Academic Degrees

• Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2023
• M.S., Structural Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2017
• B.S., Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2014

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Areas of Research and Professional Interest

• Structural engineering
• Structural impact, force protection, crashworthiness, and full-scale crash testing
• Roadside safety systems development and evaluation
• Blast- and fire-resistant structures
• Bridge resiliency under vehicle collisions, explosions, and fires
• Nonlinear, dynamic finite element modeling
• Structural control and structural health monitoring
• Guardrail steel material characterization

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Courses Taught

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• CIVE 341: Structural Analysis Fundamentals 

Jordan University of Science and Technology

• CE 302: Civil Engineering Drawing 
• CE 303: Engineering Economy 
• CE 322: Materials Science 
• CE 226: Materials Laboratory
• CE 343: Surveying Laboratory
• CE 371: Building Construction
• CE 444: Highway Laboratory
• CE 463: Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
• CE 472: Contracts, Specifications, and Quantity Surveying

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Areas of Research and Professional Interest

• Structural engineering
• Structural impact, force protection, crashworthiness, and full-scale crash testing
• Roadside safety systems development and evaluation
• Blast- and fire-resistant structures
• Bridge resiliency under vehicle collisions, explosions, and fires
• Nonlinear, dynamic finite element modeling
• Structural control and structural health monitoring
• Guardrail steel material characterization

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Selected Publications

• Alomari, Q. A., & Linzell, D. G. (2025). Performance Assessment of Fire-Damaged and CFRP-Repaired Bridge Columns Under Single Unit Truck Impact and Blast. Fire, 8(6), 227.
   
• Alomari, Q. A., Yosef, T. Y., Bielenberg, R. W., Faller, R. K., Negahban, M., Zhang, Z., and Humphrey, B. M. (2025). Material Characterization and Stress-State-Dependent Failure Criteria of AASHTO M180 Guardrail Steel: Experimental and Numerical Investigation. Materials, 18(11), 2523.
   
• Alomari, Q. A., Linzell, D.G., & Abuzouriq M. (2025)Response of Bare and CFRP-Retrofitted Multi-Column Piers Under Post-Fire-Coupled Vehicle Collision and Air Blast. Materials, 18(7), 1449.
   
• Tewodros Y. Yosef, Ronald K. Faller, Qusai A. Alomari, Schmidt, J., and Mojtaba Atash Bahar, (2025). Performance Evaluation of a Sustainable Glulam Timber Rubrail and Noise Wall System Under MASH TL-3 Crash Conditions. Infrastructures, 10(9), 266.
   
• Tewodros Y. Yosef, Chen Fang, Ronald K. Faller, Seunghee Kim, Qusai A. Alomari, Mojtaba Atash Bahar, and Gnyarienn Selva Kumar (2025). A Review of Soil Constitutive Models for Simulating Dynamic Soil–Structure Interaction Processes Under Impact Loading. Geotechnics, 5(2), 40. 
   
• Alomari, Q. A., & Linzell, D. G. (2024). Advanced analysis of intact, fire-damaged, and CFRP retrofitted bridge pier columns under vehicle collisions: Empirical equivalent static force equation and framework. Engineering Structures, 314, 118250.
   
• Alomari, Q. A., & Linzell, D. G. (2024). Reinforced concrete bridge column multihazard performance: a computational tool to assess response to vehicle impact, air blast, and fire. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 38(1), 04023061.
   
• Alomari, Q. A., Linzell, D. G., & Fang, C. (2024). Performance investigation of highway bridge pier columns under the sequential effects of fire followed by vehicle collision and subsequent air blast: A numerical investigation. Advances in Structural Engineering, 27(7), 1089-1114.
   
• Ardani, S., Akintunde, E., Linzell, D., Azam, S. E., and Alomari, Q. (2023). Evaluating pod-based unsupervised damage identification using controlled damage propagation of out-of-service bridges. Engineering Structures, 286, 116096.
   
• Rageh, A., Eftekhar Azam, S., Alomari, Q., Linzell, D., & Wood, R. (2022). Chapter 10 – Model Updating and Parameter Identification for Developing Digital Twins for Riveted Steel Railway Bridges.” In Recent Developments in Structural Health Monitoring and Assessment — Opportunities and Challenges, Bridges, Buildings and Other Infrastructures, Haldar, A. and Al-Hussein, A. (Eds.), World Scientific, ISBN 13: 9789811243004. 

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Selected Funding

• Development of Surface-Mounted Strong Post Midwest Guardrail System (MGS-5), Midwest Pool Fund Program, PF2026, (January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2028, Total Award: $330,345, PI).
   
• Development of Surface-Mounted Strong Post Midwest Guardrail System (MGS-5), Midwest Pool Fund Program, PF2026, (January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2028, Total Award: $330,345, PI).
   
• Development and Evaluation of Crashworthy Approach Guardrail Transition with Increased Span Length Between Concrete Bridge Rail and First Transition Post – Phase I, Nebraska Department of Transportation, (July 1, 2023 – January 31, 2026, Total Award: $175,145, Co-PI).
   
• W-beam and Thrie-beam Splice Joint Redesign – Phase I, Midwest Pool Fund Program, PF2024 (April 1, 2024 – December 31, 2027, Total Award: $86,092, PI).
   
• Approach Guardrail Transition (AGT) Behind Curb and Elevated Sidewalk ( July 1, 2021 – December 31, 2025, Total Award: $146,141, Co-PI).
   
• TL-3 Low Maintenance Energy Absorb Crash Cushion, TrafFix Devices Inc., (Total Award: $1,694,437, Co-PI).