Negar Elhami-Khorasani
Main research area: Application of New Materials and Technologies
Biography
Negar Elhami-Khorasani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at the University at Buffalo. Her primary areas of research are performance-based design and resilience assessment of structures and communities under extreme hazards including structure fires, wildfires, earthquakes, and cascading multi-hazard events, such as post-earthquake fires. The outcomes of her research enhance safety by developing codes and guidelines, and minimize losses by optimizing mitigation, preparedness, and response strategies. Elhami-Khorasani is the co-Chair of the ASCE/SEI Fire Protection committee, the co-Chair of the SEAoNY Resilience committee, and a member of the Applied Technology Council (ATC) Board of Directors. She serves as an associate editor for Fire Technology Journal by Springer Nature. She is also a member of the fib and IAFSS committees. She was the recipient of the 2020 AISC Early Career Faculty award and the Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal.