Abieyuwa Aghayere

Abieyuwa Aghayere

Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Abieyuwa Aghayere

Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Degrees / Education

  • PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Alberta
  • SM, Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BS, Civil Engineering (First Class Honors), University of Lagos

Research Interests

Structural design - concrete, steel and wood, structural failure analysis, retrofitting of existing structures, new structural systems and materials, engineering education.

Areas of Study

Select Publications

  • Abi Aghayere and Jason Vigil, “Structural Steel Design,” 4th Edition, 1101 pp., Mercury Learning, 2025. 
  • Abi Aghayere, “Reinforced Concrete Design,” 10th Edition, 841 pp., Mercury Learning, 2024. 
  • Abi Aghayere and Jason Vigil, “Structural Wood Design, ASD/LRFD, 2nd Edition, 629 pp., CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2017.  
  • Abi Aghayere and Jason Vigil, “Structural Steel Design: A Practice- Oriented Approach,” 2nd Edition, 499 pp., Translated into Turkish in 2018 by Nobel Academik, Ankara, Turkey. 

In the Media

  • Rochester ramp's severe deterioration revealed in inspection report
    WHEC News10, Rochester NY (2/27/2026 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Two years after L&I split, properties linger in unsafe, dangerous status
    NBC-10 Philadelphia (1/19/2026 12:00:00 AM) View
  • 20-Story Public Housing Building in the Bronx Partly Collapses
    New York Times (10/1/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • City buildings would be vulnerable in the rare event of a moderate earthquake
    Crain's New York Business (8/7/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • As Baltimore tragedy lingers, report warns more major US bridges at risk of ship strikes
    ASCE Civil Engineering Source (4/17/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse
    Science Friday (3/28/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • These US Bridges Face High Risk of Catastrophic Ship Strikes
    Bloomberg CityLab (3/26/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Span of disaster: US bridges face deadly risk of ship ramming, study finds
    USA Today (3/24/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Local bridges recommended for inspection
    NBC-10 (3/21/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Florida’s Surfside law helps developers as condo owners face spiking fees and foreclosures
    Miami Herald (3/1/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • ‘Baltimore Bridge Collapse’ documentary: Why investigators believe Dali lost power, Key Bridge collapse was preventable
    WTOP (2/26/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Baltimore Bridge Collapse
    PBS (2/26/2025 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Rogue roof decks, missing facade inspections at Phil Pulley-managed apartment building that collapsed
    Philadelphia Inquirer (10/21/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Rogue roof decks, missing facade inspections at Phil Pulley-managed apartment building that collapsed
    Philadelphia Inquirer (10/21/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Brewers Hill pool collapse didn’t otherwise damage apartment building, engineer finds
    Baltimore Banner (9/26/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Brewers Hill apartment building declared safe after partial pool collapse
    Baltimore Banner (9/20/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Close calls: For years, ships lost propulsion near Key Bridge with little scrutiny
    Baltimore Banner (4/18/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Q&A: Considerations for the Key Bridge replacement
    SmartBrief (4/8/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • 1 confirmed report of structural damage in Philadelphia after New Jersey earthquake shakes region
    CBS News (4/6/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Professor of Structural Engineering talks about 4.8 magnitude earthquake in tri-state area
    FOX 29 (4/5/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Hundreds of bridges in Maryland are ‘fracture critical.’ Does that mean they’re unsafe?
    The Baltimore Banner (3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Could huge concrete barriers have averted the Key Bridge collapse?
    The Baltimore Banner (3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • How long will it take to rebuild the Key Bridge following its collapse?
    Baltimore Sun (3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Baltimore Bridge Collapse Sparks Debate About Structure
    Newsweek (3/26/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • This building collapse investigation could leave a lasting legacy
    Smart Brief (3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • How to prevent America’s aging buildings from collapsing – 4 high-profile disasters send a warning
    The Conversation, and 140+ other outlets (1/16/2024 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Their home made headlines when it suddenly crumbled. Could it happen to you?
    USA Today (12/14/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Bronx Collapse Renews Questions About Safety of Aging Housing Stock
    New York Times (12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Understanding Structural Failure: Analysis, Types, Causes, and Prevention
    ICC Region I Radio Podcast (8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • So How Long Does It Take to Fix a Collapsed Highway?
    Slate (6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Pool deck at doomed Surfside tower had ‘critically low margins against failure,’ probe finds
    Miami Herald (6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • The I-95 Bridge Collapse Is Causing Traffic Headaches, but Don’t Expect Carmageddon
    The Messenger (6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Civil engineers weigh in on I-95 repair process in Philadelphia
