Marwan nader biography
Bio: Marwan Nader is a..
Marwan Nader has over 25 years of experience in the design and construction of Long Span bridges.Superstructure rising
BIG, BOLD STRUCTURES: Passionate about math and physics from an early age, Marwan Nader built models of skyscrapers and bridges as a young boy.
By high school, he knew he wanted to be a structural engineer. At 34, Nader became the lead design engineer for the signature span portion of the new Bay Bridge, responsible for taking a never-been-done-before design all the way to PSE (plans, specifications and estimates).
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Marwan Nader (M.S.’89, Ph.D.’92 CE) was walking outside Davis Hall when the earthquake struck.
Marwan Nader is Technical Director of TYLin's Bridge practice.
He felt a jarring sensation, as if someone were trying to nudge him over. Something significant has happened, the graduate student thought. It was 5:04 p.m. on October 17, 1989. Reports trickled in—6.9 magnitude—and rumors quickly spread.
The Bay Bridge had collapsed!
Actually, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge hadn’t collapsed, everyone learned, but a 50-foot section of the upper deck ha