Sasan earned his Ph.D. in 2019 from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is currently a structural engineer at Stantec in Chicago. His doctoral research pioneered cost-effective, performance-based solutions for assessing and retrofitting earthquake-prone buildings and bridges, as well as advancing resilient design for new concrete structures. Sasan developed specialized tools to enhance acceptance criteria and non-linear modeling parameters for concrete columns in ASCE 41-17 and ACI 369.1-19, accounting for the impacts of diverse loading protocols. His areas of expertise and research interests include: Seismic design and retrofitting strategies Non-linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Structural assessment and damage detection Inspection and non-destructive testing methods Fatigue and fracture mechanics Applications of FRP on reinforced concrete (RC) structures Influence of mechanical couplers in hinge regions with grade 80 bar on shear wall performance Tier 3 non-linear dynamic procedures (NDP) (ASCE 41-17) Machine learning applications in structural engineering