Vistasp Karbhari

Higher Ed Leader & Optimist, Past President ('13-'20), Passionate about the mission of HigherEd in enhancing access, opportunity, value & excellence through the knowledge enterprise

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Passionate about the mission of universities in enabling an affordable education at the highest levels of academic rigor simultaneously enabling talent development for success in the workforce, and through life. Privileged to serve on the faculty at the University of Delaware, University of California San Diego, University of Alabama in Huntsville (where I was the Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs) and am currently on the faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington (where I served as President from 2013-2020).

Focused on higher education issues including enhancing access, inclusivity and comprehensive excellence, eliminating inequities in higher ed, incorporating technology to enhance efficacy and efficiency, digital learning, structured pathways and articulated transfer, education of non-traditional students and working professionals, education in an age of rapid information and technology convergence, global connections, increasing collaborations and partnerships between academia, the corporate and non-profit sectors and government organizations, enhancing innovation and transforming the knowledge enterprise.

An internationally reputed researcher in the processing and mechanics of composites, deterioration science of polymers & composites, bio-materials, infrastructure renewal, multi-threat (incl. blast) mitigation, impact/damage/crash energy management, nondestructive assessment, damage prognosis, structural health monitoring.

Author/Co-author of over 200 refereed archival papers in scientific journals, editor/co-editor of 7 books, author and contributor to monographs, over 260 papers in conference proceedings, in addition to other papers, chapters in books, and technical reports.

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Education

Honors & Awards

  • Best Paper Award (#3) for 2021

    Indian Concrete Journal

  • Fierce Education Leader

    Fierce Education

  • Fellow

    Complete College America

  • Fellow

    American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • Member

    European Academy of Sciences and Arts

  • Fellow

    Structural Engineering Institute of the ASCE

  • Fellow

    National Academy of Inventors

  • Fellow

    American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

  • Fellow

    International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII)

  • Fellow

    ASM International

  • Best Paper Award, European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring

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  • Fellow

    International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC)

  • IIFC Presidents Award

    IIFC

  • ASNT Faculty Award

    -

  • • Best Paper Award, High Temperature and Environmental Effects Division

    American SDociety of Composites

  • Best Paper Award, International Composites Exposition

    Composites Institute

  • Civil Engineering Research Foundation Charles Pankow Award for Innovation

    CERF

  • Best Materials Paper

    ASM/ESD

  • Powell Faculty Fellow

    UCSD

    1997-1999

Organizations

  • ISHMII

    Vice President

    - Present

  • ASM International

    Chair URM Subcommittee

    - Present

  • Indian Concrete Journal

    Editorial Board member

    - Present

  • Infrastructures

    Editorial Board Member

    - Present

  • Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering

    Editorial Advisory Board

    - Present

  • Int. J. of Sustainable Materials and Structural Systems

    Editorial Board Member

    - Present

  • Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring

    Associate Editor

    - Present

  • ASTM Journal for Testing and Evaluation

    Editorial Board Member

    - Present

  • International Journal of Materials and Product Technology

    American Editor

    - Present

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