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We are thrilled to share with you the news that Ahmed Elbanna accepted an offer to join the faculty of the department of Earth Sciences at USC at the end of the summer and to become the next SCEC director in January 2026. This follows a broad search that was conducted last year by USC and the SCEC board of directors. Ahmed is a very broad and creative scientist with expertise* that cover both earthquake science and engineering, and strong interest in community building and education. These and other excellent skills make him highly qualified to lead SCEC into productive future directions. Please join us in welcoming enthusiastically Ahmed Elbanna to SCEC leadership.
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*Ahmed Elbanna has been an active participant in SCEC for over 15 years and served on several SCEC committees including the SCEC Science Planning Committee (Now called the Science Steering Committee) and SCEC Committee on Professional Conduct. He holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering (2011) and an M.S. in applied mechanics (2006) from Caltech and was a postdoc in Physics at UCSB (2011-2012). Ahmed joined the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UIUC in 2013 and he currently leads the Mechanics of Complex Systems Laboratory. Elbanna's research focuses on problems in theoretical and applied mechanics of solids, with special emphasis on fracture, deformation and wave propagation problems. More information on Ahmed is available at https://cee.illinois.edu/directory/profile/elbanna2“
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