Larry A. Fahnestock

Larry A. Fahnestock is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and serves as Associate Dean for Facilities and Capital Planning in The Grainger College of Engineering. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering (1996), MS in Civil Engineering (1998), and PhD in Civil Engineering (2006) from Lehigh and Drexel Universities. His career at Illinois includes roles as Chair of the Structures Group (2018-2021), Director of the Newmark Structural Engineering Laboratory (2022-2025), and Siess Faculty Scholar (2022-present).