Meet the Official Nominees
Following article 7.4.3 of the EMI bylaws, the 2025 Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Election will open on May 22, 12:00 pm ET - June 23, 12:00 pm ET, to fill three (3) vacant seats on the Board..
Members of EMI who are eligible to vote (EMI members who are not students and who are current with their membership dues) will receive their email ballot with log-in credentials on May 22, 2025, from: [email protected] (please allow all e-mails from this address). Eligible members without an email address on record will be sent login credentials via regular mail to vote online.
Anyone without an email address on record will be sent login credentials via regular mail to vote online. Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions
The EMI Board has ratified the list of candidates established by the EMI Nominating Committee.

Michael C Hillman, Ph.D., EIT
Principal Scientist, Karagozian & Case Inc. (K&C)
Chee Wah Lim, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.ASCE
Professor, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Pania Newell, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah

Anthony D. Rosato, Ph.D., Ph.D., F.AAM
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Alex Taflanidis, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame

Linbing Wang, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.ASCE
Professor and Director, The Sensing and Perception Lab, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia

Teng Wu, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo

Huiming Yin, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University