Plenary / Keynote Speakers
8th International Conference on Civil Engineering Fundamentals and Applications (ICCEFA 2027)
The Keynote and Plenary Speakers for the 8th International Conference on Civil Engineering Fundamentals and Applications (ICCEFA 2027) will be announced and updated soon.
Dr. Habib Tabatabai
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA
Plenary Speaker
Habib Tabatabai is a Professor of Structural Engineering and Director of the Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Prior to that, he served as a Principal Structural Engineer with the CTL Group (1989-1999) and as a bridge engineer with the Florida Department of Transportation (1987-1989). He has conducted research on topics related to bridges, including reliability, durability, corrosion, and repair of structures, stay cable testing and condition assessments, jointless bridges, and survival analysis of structures. He is a licensed Structural Engineer (SE) and Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Illinois. He is a member of the PTI committee on cable-stayed bridges (DC-45) and has served on the ASCE Committee 19 (Structural Applications of Steel Cables for Buildings) (2005-2020). He also served as a member of a committee formed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to investigate the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.