Omar Jaradat

About Omar Jaradat

Dr. Jaradat is an industry expert in the area of seismic research, design, and construction of structural systems, with a focus on port structures. With over 25 years of project experience as a practicing engineer, he specializes in earthquake engineering, soil-structure interaction and non-linear structural analysis, which is required for design and construction in high seismic regions of the world. Dr. Jaradat has assisted the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California in the development and update of port-wide seismic design criteria. Dr. Jaradat specializes in performance-based design, earthquake engineering, and soil-structure interaction. He has published and co-authored many papers in the field of earthquake engineering, marine structures, and the elastic behavior of concrete columns. Over his career, Dr. Jaradat has served on many local, national and international committees tasked with the development of code standards for the analysis and design of port structures. Currently, he serves on several committees with the American Society of Civil Engineers and Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (ASCE/COPRI) and PIANC. In addition, Dr. Jaradat has directed experimental programs at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) to study the seismic behavior of concrete and steel piles.At Moffatt & Nichol, he is a vice president, project manager and technical director for structures. He also serves as the structural lead on projects with significant structural components, regularly providing quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) oversight. Dr. Jaradat has worked on more than 150 projects with national and international private firms and public sector organizations. Representative clients at the federal, state, and local levels include: US Navy/NAVFAC, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Oakland, Port of San Francisco, Port of Seattle, City of Long Beach, and City of Los Angeles, to name a few. Dr. Jaradat is growing the structural team at Moffatt & Nichol. If you want to work for a company that: is respected world-wide for the work we do, highly rated by Engineering News Record (ENR) and our own employees on GlassDoor.com, has highly technical projects and will grow your career, please consider applying to our career opportunities, http://bit.ly/MNCareers, or reaching out to any of Moffatt & Nichol’s recruiters for more information.

Experience

1. VP, Structures Director

   Moffatt & Nichol

   Aug 2008 — Present · Costa Mesa, CA, US

   Moffatt & Nichol is a leading U.S-based global infrastructure advisor specializing in the planning and design of facilities that shape and serve our coastlines, harbors and rivers, as well as an innovator in the transportation complexities associated with the movement of freight. The firm is currently ranked Engineering News Record #1 for Marine & Port Facilities and Top 20 for Transportation.Moffatt & Nichol\'s professional staff includes engineers, planners, and scientists who serve our global client base from offices in Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim. The firm provides clients worldwide with customized service and a level of excellence that have become the firm’s hallmark in several primary practice areas – ports and harbors; coastal, environmental and water resources; urban waterfronts and marinas; transportation, bridges and rail; inspection and rehabilitation; and energy.

Education

• University of Jordan

  Master of Science - MS, Structural Engineering

  1993

• University of Jordan

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Civil Engineering

  1990

• Washington State University

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Earthquake Engineering

  1993 — 1996