Rima Taher

Rima Taher, Ph.D, PE., is a Senior University Lecturer at the Hillier College of Architecture & Design, at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and is a part-time instructor in the graduate program at the NJIT-Department of Civil & 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 of 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 has several published articles in this field. She lectured on this topic for many years. Dr. Taher authored and co-authored several books in structural technology including some review books for the Architect Registration Examination (ARE exam). Dr. Taher is currently serving as the President of the ASCE/SEI (Structural Engineering Institute) Chapter of North Jersey.

Ph.D.; Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees; ; 1986

M.S.; Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees; ; 1983

B.S.; Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon; ; 1982

Tuesday & Friday from 11:30 to 12:45.

ARCH 303 - STRUCTURES I

ARCH 545G - STRUCTURES I

ARCH 429 - ADVANCED STRUCTURES

CE 636 - MECH & STABILITY OF STRUCTURES

Structural Engineering, Resilient Structural Design, Building Technology, Design & Construction of Buildings for Wind Forces, Seismic Design, Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Building design for natural hazards, designing for high winds and hurricanes

Taher, Rima (2022). Wind Forces. Washington, DC: NCARB, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Taher, Rima (2021). Simplified Structural Analysis and Design for Architects, Revised Second Edition, published by Cognella, Inc. 2021.. San Diego, California: Cognella, Inc.

Taher, Rima (2019). Building Design for Wind Forces. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Education

Taher, Rima (2020). ARE 5.0 Mock Exams, Several: Scott Marley - Meghan Finley (Ed.), PPI, Professional Publications, Inc. / Kaplan. (pp. Book is in Sections that are numbered separately. About 250 pages.). Belmont, California: PPI, Professional Publications, Inc. / Kaplan

Taher, Rima (2020). ARE 5.0 Practice Questions , Several - Scott Marley, Meghan Finley (Eds.), PPI - Professional Publications, Inc./ Kaplan. (pp. Book is in Sections that are numbered separately. About 250 pages.). Belmont, California: PPI - Professional Publications, Inc./ Kaplan