He is the structural engineering lead on the M9 Project, a large NSF supported interdisciplinary research project investigating the impacts of magnitude 9 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes on the Pacific Northwest. He is also the Site Operations Director of the NSF supported NHERI Rapid Facility, a shared use equipment site supporting natural hazards reconnaissance headquartered at the UW. He has served as the Director of the Large-Scale Structural Engineering Testing Laboratory at the UW and led the acquisition of the UW’s large-scale X-Ray CT scanner that is used by researchers from across the university.

He serves on several national committees related to earthquake engineering and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Structural Engineering. He is also a dedicated instructor, teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels and is a past recipient of the UW Distinguished Teaching Award.