Sez Atamturktur was appointed the Harry and Arlene Schell Professor and chair of the department of architectural engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She has been serving as a provost’s distinguished professor and professor of environmental engineering and earth science, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, and civil engineering at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Dr. Atamturktur is a graduate of Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. She holds a master’s degree in architectural engineering and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
Linsey Marr was named the Charles P. Lunsford Professor in Engineering at Virginia Tech. She is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the university. She has been on the faculty at the university for 14 years.
Professor Marris a graduate of Harvard University and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.