“Dr. Linzell has demonstrated the ability to establish and grow initiatives in faculty and student development and in diversity, equity and inclusion, which will strengthen our efforts to broaden participation in engineering across the nation,” stated Susan Margulies, NSF assistant director for engineering.
With a research emphasis in structural engineering, Linzell, who joined the UNL faculty in 2013 to serve as the Voelte-Keegan Professor and chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has developed research methods that identify bridge deficiencies and their effects on performance along with methods to improve steel and concrete structural integrity during strong blasts and impacts.
Prior to joining the UNL faculty, Linzell was the John A. and Harriette K. Shaw Professor of Civil Engineering and the director of the Protective Technology Center at the Pennsylvania State University. He is a Fellow and active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as well as the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute. Linzell also chairs the Structural Stability Research Council, has served on numerous technical committees of the ASCE and the Transportation Research Board, and he is a licensed professional engineer who has previously worked as a structural engineering consultant.