Previous Page

Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., S.E., Esq.

 

 EDUCATION:

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:

POSITIONS HELD:

2003 - Present Vice President and General Counsel
John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.
• Principal in charge of setting policies and implementation of such policies with respect to technical, analytical and legal issues involved in operation of one of the largest structural and earthquake engineering consulting firms in the United States.
2006 Vice President, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).
2008 - Present President-Elect, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).
1984 - Present Director Research & Development, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.
2003 - 2007 Editor-in-Chief, Earthquake Spectra, the professional journal of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
2006 - 2007 Pro Bono Attorney for the Los Angeles Domestic Violence Prevention Project.
• Assist victims of domestic violence in obtaining court orders to prevent recurrence and continuation of abuse.

2004 - 2006
2008 - Present

Member of Board of Directors, EERI
2001 - Present Member of Board of Directors, Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS)
2002 - Present Member of Advisory Council, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
2007 - Present Member of USC’s Industry Advisory Board
2001 - Present Member of UCLA’s Industry Advisory Board
2003 - 2004 Lecturer
University of California , Berkeley
• Taught summer short courses on design of energy dissipating devices and base isolation systems
1995 - 1996 President, Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council
1986 - 1990 Principal, CASE Computer Aided Structural Engineering, Inc.
• Coordinating research, providing technical and computer services, and development of a new generation of computer programs for analysis and design of space structures and a unified data base for earthquake engineering applications. Developed SPACE-II computer program which was used for analysis and design of the famous Biosphere-II project in Arizona.
1988 - 1990 Adjunct Professor of Engineering
California State University, Northridge, California
• In charge of teaching the graduate level structural design courses such as: Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design; Advanced Steel Design, Earthquake Engineering; and Structural Design of Tall Buildings.
1982 - 1986 Senior Seismic Design Analyst, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.
1997 - 1998 Lecturer
University of California, Los Angeles
• Taught a graduate level course on Earthquake Ground Motions
1982 - 1986 Lecturer
University of Southern California
• Taught graduate courses on Advances Reinforced Concrete Design and Prestressed Concrete Design
1981 - 1985 Lecturer
California State University, Northridge
• Taught graduate and undergraduate courses on Earthquake Engineering; Mechanics of Solids, Engineering Dynamics; and Design of Steel Structures


AWARDS:

EXPERTISE:


MEMEBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS