Dr. Hezha Lutfalla Sadraddin

ABOUT

Education: PhD in Structural engineering

Position: Board of director at ACI-KURDISTAN Chapter

Job Location: Lecturer at Salahaddin University-Erbil

Short Bio: Hezha received a BSc degree from the University of Salahaddin in 2009, and a masters and a PhD. degree in structural engineering from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, and he joined ICC-SKGA in September 2022 as a structural consultant and then transferred to ICC-ES as a senior certification engineer. Since then, he has been involved in different code-related projects, finite element applications, technical reports, and software improvements. During his Masters degree program, Hezha developed fragility curves for high-rise reinforced concrete buildings. After that, he was one of the team members who developed an invariant signature algorithm that helps software interoperability. Furthermore, during his PhD studies, he developed distributed real-time hybrid simulation (dRTHS) experimental methods for floating wind turbines, and he was involved in many

shake-table and structural dynamic evaluation tests. In addition to these projects, he has more than ten years of working experience in the structural and construction industry.

About Aci-Kurdistan Chapter

The ACI chapter of Kurdistan is a recently establisehd branch of ACI, which cover the geographic region of the southern kurdistan which so called (Iraqi Kurdistan region). The main goal of the chapter is to merge our knowledge about the concrete with the most recent standards and specifications. Also, the Kurdistan chapter makes a strong tie between the universities across the Kurdistan region.