Matthew Yarnold, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, director of the Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory at Auburn University, has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Yarnold has more than two decades of experience advancing the field of structural engineering through research, design, and education. After his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Lehigh University, he began his professional career with the engineering firm Ammann & Whitney. After several years in industry, he returned to academia, where his passion for research and teaching took shape.
His academic career began at Tennessee Tech University and continued at Texas A&M University, where he joined the Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in 2017. In 2023, he was appointed to his current position, where he leads cutting-edge research on infrastructure and the built environment.
Yarnold’s research expertise spans numerical modeling and large-scale experimental testing of structural systems, both in laboratory and field settings. He has directed projects funded by the National Science Foundation, American Institute of Steel Construction, American Concrete Institute, state departments of transportation, and private industry, contributing to innovations that strengthen and modernize critical infrastructure.
Yarnold earned his doctoral degree at Drexel University.
