Dr. Iris Tien

Biography

Iris Tien is the Williams Family Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She joined the faculty in 2014 after receiving her Ph.D. in Civil Systems Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Tien has also earned her M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2010 and graduated with High Honors with a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a minor in English, in 2008, both from UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on probabilistic methods for modeling reliability assessment of civil infrastructure systems, leveraging a unique interdisciplinary expertise that includes civil engineering, sensing data analytics, stochastic processes, and decision-making under uncertainty. Tien has received notable recognition for her work on interdependent infrastructure systems, winning 1st Place Paper Awards for resilient critical infrastructure. Selected by the National Academy of Engineering, she has participated in the Frontiers of Engineering Symposia and organized sessions on resilient, reliable infrastructure. Her research has been published in various journals and funded by multiple prestigious agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security. Additionally, she was awarded the Early Achievement Research Prize from the International Association of Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR) and her work has been featured as Editor’s Choice selections in reputable journals.

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