Daniel Linzell


Biography:

Dr. Linzell served as the Associate Dean for Graduate and International Programs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), College of Engineering. He is also the Leslie D. Martin Professor in the College's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he earlier served five years as chair. Before joining UNL, Dr. Linzell was the John A. and Harriette K. Shaw Professor of Civil Engineering and the Director of the Protective Technology Center at the Pennsylvania State University, where he began as an assistant professor in 1999.

Dr. Linzell's main research interests are in structural engineering, with a focus on structural health monitoring and resiliency, particularly as they relate to bridges. Often using large-scale models and field tests, he has developed methods that help identify bridge deficiencies and their effects on performance along with methods that help steel and concrete structures withstand strong blasts and impacts.

Dr. Linzell is a Fellow and active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as well as the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute. He has served on numerous technical committees of the ASCE and the Transportation Research Board. He was a co-chair of the ASCE Education Summit in 2019. Linzell received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from The Ohio State University, and his master's and doctoral degrees in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.