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ohn Baugh is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Operations Research at North Carolina State University, and a member of the Computational Engineering and Sciences Program. He received the Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1989. In addition to building and maintaining recognized research and instructional programs, Dr. Baugh has participated in and chaired national and university committees, served on major conference editorial boards both nationally and internationally, and generally worked within the university along with other faculty and administrators to improve the educational opportunities of its students. Included among those efforts is leadership in developing a new graduate program in Civil Engineering in the areas of computing and systems engineering, as well as chairing the committee on computing in the College of Engineering. Dr. Baugh's research and educational activities focus on systems engineering and computing applications in civil engineering. His current and prior studies include formal verification of active control systems for intelligent structures, and models for improving disaster preparedness in coastal regions considering the effects of hurricanes and flooding on critical civil infrastructure systems as part of a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. Because of overlap with issues of national importance to the country of Japan, Dr. Baugh's scholarly activities in areas such as natural hazard mitigation and active seismic protection of building structures led to his appointment as Director of the NC Japan Center. Recent funding sources for Dr. Baugh's research program include the National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Transit Administration, US Environmental Protection Agency, and the North Carolina Supercomputing Center. Before pursuing the Ph.D., he worked as a Research Engineer in Applied Mechanics and Structures at Battelle's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He is a member of ASCE, INFORMS, ACM, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, and Chi Epsilon.