Magued Iskandar is professor of geotechnical engineering and Chair of the Civil and Urban Engineering department at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He has 30+ years of civil engineering experience including teaching, research, and consulting. Dr. Iskander holds a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Alexandria University and a Ph.D. degree in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), an honor reserved for fewer than 5% of the society’s members. He is also a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award. Dr. Iskander is a licensed Professional Engineers in New York, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. Professor Iskander authored 5 books, edited 11 books, and published over 200 papers including 90+ refereed journal articles dealing with tunneling, measurements, condition assessment, instru-mentation, physical modeling, foundations, pedagogy, and urban geotechnology.