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Leadership

Seasoned licensed engineers. One accountable team.

Experienced professional engineers, directly engaged in every project.

AMS is led directly by seasoned professional engineers, who remain hands-on in every project the firm delivers.

Dr. Mustafa Mashal, President and CEO of AMS Engineering Consultants, Inc.

Dr. Mustafa Mashal

Ph.D., P.E., CPEng, IntPE (NZ), F.SEI, F.ASCE

President & Chief Executive Officer

Mmashal@AMSengineers.net

Structural engineer and executive with 18 years of global experience in bridge engineering, seismic design, Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC), and large-scale experimental research. His Ph.D. research was adopted for the world’s first bridge with dissipative controlled rocking connections, in Christchurch, New Zealand, and his research at Idaho State University has been built into Idaho highway bridges, including the Fort Hall Interchange Bridge over I-15.

Accelerated Bridge Construction Seismic & Low-Damage Design Precast / Prestressed Concrete Research & Development

Experience

  • Formerly Full Professor (tenured) and founder and director of the Structural Laboratory at Idaho State University, the largest structural testing facility in Idaho.
  • Formerly Associate Vice President for Research – Innovation Partnerships, Idaho State University.
  • Led more than $7.3M in funded bridge, structural, and transportation research for FHWA, the Idaho Transportation Department, AASHTO, NSF, and DOE.
  • Founded the nation’s first PCI Foundation and NPCA Foundation-funded Precast Concrete Engineering Studio.
  • Advised 38 M.S. and Ph.D. students.
  • Independent consultant and expert witness in the United States and New Zealand, including seismic assessment and retrofit of bridges and buildings after the Canterbury earthquake sequence.

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil (Structural) Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (2015)
  • M.S., Civil (Structural) Engineering, SUNY Buffalo (2011)
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Kabul University (2009)

Honors & Scholarship

  • ASCE Alfred Noble Prize (2020)
  • Two AASHTO High Value Research awards (2019, 2024)
  • Three Fulbright awards
  • Fellow, ASCE and SEI
  • 200+ publications, 5 patents, and 100+ keynote and invited talks in 14 countries

Senior Technical Team

AMS brings together senior-level expertise in bridge and transportation engineering, structural analysis, inspection, load rating, design-build, and construction management to deliver technically rigorous and practical engineering solutions.

NBIS Inspection & Load Rating Design-Build Delivery Construction Management GFRP & AREMA Structures
Credentials

Licensed across multiple jurisdictions

AMS engineers hold Professional Engineer (PE) licenses in multiple states and bring advanced professional and academic credentials to each project. These qualifications enable AMS to provide specialized engineering services across jurisdictions where its engineers are appropriately licensed.

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