Dr. Mustafa Mashal

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Mustafa Mashal is a full professor with tenure in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He serves as a Special Advisor in the Office for Research, Joint Appointee at Idaho National Laboratory, and Associate Director for the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES). Mustafa is also the founder and Director of the Structural Laboratory and the Disaster Response Complex at ISU. He holds a Doctorate in Civil Engineering with a focus on Structural and Earthquake Engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Mustafa is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) and CAES. He has been part of more than 150 scholarly publications, four granted/filed patents, and has been serving on national technical committees tasked with the development of standards. Mustafa has received ~$4M in funding with ~$3M as Principal Investigator. He is the recipient of three Fulbright grants, ASCE’s Alfred Noble Prize and the Outstanding Civil Engineer of the Year (Southern Idaho Section), Idaho Business Review’s Accomplished Under 40, AASHTO High Value Research Award, University of Canterbury Visiting Erskine Fellowship, and many other national and international accolades. Mustafa joined ISU in 2016 after spending more than 8 years in industry in three continents. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Idaho and New Zealand. His research has been implemented in real-life structures around the globe. Mustafa is a world-renowned expert in precast concrete, seismic analysis and design, and large-scale testing.