{"id":230,"date":"2020-12-08T18:47:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath-new\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2023-05-04T13:06:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T20:06:51","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Education<\/h3>\n
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  • Ph.D., Structural and Earthquake Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo (1989)<\/li>\n
  • M.Eng., Structural Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (1982)<\/li>\n
  • B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Bangalore University, India (1980)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Academic Appointments<\/h3>\n
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    • Distinguished Professor, University of California at Davis (2019 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n
    • Professor, Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, University of California at Davis (2004 \u2013 2019)<\/li>\n
    • Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis (2009 \u2013 2015)<\/li>\n
    • Graduate Program Advisor and Vice-Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis (2007 \u2013 2009)<\/li>\n
    • Associate Professor, Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, University of California at Davis (2001-2004)<\/li>\n
    • Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Central Florida (1997 \u2013 2001)<\/li>\n
    • Visiting Research Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (1997-1998)<\/li>\n
    • Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Central Florida (1996 \u2013 1997)<\/li>\n
    • Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, Orlando (1991-1996)<\/li>\n
    • Research Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo (1989-1991)<\/li>\n
    • Graduate Research Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo (1985-1988)<\/li>\n
    • Information Scientist, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (1982-1985)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Professional Activities<\/h3>\n

      Professional Recognition<\/b><\/p>\n

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      • Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (2023)<\/li>
      • Executive Committee, Technical Activities Division, Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE (2013 \u2013 2018)<\/li>\n
      • Chair, ASCE Technical Administrative Committee on Dynamic Effects (2010 \u2013 2013)<\/li>\n
      • Editor, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, (2003 \u2013 2010)<\/i><\/li>\n
      • Senior Managing Editor, ASCE Journal     of Structural Engineering<\/i> (Oct. 2000 \u2013 Sep. 2003)<\/li>\n
      • Chair, ASCE Committee on Seismic Effects <\/i>(October 2000 \u2013 Sept. 2003)<\/li>\n
      • Managing Editor, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering<\/i> (Oct. 1998 \u2013 Sep. 2000)<\/li>\n
      • Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (Oct. 1996 \u2013 Sep. 1998)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Professional Consulting<\/b><\/p>\n

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        • Vero Insurance, Auckland, New Zealand<\/li>\n
        • National Institute of Building Sciences, Washington DC<\/li>\n
        • TMAD Taylor and Gaines, Pasadena, CA<\/li>\n
        • ACTA, Torrance, CA<\/li>\n
        • Gary Hart Consulting Engineers, Santa Monica, California<\/li>\n
        • Dames and Moore, Los Angeles, California<\/li>\n
        • Nabih Youssef and Associates, Los Angeles, California<\/li>\n
        • Integrated Design Services, Tustin, California<\/li>\n
        • Saiful-Boquet Consulting Engineers, Pasadena, California<\/li>\n
        • Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc., Merritt Island, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Professional Associations<\/b><\/p>\n

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          • Registered Professional Engineer, State of California<\/li>\n
          • Member ACI, ASCE, EERI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Awards<\/h3>\n
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            • Fellow, Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE (2013)<\/li>\n
            • Frederick W. Panhost Structural Engineering Award, Sacramento Section, ASCE (2013)<\/li>\n
            • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Norman Medal (2012)<\/li>\n
            • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (2010)<\/li>\n
            • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Richard Torrens Award (2009)<\/li>\n
            • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Raymond Reese Research Prize (2008)<\/li>\n
            • Fellow, American Concrete Institute (2007)<\/li>\n
            • American Concrete Institute (ACI) Structural Research Award (2001)<\/li>\n
            • College of Engineering Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, University of Central Florida (1998)<\/li>\n
            • Teaching Incentive Program Award, State University System of Florida (1995)<\/li>\n
            • College of Engineering Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UCF (1994)<\/li>\n
            • Royal Netherlands Government Academic Scholarship, Graduate Studies, Asian Institute of Technology (1980-1982)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Biography Education Ph.D., Structural and Earthquake Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo (1989) M.Eng., Structural Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (1982) B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Bangalore University, India (1980) Academic Appointments Distinguished Professor, University of California at Davis (2019 \u2013 present) Professor, Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, University of California at Davis (2004 \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-230","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230\/revisions\/1112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kunnath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}