Dr. Troy Morgan is a structural engineer and Director of the Civil & Structural Engineering practice at Exponent, specializing in the analysis, design, investigation, and performance assessment of structures under extreme loading such as earthquakes, wind, flood, earth movement, and explosions. He has served as a consultant and expert witness (for mediation, domestic litigation, and international arbitration) on major projects, providing civil and structural engineering expertise for essential structures including healthcare facilities, laboratories, petrochemical buildings, power stations, highway bridges, metro rail (stations, viaducts, and tunnels), and other critical infrastructure requiring sophisticated analysis and evaluation techniques. Dr. Morgan also has substantial consulting experience with the nuclear power generating industry, evaluating seismic risk to new and existing safety critical structures and equipment through ground motion selection/scaling and nonlinear structural analysis including soil-structure interaction.As a recognized expert in the field of seismic isolation and passive energy dissipation systems, Dr. Morgan has performed extensive research on the numerical simulation and experimental behavior of innovative seismic protective devices and optimization of their use within performance-based engineering frameworks. He provides analysis, design, and expert peer review services for complex structures incorporating innovative structural systems, including those incorporating recently-developed modular construction techniques.Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Morgan was Assistant Professor at the Center for Urban Earthquake Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. He has also held positions as a post-doctoral researcher at the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center and as a design engineer at Forell/Elsesser Engineers in San Francisco.Academic awards include the EERI/FEMA NEHRP Graduate Fellowship in Earthquake Hazard Reduction, the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, and UC Berkeley’s Clement T. Wiskocil Award for engineering leadership. Professional awards include the SEAONC Excellence in Structural Engineering Award and being named ASCE Western Regional Outstanding Young Civil Engineer in the Private Sector.