Rima Taher

Rima Taher, PhD, PE, is a Senior University Lecturer at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and is a part-time instructor in the graduate program at the NJIT-Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and practices as a civil/structural engineer with her own consulting firm “Taher Engineering LLC”. Dr. Taher has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from INSA de Lyon, Lyon, France. She has a master’s degree and a doctorate in civil engineering/building technology from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, in Paris, France.
Dr. Taher is the author of a book entitled Building Design for Wind Forces which was published by McGraw Hill Education in 2019. She participated in some building technology research in the field of building design for high winds and hurricanes and she is an expert in this field. She has published some papers and articles on this subject and was interviewed multiple times by members of the press. Dr. Taher has given some presentations on this subject and other building technology topics at some international conferences in the United States, Canada, Chili and France. She also presented her work at the Wind Engineering Research Center at Tokyo Polytechnic University in Japan.
Dr. Taher authored and co-authored several books in structural technology, including some review books for the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). She has received a teaching excellence award from NJIT back in 1999 and was the recipient of the 2021 Educator of the Year Award from the North Jersey Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr. Taher served as the President of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Chapter of ASCE in North Jersey from 2011 to 2025.

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