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June 8, 2026

Spencer Quiel Joins I-CPIE Leadership Team

Effective March 1, 2026, Spencer Quiel, Professor of Structural Engineering, has been named Co-Associate Director of the Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure and Energy (I-CPIE) at Lehigh University. He was recently the Associate Chair of Lehigh’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Quiel specializes in extreme loads for structures and works in the areas of resilient physical infrastructure (e.g., buildings, bridges, tunnels) pertaining to events like fire, blast, and progressive collapse. Quiel succeeds Alberto Lamadrid...
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June 2, 2026

NHERI-ATLSS Article Recognized by Journal

A paper written by Safwan Al-Subaihawi, James M. Ricles, Spencer Quiel, Thomas Marullo, and Malik Faisal Nissar, all affiliated with Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS) engineering research center and the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Experimental Facility (NHERI EF) on Lehigh University’s Mountaintop Campus, was recently recognized as the 2025 Top Viewed Article in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, published by Wiley. The paper, titled “Real-time Hybrid Simulation of Structural Systems with Soil-Foundation...
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April 1, 2026

Arindam Banerjee Is Guest on ASME Insight Podcast

I-CPIE faculty member Arindam Banerjee recently appeared as a guest on the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)'s Insights podcast. Listen for his thoughts on training the future generation of engineers at this link to ASME's podcast feed.