Florida International University
Dr. Anil Misra is the Chair and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University, Miami. He was previously the Glenn L. Parker-James L. Tyson Professor of Engineering Mechanics in the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department of the University of Kansas, Lawrence, and Associate Director of KU Institute for Bioengineering Research (IBER). From 1990 to 2007 he served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Dr. Misra was awarded the 2017 Eugenio Beltrami Senior Scientist Prize for his seminal contributions to granular micromechanics, and his pioneering works and innovations in theoretical and experimental mechanics.