1. 1
Negar Nazari
Legally Authorized to Work in the United States
Willing to Relocate Nationwide
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 1500 W Plum Street, Apt. 2-I, Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone No.: 970-481-8850
Email: negar.nazari.k@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Ph. D., Civil and Environmental Engineering 2011-2015
Major: Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering
GPA: 4.00/4, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Master’s Degree, Civil and Environmental Engineering 2009-2010
Major: Earthquake Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
Bachelor’s Degree, Civil and Environmental Engineering 2005-2009
Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
WORK EXPERIENCE
Structural Engineering Intern, MEC & DIBA Summer 2009
International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Internship Summer 2010
Sharif University of Technology, Teaching Assistant, Earthquake Engineering Course Spring 2011
Colorado State University, Graduate Research Assistant, Fort Collins, CO Aug 2012-present
 Ph. D. Dissertation: Methodology and Applications for Integrating Aftershock Earthquake Hazard into
Performance-Based Seismic Design
The highlights of my PhD dissertation are as below:
 Calibrating the wood-frame buildings in the portfolio using a nonlinear degrading hysteresis model
 Performing nonlinear time-history analysis on the calibrated models using software MATLAB
 Developing hazard curves for mainshocks and aftershocks
 Developing collapse fragility curves for the mainshock-only and mainshock+aftershock scenarios
 Convolution of the fragility curves with site-specific hazard curves to get collapse probabilities (Risk Integral)
 Finding the change needed in design to account for the aftershock hazard
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Papers
 Nazari, N., van de Lindt, J.W., Li, Y. (2013) "Effect of Mainshock-Aftershock Sequences on Woodframe
Building Damage Fragilities", In Press, ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities.
 Nazari, N., van de Lindt, J.W., Li, Y. (2013) "Effect of aftershock Intensity on Seismic Collapse Fragilities",
Submitted to the International Journal of Reliability and Safety, November 2013.
 Nazari, N., van de Lindt, J.W., Li, Y. (2014) “Quantifying Changes in Structural Design Needed for Aftershock
Hazard,” Submitted to the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, April 2014.
 Nazari, N., van de Lindt, J.W., Li, Y. (2015) “Quantifying the Effect of Aftershock Hazard on Simplified Direct
Displacement Design Method,” Submitted to the Journal of Earthquake Engineering, May 2015.

2. 2
Conference Papers
 van de Lindt, J.W., Nazari, N., Li, Y. (2013) "Effect of Seismic Aftershock Uncertainty on Mainshock
Collapse Probabilities for Woodframe Buildings", Presented at the International Conference on Structural
Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR), New York, NY, June, 2013.
 Li, Y., Song, R., van de Lindt, J.W., Nazari, N., Luco, N. (2012) "Integration of Aftershock Seismic Hazard
into Performance-Based Engineering", Presented at the 15th
World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
(WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal, Aug, 2012.
 van de Lindt, J.W., Nazari, N., Li, Y., (2015) “Quantifying and Accounting for Aftershock Hazard in
Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering,” 12th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and
Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP12 Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15, 2015.
 van de Lindt, J.W., Nazari, N., Li, Y., (2015) “Methodology and Applications for Integrating Aftershock
Earthquake Hazard into Performance-Based Seismic Design,” Abstract submitted to 10th Pacific Conference on
Earthquake Engineering 6-8 November, 2015.
Ph.D. COURSE WORK
 Earthquake Engineering
 Intermediate Structural Analysis
 Wind Engineering
 Design of Wind Resistant Structures
 Structural Reliability
 Statistics
 Advanced Concrete Design
 Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
 Finite Element Method
 Advanced Mechanics-Material
MS COURSE WORK
 Advanced Engineering Mathematics
 Vibration of Structures
 Seismic Design of Buildings
 Structures Control
 Design and Analysis of Tall Buildings
 Prestressed Concrete Structures
 Optimum Structural Design
 Structural Stability
 Steel Bridge Design
 Industrial Building Design
 Project Management and Control
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Technical Software: RISA, REVIT, SAPWood, AutoCAD, ETABS, SAP, SAFE, OpenSees, ArcGIS, Primavera.
 Programming skills: MATLAB, C++.
 Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
 Language Skills: Turkish, Persian (Native Language), English (Fluent in Speaking, Reading and Writing)

3. 3
HONORS AND AWARDS
 Ranked 240 𝑛𝑑
among more than 15000 Participants of the Iran’s Nationwide Graduate Study Exam in the field of
Civil Engineering, summer 2009
 Talented student title from Iran Graduate and Admission Office for being in top 0.1% in Iran National Entrance
Exam among over 500,000 test takers, summer 2005
 Ranked 382 𝑡ℎ
among 500,000 Participants of the Iran's Nationwide University Entrance Exam for Engineering
and Applied Mathematics, summer 2005
 Being accepted in Iran’s Nationwide Chemistry Olympiad, winter 2003
 Top student in English Junior Exam of ILI (Iran Language Institute), winter 2002
REFERENCES
 Professor John W. van de Lindt
George T. Abell Professor in Infrastructure, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372; USA;
Office Location: Engineering A201
Phone: 970-491-6697
Fax: 970-491-7727
Email: jwv@engr.colostate.edu
 Professor Paul Heyliger
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
80523-1372; USA;
Office Location: Engineering A223
Phone: 970-491-6685
Email: prh@engr.colostate.edu
 Professor Hussam Mahmoud
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
80523-1372; USA;
Office Location: Engineering A205D
Phone: 970-491-6605
Fax: 970-491-7727
Email: hussam.mahmoud@colostate.edu