Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Dr. Nasim Uddin is a Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). His pioneering research includes Bridge-Weigh-In-Motion (BWIM) systems, and Bridge Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) using Robotics, Fly-by monitoring with Drones, and Drive-by monitoring with vehicles.
Nasim Uddin, Ph.D., PE, F.ASCE has led over 50 research projects, and his major research sponsors include NSF (10 projects), FHWA, US DOT, ALDOT, and UTCA. Dr. Uddin is the author/co-author of 7 books and over 200 papers; and has given 25 keynotes lectures worldwide. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on research projects whose cumulative funding exceeds $15 million, and directed over 60 Doctoral and Master's theses based on the sponsored research projects. He also mentored many postdoc fellows and junior faculty members. In recognition of his exceptional research, mentoring and teaching track record, he was honored with the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2023, Graduate School Dean's Excellence in Mentorship Award in 2017, Dean’s Excellent Faculty Award 2000, J William Fulbright Scholar Award in 2007, and FEMA Project Impact Best Community Award in 2000. World Bank highlighted Dr. Uddin’s Research in 2010 Report: Development and Climate Change.
He has received more than $15 million in external funding from various state and federal agencies including 10 NSF funded projects. He has supervised 5 post docs, 18 PhD dissertations and 37 master theses/projects. His leadership and team building research efforts as PI include: CAMPUS WIDE: “Birmingham 2020: Roadmap to a Model City”, a Grand Challenge finalist including 32 faculty from all UAB Schools/colleges; STATE-WIDE: “Alabama Machine Learning Initiative in Sensing under Extreme Environments” including all 7 engineering and science programs in Alabama; NATIONAL: UTC Center Proposals; NSF CPS, SSC, FRONTIER & COPe, DoD; and GLOBAL: a USA-UK-Ireland Collaborative Research: “Bridge Infrastructure Health Management” (NSF 1645863 & 1100742) to conduct multi-year and multi-million-dollar collaborative research.
Prof. Uddin is the founding research director of the UAB Sustainable Smart City Research Center. He served as the Chair of the Executive Committee for the ASCE Counsel for Disaster Risk Management currently known as ASCE Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD). He is currently serving as Technical Advisor, Training and Liaison for the Government of Bangladesh for the design and implementation of World Bank Funded Urban Resilience for the Capital City. He is currently the Chair of the ASCE Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research Award Committee and Editor-In-Chief of the ASCE Natural Hazards Review Journal. He is a Faculty Fulbright Scholar, ASCE Fellow, and finalist for the Canada Excellence Research Chair with University of British Columbia.
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Damage Detection of Bridges Using Deep Learning and Unmanned Aerial Systems
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM MT