Meet the AVP 

Dr. Binod Tiwari is the Associate Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs/Chief Research Officer at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). He also holds the Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering position at CSUF. He has served at CSUF in different capacities, including department chair, program coordinator, graduate advisor, and academic senate member. He has published over 250 articles in various areas of his research interest, delivered nearly 100 keynote or invited lectures, and supervised over 250 students on their graduate or undergraduate research theses/projects. He has reviewed design reports of dozens of large geotechnical engineering and dam projects in the USA and worldwide as an external panel of experts. He has received over two dozen awards for his research publications and service to higher education and profession, including the ASCE 2022 Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award, ASCE 2020 Collingwood Prize, ASCE 2020 Thomas Middlebrooks Award, and CSU Fullerton 2017 Outstanding Professor Award. Dr. Tiwari served as a Vice President of the International Consortium on Landslides, Executive Board Member for the Council on Undergraduate Research, and Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Institute Los Angeles Chapter. He is the current chair of the California State University Council of Chief Research Officers (CCRO). Dr. Tiwari serves as an executive editor, associate editor, or editorial board member of various flagship international journals on geotechnical engineering, including ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering, Landslides, and Geo-environmental Disasters, and is an assistant editor-in-chief of ICL Book Series - Progress in Landslide Research and Technology. He is a licensed professional civil engineer in California and is a fellow of ASCE. Dr. Tiwari received his B.Eng. in civil engineering from Tribhuvan University Nepal, M.Sc. in geo and biosphere science from Niigata University Japan, Ph.D. in environmental management science from Niigata University Japan, and post-doctoral fellowship from Virginia Tech USA.

Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE

Associate Vice President for Research and Sponsored Projects