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Lisa K. Spainhour, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1994 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  Thesis: "Composite Materials Property Data Modeling with the Entity-Relationship Method"



• M.S., Civil Engineering, 1991 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  Thesis: "A Computer-Aided Analysis System for Composite Materials"



• B.S., Civil Engineering, 1989 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Professional Licensing

Professional Engineer, Florida

Engineering Intern, North Carolina

Curriculum Vitae

Current CV

Selected Recent Publications

Spainhour and Smith, Accident Analysis and Prevention, submitted 2009

Alam and Spainhour, Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 2009

Alam and Spainhour, Transportation Research Record, 2009

Spainhour and Mishra, Transportation Research Record, 2008

Spainhour and Wootton, Cement and Concrete Composites, 2008

Wootton and Spainhour, Transportation Research Record, 2007

Spainhour and Wootton, Transportation Research Record, 2007

Current Teaching Activities

Structural Analysis, CES 3100

Strength of Materials, EGN 3331

Selected Activities, Honors, and Awards

American Society of Civil Engineers, since 1990

Guardian of the Flame Faculty Award, Burning Spear Society, FSU, 2008

Engineering Service Award, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2008

Outstanding Paper Award, Pedestrian Committee, Transportation Research Board, 2007
(for “Wootton, I.A. and Spainhour, L.K., ‘Examining Deficiencies in Florida Pedestrian Crash Data’,
Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Dec. 2007.”)

Member, ASCE Database and Information Management Committee, since 1992

Engineering Service Award, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2003

Civil Engineering Teacher of the Year, Tau Beta Pi, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 1996

Teaching Incentive Program Award, FSU, 1996

Advisor of the Year, Department of Civil Engineering, 1994-95

FSU First Year Assistant Professor Award, 1995

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1990-93

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, inducted in 1988

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary, inducted in 1987

Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society, inducted in 1989

Cool Presentations I’ve Made

ASCE’s Monuments of the Millennium

Bridges: Past, Present, and Future

Engineering and Science Sites of Interest

Engineering Societies

American Society of Civil Engineers

FAMU-FSU Chapter

National Society of Professional Engineers

American Water Resources Association

Institute of Transportation Engineers

National Society of Black Engineers

Society of Women Engineers

Federal and State Agencies

National Science Foundation

Federal Information Exchange

Florida Department of Transportation

North Carolina Department of Transportation

Universities and University Centers

Florida A&M University

Florida State University

North Carolina State University

Engineering & Science Web Sites

Yahoo Science Index

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Civil Engineering

MIT Inventor's Web Page

NOVA Online: Super Bridge

Water Online

Public Works Online

Solid Waste Online

Engineering & Science Web Sites for Kids

Yahooligans for Kids: Science and Oddities

San Francisco's Exploratorium Museum

Amusement Park Physics

Thinking Fountain: Spaghetti Structures

IPL Science Fair Project Resource Guide

Simple Science with Everyday Materials

Science is Fun

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Last modified: 07/29/2009

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