The Membership Applications Review Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) unanimously voted J. David Frost, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng. a Fellow of the Society.  Founded in 1852, ASCE represents more than 140,000 Civil Engineers worldwide and is America’s oldest national engineering society.  The title of Fellow, which fewer than five percent earn, is one of the highest honors civil engineers can receive.

Frost is currently a professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and has served as a pioneer in developing and using information and imaging technologies in geotechnical engineering applications.  Frost regularly delivers keynotes, teaches courses, chaired conferences, and coordinated and led post-disaster reconnaissance teams worldwide.

Frost is co-founder and co-chair of the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, a leader in post-disaster studies that deploys research teams globally with NSF support after extreme events.  He has personally led or served on study teams to Turkey, India, China Chile and Japan. In addition, he led a data collection team to the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks.

Frost is a recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering Outstanding Paper Award, the ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize and the ASTM Hogentogler Award.