1.Name and Academic Rank:     Mark C. Bourland – Assistant Professor. 

2.Degrees with fields, institutions, and dates

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 2006.

M.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 2000.

B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 1995.

3.Number of years of service on this faculty, including date of original appointment and dates of advancement in rank

Visiting Assistant Professor, 2005 - Present.

4.Other related experience – teaching, industrial, etc.

Instrumentation Engineer, STV Inc., Dallas, Texas, 2002 – 2005.
Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, 1996 – 2002.

Research Assistant, Office of Institutional Research and Planning at the University of Texas at Arlington, 1993 – 1995.
Office Engineer (Program and Construction Management in Cyprus, Oman and Yemen), Sverdrup Corporation, Washington, DC, 1987 – 1992.

5.Consulting, patents, etc.

Consulting Instrumentation Engineer, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 1999 ~ Present.

6.State(s) in which registered

7.Principal publications of last five years

(1)     "Structural Health Monitoring for LRT Tunnel Liner", Mark Bourland, Robert Yuan, ASCE 2006 Earth and Space Conference.

(2)     "Behavior of Elevated Structures Under LRT Wheel Loads", Mark Bourland, Robert Yuan, Eduardo Ugarte, APTA 2003 Rail Transit Conference.

(3)     "Health Monitoring of Light-Rail Aerial-Structure System", Robert Yuan, Mark Bourland, Eduardo Ugarte, Isaac Hwang, SPIE International Symposium on NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, March 2002.

(4)     "Creep Deformation of Viscoelastic Materials", Robert Yuan, Mark Bourland, Yeol Choi, ASCE/Tx 2002.

(5)     "Behavior of Light-Rail-Transit Aerial Structures", Robert Yuan, Mark Bourland, Eduardo Ugarte, 2001 ACI Convention, Dallas, Texas.

(6)     "Creep Deformation of FRP Composite Columns", Robert Yuan, Mark Bourland, Yeol Choi, ICEM 2001 International Conference on Engineering Materials

8.Scientific and professional societies of which a member

9.Honors and awards

Honorary Title, University Scholar, University of Texas at Arlington, 1999.

10.  Institutional and professional service in the last five years

 

11.  Professional development in the last five years

Attended the 2006 ASCE Conference, Houston, Tx, March 2006.

Attended the 2003 APTA Rail Transit Conference, San Jose, CA, June 2003.

Attended the 2001 ACI Convention, Dallas, Tx, December 2001.