Abieyuwa Aghayere

Dr. Abieyuwa Aghayere is a Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering whose research focuses on structural design - concrete, steel and wood, structural failure analysis, retrofitting of existing structures, new structural systems and materials, engineering education. Dr. Aghayere has been cited as a structural failure analysis expert on CNN, CTV News and Voice of America regarding the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida. He has been featured in numerous articles in the Miami Herald, The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. His contributions regarding the Surfside condominium collapse have been included media stories and coverage that earned a team of reporters at the Miami Herald the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in the Breaking News category. He has been featured on podcasts and in documentaries on The Discovery Channel, The BBC, and The Smithsonian Channel discussing the Surfside condominium collapse, and has delivered several invited lectures on the collapse, notably to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - the federal agency charged with investigating the Surfside condominium collapse.