Published 5/5/2008
Feniosky Peña-Mora from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is a new faculty member in the Artificial Intelligence group at the Beckman Institute.
Peña-Mora earned a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering Systems from MIT.
Peña-Mora's research interests include information technology support for collaboration in preparedness, response, and recovery during disasters involving critical physical infrastructures. He has published works in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and textbooks on topics such as computer-supported design, and project control and management of large-scale engineering systems.
Peña-Mora is an Associate Provost Fellow, O'Neil Faculty Scholar, and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Original Article: http://www.beckman.illinois.edu/news/050708©2008 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign