NOV 5 & 6 2025

GRB Convention Center

Dr. Jiqiu (JQ) Yuan: Speaking at the Disaster Expo Texas

Dr. Jiqiu (JQ) Yuan

Chief Resilience Officer and Head of Engineering  -  National Institute of Building Sciences

Designing Disaster Recovery Times: Building Codes and Lifeline Infrastructure Resilience

If a major storm or earthquake occurred in your community, do you know how long it would take to fully recover? Did you know there are no performance requirements for utilities to be fully functional after a natural disaster? Come learn about the national experts working to solve these community resilience gaps from writing the next-generation model building code requirements to preparing performance standards for our critical lifeline infrastructure.

About Dr. Jiqiu (JQ) Yuan

Dr. Jiqiu (JQ) Yuan, P.E., PMP, is a professional engineer with more than 25 years of research and development experience. He specializes in making infrastructure and communities resilient against natural disasters. Dr. Yuan actively is involved in the development of guidelines, codes, standards, policies, and applied research programs in a variety of building science fields. As the Chief Resilience Officer with the National Institute of Building Sciences, he leads initiatives that support interdisciplinary and inter-organizational collaboration, promotes innovative solutions in the built environment, and provides strategic leadership in emerging areas. Formerly, Dr. Yuan was a researcher with the Federal Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. He also served as an adjunct professor at George Mason University and George Washington University.