Dr. Roberto T. Leon is the Via Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Dr. Leon’s research focuses on dynamic behavior and design of composite and hybrid steel-concrete structures, testing of full-scale and model structures in the laboratory, and field instrumentation of structures.
Among other positions, Dr. Leon has served as President of the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE), Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEESinc), Board of Governors of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of ASCE, and Board of the Applied Technology Council (ATC). He is a registered professional engineer in Minnesota, the co-author of a book on composite construction, a non-technical book on bridges and tunnels, the author and co-author of over 135 articles in refereed journals and lectures internationally on topics ranging from composite construction to seismic steel design.