Current Sponsored Research

1. Fatigue Evaluation of Structural Composite Lumber (SCL) T-Beam Bridge Girders, $156,000, U.S.D.A. Forest Products Laboratory, 2004-2005, N. Yazdani : PI, P. Mtenga: Co-PI. 
2. Post-Tensioned Anchorage Zone Enhancement with Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC),  $150,000, Florida Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration, 2004-2006, N. Yazdani: PI, K. Tawfiq: Co-PI. 
3. Florida Hurricane Mitigation Alliance: a Florida State University System Coalition, $5.5 million each year for five years, NOAA and FEMA, 2004-2009, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Florida, University of South Florida, University of North Florida, University of Central Florida, Florida A&M University, N. Yazdani, M. Abdullah and W. Huang: PIs.
4. Academic Strategic Partnering, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), $4 million/year, The Pennsylvania State University Consortium, 2003-2008, J. Wekezer, N. Yazdani, K. Tawfiq and S. Nnaji: PIs. 
5. Accelerated Curing of Silica Fume Concrete, $120,000, Florida Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration, 2002-2005, N. Yazdani:  PI.
6. Initiation of Florida Hurricane Mitigation Alliance, $67,000, FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 2004-2005 (renewable annually), N. Yazdani: PI. 
7. Age Based Wind Retrofit Selection  for Existing Public Facilities, $40,000, International Huricane Research Center (IHRC), 2005-2006, N. Yazdani: PI.
8. Wind Provision Evaluation from the 2004 Florida Building Code for Hurricane Vulnerability Mitigation, $150,000, NOAA, 2005 - 2007, N. Yazdani: PI, M. Abdullah: Co-PI.
9. Florida Bridge Safety under Extreme Flood Effects, $86,000, Federal University Consortium for Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security (UCITSS), FHWA, 2005 – 2006, N. Yazdani: PI. 
   

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