Bilal M. Ayyub

Bilal M. Ayyub is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of Center for Technology and Systems Management at the University of Maryland, College Park, and was a visiting fellow at the National Security Analysis Department of the Applied Physics Laboratory in 2015-16. He was a chair professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, China (2016-18). Dr. Ayyub’s main research interests and work are in risk, resilience, sustainability, uncertainty and decision analysis, applied to civil, infrastructure, energy including renewables, defense and maritime fields and climate-resilient infrastructure. Professor Ayyub is a distinguished member of ASCE and an honorary member of ASME. He is also a fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), and the Society for Risk Analysis (2017-18 Treasurer), and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Ayyub completed research and development projects for governmental and private entities including NSF, DOD, DOT, NIST, DHS, and leading insurance and multinational corporations worldwide. Dr.