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Marvin Halling is the Department Head and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University (USU). He holds a PhD in Applied Mechanics from the California Institute of Technology (1995), an MS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University (1986), and a BS in Civil Engineering from USU (1985). He is a licensed Structural Engineer (Utah) and Civil Engineer in Utah and California. His research focuses on structural dynamics, bridge engineering, seismic design, and structural health monitoring. He has led the SMASH Lab (Systems, Materials and Structural Health Laboratory) and pioneered projects like dynamic testing of bridges, instrumentation for infrastructure evaluation, and retrofitting techniques using advanced materials.
Award highlights include Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (2008), multiple Utah Engineering Educator of the Year Awards (2007, 2005, 2004, 2002), and the USU College of Engineering Professor of the Year (2001). His teaching spans courses like Structural Dynamics, Structural Analysis, and Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering. He has mentored over 30 graduate students since 2008, contributing to research projects in bridge testing, materials science, and infrastructure resilience.
Halling’s work emphasizes practical applications, such as field verification of bridge weigh-in-motion techniques, long-term monitoring of bridge performance, and innovative solutions for aging infrastructure. His collaborations with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) have produced technical reports on prestress loss in bridge girders, seismic retrofitting, and dynamic bridge behavior under extreme conditions.
