Bita Astaneh Asl Faculty Profile

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Bita  Astaneh Asl

Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering

Dr. Bita Astaneh Asl joined AVÀÇ, East Bay (CSUEB) in Fall 2021. She graduated with PhD and MSc degrees in civil engineering with an emphasis on construction, energy, and sustainable infrastructure engineering from the University of Washington (UW). She also has a MSc degree in geotechnical engineering from the K. N. Toosi University of Technology, where she completed her BS studies in civil engineering. Prior to joining CSUEB, Dr. Astaneh Asl was a Lecturer at UW and had a combination of eight years of research experience in construction and geotechnical engineering. She has conducted research studies on the applications of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Extended Reality (XR) in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, as well as foundation and earthquake engineering. She has worked in research projects funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Sound Transit, CSUEB CSR SSDE, CSUEB RSCA, UW Innovation Research Award, and UW Green Seeds Fund, as well as unfunded projects in collaboration with AEC industry partners. Dr. Astaneh Asl has instructed various undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses since 2014. She has gained industrial experience as a Project Engineer at W. G. Clark Construction, a Construction Claim Analyst at McMillen Jacobs Associates, and a COBie Specialist at UW Capital Projects Office. 

Not teaching this semester.