Alice Alipour

Title(s):

Associate Professor [CCE E]

Thomas M. Murray Faculty Fellow
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Office

358 Town Engr
813 Bissell Rd
Ames, IA 50011-1066

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For more information on Dr. Alipour’s research, teaching and outreach activities, please visit her personal website.
 
Honors and Awards

  • Midcareer Research Award, College of Engineering, Iowa State University, 2025
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025
  • Outstanding Civil Engineer, ASCE Iowa Section, 2025
  • Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award, Engineering Student Council, Iowa State University, 2025
  • Fellow, Structural Engineering Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024
  • Outstanding Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award (for Advising EERI Student Chapter), Engineering Student Council, Iowa State University, 2024
  • Intrdisciplinary Team Research Award, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, Iowa State University, 2023
  • Resilience Research Fellow, 4TU Center for Resilience Engineering, Netherlands, 2022
  • Senior Fellow, Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich, 2021
  • Cerwik Faculty Fellow, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, 2021
  • Charles Schafer Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service, CCEE Department, 2021
  • Excellence in Remote Instruction Award, Office of the President of Iowa State University, 2021
  • NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2018
  • Editor’s Choice Article, Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Taylor and Francis, 2014
  • Hojjat Adeli Award for Innovation in Computing, Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014
  • US-Japan Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, 2014
  • NSF ENHANCE Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2012-2014
  • ASCE ExCEEd Fellowship, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012
  • Young Engineer Award, Orange County Engineering Council, 2012
  • Award of Excellence in Engineering Education, Fanni Reunion Foundation, 2010
  • Pedagogical Fellowship, University of California-Irvine, 2009-2010

Education

  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of California-Irvine, 2010
  • M.S. Earthquake Engineering, University of Tehran, 2006
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, KNT University of Technology, 2004

Interest Areas

  • Resilience quantification methods for infrastructure systems under extreme events
  • Performance-based design of structures under multiple hazards
  • Multi-hazard design and assessment criteria for structures
  • Reliability assessment of deteriorating infrastructure components
  • Management of large-scale infrastructure systems
  • Probabilistic performance evaluation of structures
  • Post-disaster functionality of complex networks
  • Damage identification and condition assessment

 

Publications

For a full list of Dr. Alipour’s publications, please visit her website.

 

Selected recent publications:

[10] Qudaisat, M. and Alipour, A. (2025) “Future-proofing energy infrastructure resilience with distributed energy resources”, Journal of Developments in the Built Environment, 23, 100696, pp. 1-12.

[9]  Dikshit, S. and Alipour, A. (2025) “Characterizing probability of failure of transmission tower systems under multiple climatic hazards: Wind and ice”, Journal of Engineering Structures, 342, 120720, pp. 1-18.

[8] Greco, SF, Dikshit, S., Stankovski, A., Gjorgiev, B., Alipour, A., Sansavini, G. (2026) “Operational risk assessment of electric power grids exposed to straight-line winds”, Reliability Engineering and System Safety,  266, Part A, 111709.

[7]  Lichty, B., Zhang, N., Nasrazadani, H., Adey, B., and Alipour, A. (2025) “Project-level optimization of repair activities for recovery of transportation assets after inland flood events”, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 31(2), 04025004, pp. 1-21.

[6] Dikshit, S., Dobson, I., and Alipour, A. (2024) “Cascading structural failures of towers in an electric power transmission line due to straight-line winds”, Journal of Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 250, 110304, pp. 1-12.

[5] Hareendran, S.P., Alipour, A., and Sarkar, P. (2023) “Improving aerodynamic response of tall buildings using smart morphing facades”, Journal of Building Engineering, 80, 107656, pp. 1-13.

[4] Hareendran, S.P., Alipour, A., Shafei, B., and Sarkar, P. (2023) “Characterizing wind-structure interaction for performance-based wind design of tall buildings”, Journal of Engineering Structures, 289, 115812, pp. 1-24.

[3] Dikshit, S. and Alipour, A. (2023) “A moment-matching method for fragility analysis of transmission towers under straight line winds”, Journal of Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 236, 109241, pp. 1-17. 

[2] Tsai, L.-W. and Alipour, A. (2021) “Studying the wind-induced vibrations of a traffic signal structure through long term health monitoring”, Journal of Engineering Structures, 247, 112837, pp. 1-11. (Link)

[1]  Abdelaziz, K., Alipour, A., and Hobeck, J. (2021) “A smart façade system controller for optimized wind-induced vibration mitigation in tall buildings”, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 212, 104601, pp. 1-10. (Link)

 

Primary Strategic Research Area

Resilient Infrastructures

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