ASU professor Edward Kavazanjian has attained one of the highest professional honors in his field, election to the National Academy of Engineering.
Kavazanjian is a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, one of ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, and a senior scientist in the university’s Global Institute of Sustainability.
Kavazanjian is widely recognized as a leading authority on the seismic analysis, design and performance evaluation of solid-waste landfills, as well as an expert in landfill containment systems, environmental safety of waste sites and development of waste sites after closure.
“He is absolutely the world expert in his area," says G. Edward Gibson, director of the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. "His leadership has placed ASU at the forefront of geotechnical engineering, seismic design and biogeotechnical engineering.”