Professor Dr. Antonio Nanni is a structural engineer interested in construction materials, their structural performance, and field application.  His interests are in the field of buildings and civil infrastructure sustainability, monitoring  and renewal. He is the Co-Director of two federally funded centers: NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for the Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI); and, US DOT University Transportation Center on Research on Concrete Applications for Sustainable Transportation (RE-CAST). In the past 30 years, he has obtained experience in concrete and advanced composites‑based systems as the principal investigator of projects sponsored by federal and state agencies, and private industry.  Over the course of this time, his constant efforts in materials and structures research have impacted the work of several technical committees in the US and abroad. Dr. Nanni is the Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering and serves on the editorial board of other technical journals. He has advised over 60 graduate students pursuing MSc and PhD degrees, and published over 200 and 310 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, respectively, in addition two co-authoring two books. 

Dr. Nanni has maintained a balance between academic and practical experience and has received several awards including: 2014 IIFC Medal, International Institute for FRP in Construction; ASCE 2012 Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research; and, Engineering News-Record Award of Excellence for 1997, (Top 25 Newsmakers in Construction).  He is a registered PE in Italy, FL, PA, MO, and OK.