madhumita Sircar. Dr. Hariri-Ardebili presented a research on sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification in seismic analysis of AAR affected infra-structures.
AAR Workshop for US Bureau of Reclamation
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili, Prof. Saouma and Prof. Multon delivered a lecture at US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Denver, May 2017. The workshop is hosted by Dr. Jerzy Salamon. Dr. Hariri-Ardebili presented a research on risk-based uncertainty quantification in AAR-affected infra-structures.
Marinus Smith Award
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili was recognized as an outstanding faculty who has made a significant impact on the lives of the CU Boulder students and received the Marinus Smith Award by Office of New Students and Family Programs, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 2017. Detailed information at CU Boulder Today.
Congratulations to David Graff
Congratulations to David Graff, who successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis research (April 2017) as part of NRC project. He studied "Environmental and Reinforcement Effects on Concrete Expansion Undergoing Accelerated Alkali-Silica Reaction" under the supervision of Prof. Saouma. Dr. Hariri-Ardebili served as thesis committee member.
Outstanding Postdoctoral Award
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili was recognized as outstanding postdoc of University of Colorado Boulder during the 7th annual national postdoc appreciation week in September, 2016. Detailed information at: CU Boulder Office of Postdoc Affairs and also, CEAE News.
RILEM TC I259-ISR Meeting
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili attended at the RILEM TC I259-ISR (prognosis of deterioration and loss of serviceability in structures affected by alkali-silica reactions) annual meeting, hosted by Prof. Victor Saouma and Dr. Yann Le Pape at the University of Colorado, Boulder, June 6-7, 2016.
FraMCos-9 Conference
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili presented a paper entitled "Probabilistic Fragility Analysis of Cohesive Crack Models" co-authored by Prof. Victor Saouma at the "9th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures", University of California, Berkeley, USA, May 29-June 01.
End of the Semester Exam (Springs 2016)!
A group of extremely talented graduate students are working on the "Earthquake Engineering" final exam. University of Colorado, Boulder (05/01/2016).
LinkedIn Group: Concrete Dam Engineering
Dr. Hariri-Ardebili created a new group in LinkedIn. The "Concrete Dam Engineering" group is a networking group to link scientists, engineers, and researchers working on different aspects of the concrete dams, including seismic studies, aging problems, safety and risk assessment, numerical models vs. experimental tests, construction and material.
