JIQIU YUAN, P.E., PhD, PMP
PROJECT MANAGER, National Institute of Building Sciences
Dr. Jiqiu (JQ) Yuan, P.E., PMP, is a professional engineer with more than 20 years of research and development experience. He specializes in making infrastructure and communities resilient against natural disasters. Dr. Yuan actively is involved in the development of guidelines, codes, standards, polices, and applied research programs in a variety of building science fields. Dr. Yuan is the staff lead of the Building Seismic Safety Council, Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council, and Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. In 2022, Dr. Yuan was appointed by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to serve on the National Advisory Council. Formerly, Dr. Yuan was a researcher with the Federal Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. He also served as an adjunct professor at George Mason University and George Washington University.