Dr. Zhe Luo is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Akron. He received his B.E. in Civil Engineering and M.S. in Highway and Railway Engineering from Tongji University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Clemson University. His primary research areas include foundation engineering, probability- and reliability-based design, robust design for resilience, and mechanistic-empirical pavement design. He is currently serving on the editorial board of the International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (Maney Publishing, U.K.). Dr. Luo is a recipient of the Outstanding Lab Instructor Award from Clemson University (2011), the Best Paper Award of Journal of GeoEngineering (2012), and the Best Paper Award of Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards (2013).
