Brian M. Phillips

Education

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, May 2012
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• M.S. in Civil Engineering, May 2008
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• B.S. in Civil Engineering, May 2006
  University of Pittsburgh

Awards

• (2017) E. Robert Kent Teaching Award for Junior Faculty
• (2016) A. James Clark Student Competition Advisor Award
• (2011) Liu Huixian Earthquake Engineering Scholarship Award
• (2010) Structural Engineering Instructional Fellowship, University of Illinois
• (2008) NSF APSS Fellowship for Research in South Korea
• (2007) NSF EAPSI Fellowship for Research in Japan

Appointments

• Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland (July 2018 – present)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland (August 2012 – June 2018)
• Graduate Research Assistant, Smart Structures Technology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (August 2006 – May 2012)
• Visiting Researcher, Kawashima Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (July, August 2007)
• Research Assistant, Pavements Group, University of Pittsburgh (January 2005 – May 2006)

Educational and Mentoring Activities

• Keystone Professor, (July 2018 – present)
• Faculty Advisor, ASCE Student Chapter (January 2015 – present)
• Faculty Advisor, ASCE Concrete Canoe Team (January 2015 – present)
• Faculty Advisor, ASCE Steel Bridge Team (January 2015 – present)
• Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (August 2008 – January 2010)
• Student Competition Director, Asia-Pacific Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (July 2009)
  

Teaching

• Steel Structures I (CEE460), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
• Introduction to Engineering Design (ENES100), University of Maryland
  
• Structural Steel Design (ENCE455), University of Maryland
  
• Finite Element Methods (ENCE611), University of Maryland