KISHOR C. MEHTA

WHIP CENTER DIRECTOR

P. W. Horn Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering
Texas Tech University
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PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

B.S.E. in Civil Engineering, the University of Michigan, 1957
M.S.E. in Civil Engineering, the University of Michigan, 1958
Ph. D. in Civil Engineering (structures), the University of Texas-Austin, 1965

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: Kishor.mehta@ttu.edu

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

P. W. Horn Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University (1964- 2011; 2015-present)
Program Director of Structural and Architectural Engineering and Materials and Co-Program Director of Engineering for Natural Hazards, the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (2011-2015)
Interim Dean of Engineering, Texas Tech University (1994-1995)
Design Engineer, M C & S Corp., Glen Canyon Dam Construction Site, Page, Arizona (1958-1961)

SIGNIFICANT HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (2004)
  • Inducted as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2017)
  • Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (2002)
  • ASCE Cermak Medal for Wind Engineering (2014)

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

  • Developed new programs in Engineering for Natural Hazards and Structural and Architectural Engineering and Materials at the National Science Foundation during the tenure as Program Director (2011-2015).
  • Chairman of three conferences on wind engineering at Texas Tech University; 1. The Tornado Symposium in 1976, 2. The Fifth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering in 1985, and 3. The Eleventh International Conference on Wind Engineering in 2003.
  • Organized and instructed in annual professional short course on Engineering for Extreme Winds held at Texas Tech University (1972 – 2005). Also developed and instructed in a two-day professional short course Wind Loads on Buildings and Structures at 50 locations around the country for ASCE during 1995 – 2006.
  • Director and Principal Investigator for Cooperative Program on Wind Engineering with Colorado State University funded by NSF (1986-1995) and Windstorm Mitigation Initiative program funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST (1998-2005).
  • Committee member of the National Advisory Committee on Windstorm Impact Reduction , NIST, 2017; Advisory Board for the Global Center of Excellence in Wind Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan, 2009-2013; National Institute of Building Science Oversight Committee for Wind in HAZUS, 2001-2007; Wind Damage Mitigation Committee of the Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction, 1992-1995; Panel on Assessment of Wind Engineering Issues in the United States, National Research Council, Chairman of the Wind Load Committee for ASCE 7, 1977 – 1995.