Patrascu Lab News
July 2026 - Dr. Patrascu attended the NHERI RAPID Natural Hazards and Disaster Reconnaissance training workshop at the University of Washington
June 2026 – Chaudhry Abu Bakar Imran presented our research at 2026 ASCE T&DI Transportation Conferences, held in partnership with the Michigan Department of Transportation
May 2026 – Syed Mostofa Asif presented our research at ICCE 2026 in Galveston
May 2026 – Emmanuel Adeniyi joined FIRST Lab
May 2026 – Dr. Patrascu presented our work at GulfCon 2026
April 2026 – Syed Mostofa Asif’s first peer-reviewed publication was accepted in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
April 2026 – Dr. Patrascu participated in the ENGage LSU outreach program in collaboration with the Sustainable Planning & Innovation in Construction & Engineering (SPICE) Lab
Spring 2026 – Our project S-o-S (System-of-Systems) Louisiana was funded through the 2025–2026 Big Ideas in STEM and Social & Behavioral Sciences program, supported by the LSU Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research
October 2025 – Chaudhry Abu Bakar Imran earned third place at the Graduate Student Poster Competition organized by the Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management
August 2025 – Chaudhry Abu Bakar Imran joined FIRST Lab
August 2025 – Syed Mostofa Asif earned second place in the 2025 NSF NHERI GSC Data Challenge
August 2025 – After one year of coursework, three electives and one course developed, Dr. Patrascu is now a Certified Online Educator
May 2025 – Dr. Patrascu received the NSF Travel Award to attend the NHERI Summer Institute for Early-Career Faculty
April 2025 – Dr. Patrascu participated in the ENGage LSU outreach program in collaboration with the Sustainable Planning & Innovation in Construction & Engineering (SPICE) Lab
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January 2025 – Dr. Patrascu was awarded the LaDIA Faculty Fellowship by Louisiana Sea Grant
August 2025 – Patrascu's Future Infrastructure SysTems (FIRST) Lab is established at Louisiana State University in the Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management
January 2024 – Our work was featured on the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy website at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University: https://bush.tamu.edu/news/istpp/istpp-director-arnold-vedlitz-co-authors-paper-with-engineering-researchers-on-access-to-essential-facilities/
August 2025 – Dr. Patrascu joined the Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
2023 – Received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
2020 – Recognized for contributions to the editorial board and supporting contributors in Casajus Valles, A.; Marin Ferrer, M.; Poljanšek, K.; Clark, I. (Eds.), Executive Summary of the Report Science for Disaster Risk Management 2020: Acting Today, Protecting Tomorrow, EUR 30183 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-27150-5; doi:10.2760/919253; JRC114026.