Professor Khalid Alshibli is currently serving as the Associate Department Head, Professor, and Coordinator of Geotechnical and Materials Group,  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK), USA. He served as a faculty member at Louisiana State University (LSU) for almost 11 years before joining UTK in 2011. Professor Alshibli earned his BS and MS degrees from Jordan University of Sicience and Technology in 1988 and 1991, respectively. Then he earned Ph.D in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder in 1995. He worked as a project scientist at NASA/ Marshall Space Flight Center between 1995 and 2001. Professor Alshibli was the recipient of King Hussein of Jordan First Class Honors Awards for BS degree in 1988 and MS degree in 1991. In addition, he is the recipient of many awards including the NASA Group Achievement award in 2003, Engineering Faculty Professionalism Award from Louisiana Engineering Foundation in 2005, and ASCE 2018 James R. Croes Medal. More information about professor Alshibli research can be found at http://web.utk.edu/~alshibli/