June 2008

Hojjat Adeli received B.S.-M.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Tehran, Iran, in 1973 with the first rank in the entire College of Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1976 at the age of 26. He is currently Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science and the holder of Abba G. Lichtenstein Professorship in infrastructure engineering. He is also Professor in the Departments of Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Informatics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Neuroscience, and Neurological Surgery, and Biophysics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at The Ohio State University by courtesy appointment. He has authored over 440 research and scientific publications in various fields of computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, and medicine. His wide-ranging research has been published in 73 different journals. He has authored 12 books including Machine Learning - Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, and Fuzzy Systems, Wiley, 1995, Neurocomputing for Design Automation, CRC Press, 1998, Distributed Computer-Aided Engineering, CRC Press, 1999, Control, Optimization, and Smart Structures - High-Performance Bridges and Buildings of the Future, Wiley, 1999, Wavelets in Intelligent Transportation Systems, Wiley, 2005, Cost Optimization of Structures, Wiley, 2006, and Intelligent Infrastructure, CRC Press, 2008 (in press). He has also edited thirteen books including Knowledge Engineering - Vol. I - Fundamentals and Vol. II -Applications, McGraw-Hill, 1990, Intelligent Information Systems, IEEE Computer Society, 1997, and Historic Bridges: Evaluation, Preservation, and Management, CRC Press, 2008. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international research journals Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, now in 23rd year of publication and Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, now in 16th year of publication. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Neural Systems. He is the quadruple winner of The Ohio State University College of Engineering Lumley Outstanding Research Award. In 1998 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award, from The Ohio State University’s highest research award “in recognition of extraordinary accomplishment in research and scholarship”. In 2005, he was elected Honorary/Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers: "for wide-ranging, exceptional, and pioneering contributions to computing in many civil engineering disciplines and extraordinary leadership in advancing the use of computing and information technologies in civil engineering throughout the world.” In 2006, he received the ASCE Construction Management Award for “For development of ingenious computational and mathematical models in the areas of construction scheduling, resource scheduling, and cost estimation,” In 2007, he received The Ohio State University College of Engineering Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Award for Excellence in Engineering Education “for sustained, exceptional, and multi-faceted contributions to numerous fields including computer-aided engineering, knowledge engineering, computational intelligence, large-scale design optimization, and smart structures with worldwide impact,“ as well as the Charles E. MacQuigg Outstanding Teaching Award.