Principal Investigator

Hayder A. Rasheed is a professor of civil engineering at Kansas State University. Since 2021, he has held the title of the Darold and Debbie Davis Cornerstone Teaching Scholar in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering at Kansas State University. Professor Rasheed received his BSc degree and his MSc degree in civil engineering majoring in structures from University of Baghdad, Iraq in 1987 and 1990 respectively. In 1996, he received his PhD in civil engineering majoring in structures with a minor in engineering mechanics from the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Rasheed has four years of design and consulting experience in bridges, buildings, water storage facilities, and offshore structures. He spent three-and-a-half years as assistant professor of civil engineering and construction at Bradley University before moving to Kansas State in 2001. Between 2001 and 2013, he moved up the ranks at Kansas State. Since 2010, he has been fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and he has been a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin since 1998. He is also fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI), and the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC). He authored and co-authored three books, four book chapters, and more than 100 refereed journal publications. He developed a number of advanced engineering software packages. He also served as associate editor for the ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. He is currently serving on the editorial board of the International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics and the MDPI Fibers Journal. He was named the Thomas and Connie Paulson Outstanding Civil Engineering Faculty at Kansas State University between 2013-2015 and 2019-2021. He published the International Patent titled “Fiber Reinforced Polymer and Metal Ductility Fuse for Reinforcing Concrete Members,” as WO 2023/034355 on March 9, 2023 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering at Kansas State University in 2023. He received the 2019 Dean’s Award of Excellence in Research in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering at Kansas State University. He received the best paper award for research on FRP strengthening of existing structures by the 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures (APFIS2017). He was awarded the 2020 Chi Epsilon James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award for the Central District of the US. He received the College of Engineering Myers-Alford Memorial Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate Education in 2013. He received the College of Engineering James Hollis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2010. In addition, he received numerous departmental awards multiple times for excellence in research and teaching throughout his career.