Hussam Mahmoud is the George T. Abell Professor in Infrastructure in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). He obtained his B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota and his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., he was the manager of the NEES Earthquake Laboratory at the UIUC and a research scientist at Lehigh University. Mahmoud’s research focuses on sustainable and resilient infrastructure and communities, emphasizing developing socio-physical models to capture the recovery of systems as influenced by human behavior and socio-economic policies. Mahmoud is an international authority on infrastructure and community resilience and an advisor to the World Bank, insurance companies, and other agencies on such topics. His recent work on predicting wildfire vulnerability to the built environment is set to provide a new paradigm for wildfire mitigation worldwide, and he has recently received significant funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to support this effort. He has authored over 300 publications and given over 180 presentations, including 140 invited talks at national and international conferences and workshops, distinguished lectures, and keynotes. He has chaired and served on numerous technical committees, including the ASCE Committees on Fire Protection and Multi-hazard Mitigation. His research has received media coverage through citations and interviews in numerous venues, including Nature Computational Science, Nature Climate Change, The U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Smithsonian Magazine, CNN, and Forbes.

Mahmoud has many publications, including journal, conference, and technical reports. He is a technical reviewer for various journals and is involved with many technical committees.