Current News Press Releases Campus. The grant, aimed at young faculty members actively engaged in research and education, is one of the NSF's most competitive and prestigious awards. Zeghal will use real data, from both the Rensselaer centrifuge and from earthquake recordings, for his modeling and simulation.
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They will then know whether it is safe to build or if they need to remediate the site or find another location. Zeghal will also incorporate modeling and simulation into courses that teach graduate and undergraduate students how to handle complex problems in civil engineering. Zeghal received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of Tunis II in Tunisia in 1983, his M.A. in engineering from Princeton in 1995, and his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Princeton in 1990. Prior to his career at Rensselaer, Zeghal worked as a consultant in seismic risk analysis and assessment. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1824, is the nation's first technological university.