    WHYY (6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Officials say driver lost control of gas-filled tanker before fire collapsed main East Coast highway
    The Associated Press (6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • What We Know About the I-95 Collapse in Philadelphia
    The New York Times (6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Officials say driver lost control of gas-filled tanker before fire collapsed main East Coast highway
    Associated Press (6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • When will I-95 reopen? Officials unveil plan to repair highway, but decline questions on timeline
    6ABC (6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • How the I-95 collapse compares to I-85 collapse in Atlanta six years ago
    6ABC (6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Body Recovered From Manhattan Garage Collapse Rubble; Controlled Demolition Underway
    WNBC-TV New York (4/20/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Ten Steps to Disaster
    The Smithsonian Channel (3/26/2023 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Residents allowed to return to evacuated Miami Beach condo after temporary fix
    Miami Herald (11/14/2022 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Downtown Baltimore parking garage partially collapses Friday morning
    The Baltimore Banner (7/15/2022 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Investigation Into Deadly Philadelphia Building Collapse Begins
    NBC10 (6/20/2022 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Wall of Brewerytown home collapses knocking down streetlight, crushing cars under bricks
    6ABC (5/16/2022 12:00:00 AM) View
  • New photos show warnings of 'imminent collapse' in Surfside
    Miami Herald (5/14/2022 12:00:00 AM) View
  • 60-unit building in North Miami Beach ordered evacuated, ‘structurally unsound’
    Miami Herald (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) View
  • After Surfside collapse, a push not just for more high-rise inspections but smarter ones
    Miami Herald (12/31/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • 'Save lives, not just money': Surfside collapse grand jury report calls for reforms, warns of further troubles
    USA Today (12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • ‘The city will help us.’ Miami Beach took cash, fast-tracked tower on Champlain’s edge
    Miami Herald (12/7/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Lawsuit against condo association and the new build's owners could run into 'hundreds of millions of dollars'
    Associate Press (11/17/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • What New Yorkers Need to Know About Tornadoes
    New York Times (11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • No answers yet at feds’ first public hearing on Champlain Towers collapse probe
    Miami Herald (11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • No answers yet at feds’ first public hearing on Champlain Towers collapse probe
    Miami Herald (11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Left to rot: Collapsed condo born of botched construction and evidence of money laundering
    Baxter Bulletin (10/14/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • No, Champlain Towers records apparently weren’t stolen — but Surfside still can’t find some
    Miami Herald (9/22/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Contractor for fallen Surfside condo later lost license amid fraud, negligence claims
    Miami Herald (9/9/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Feds’ video shows ‘astronomical’ corrosion, crowded rebar in Champlain Towers debris
    Miami Herald (8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM)
  • Behind the Florida Condo Collapse: Rampant Corner-Cutting
    The Wall Street Journal (8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Anatomy of a collapse
    Miami Herald (8/8/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Far From Florida, Mayors Fear Prospect of a Collapse in Their Own Cities
    The New York Times (7/20/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Before role in Surfside condo that fell, engineer had hand in another building mess
    Miami Herald (7/17/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Slab that failed at fallen Champlain Tower had been a problem for 25 years, records show
    The Miami Herald (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Did Surfside building official mishandle engineer’s report on doomed condo? Experts think so
    The Miami Herald (7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Two Miami-Area Condo Buildings Were Almost Twins; One Collapsed
    The Wall Street Journal (7/4/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Search and rescue pauses 'temporarily' pending demolition of remaining portion Florida condo
    USA Today (7/4/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Engineers evaluate demolition options to prevent 'mess of immense proportion' in Surfside
    USA Today (7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Drexel structural engineer on the Florida condo collapse investigation
    KYW NewsRadio (7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • From cracked slabs to offshore blast: What probe into Surfside condo collapse might look at
    Miami Herald (6/26/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Florida building collapse: As search & rescue effort continues, expert weighs in on possible cause
    6ABC (6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Experts say collapse could have several possible causes.
    The New York Times (6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM) View
  • Crumbling ceilings pose danger in Center City parking garage; L&I working on repairs
    KYW Newsradio (6/5/2021 12:00:00 AM) View

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