Shakhzod Takhirov

Dr. Shakhzod Takhirov has been conducting research in earthquake engineering and resiliency of infrastructure assets for the last 30+ years. For the last 25 years he has been working for the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Moscow State University. Dr. Takhirov is a licensed civil engineer in the US. His topics of interests include: (1) seismic resilience of nonstructural components and equipment, (2) structural health monitoring of infrastructure assets, (3) advanced contact and non-contact measurements and sensors (including laser scanning), (4) numerical modelling, and (5) development of novel innovative technologies for monitoring of infrastructure assets for risk assessment and its mitigation. He has conducted a successful number of projects in the USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Greece, New Zealand, Mexico, Nepal, Russia, Uzbekistan and other countries. He serves on several ASCE and ASTM committees for development of codes for new buildings and seismic retrofit standards. He authored and co-authored more than 165 publications in the field of earthquake engineering, resiliency of infrastructure assets, and structural health monitoring of infrastructure assets.