Zia Zafir
Earthquake & Seismic Design
Kleinfelder
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Zafir is the vice president for earthquake engineering at Kleinfelder. Dr. Zafir has more than 30 years of experience in the field of geotechnical and earthquake engineering and research. Dr. Zafir has been actively involved on seismic hazard evaluations and seismic retrofit for renowned national and international projects. In addition to California, he has been involved in seismic design projects in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Massachusetts, Mexico, Bangladesh, Romania, and Russia. He has published and presented more than thirty technical papers in international journals and conferences. He has also been an invited speaker at universities and professional engineering associations across the US.
Research Interest
Earthquake & Seismic Design
