Elhami Khorasani, Negar

Negar Elhami-Khorasani

Associate Professor

Resilient communities; Reliability analysis; Performance-based design; Cascading multi-hazard analysis; fire engineering; and earthquake engineering

Buffalo NY, 14260

Phone: (716) 645-3019

The Architect’s Newspaper mentioned that Negar Elhami-Khorasani will serve on the jury for the SOM Foundation’s 2025 Structural Engineering Fellowship.
Phys.org reported that a team of scientists, including Negar Elhami-Khorasani, have successfully applied a pair of advanced computer models to simulate last year’s wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii.
Interdisciplinary team to combine AI, high-performance computing and modeling to better understand Lahaina fire; reduce likelihood of future disasters.
With more buildings affected by sea level rise, NSF awards $2 million to UB researchers and partners to assess at-risk communities in Hawai’i, elsewhere.
ABC News quoted Negar Elhami-Khorasani in an article about how the Canadian wildfire dangers should prompt more action from the government.
Negar Elhami-Khorasani, Anthony Tessari test durability of reinforced concrete linings.
Government Technology reports that Negar Elhami-Khorasani, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, is part of a team of scientists and researchers that is embarking on a five-year study program to develop actionable strategies for dealing with wildfires.