NJIT - PublicInfo: Rima Taher

NJIT - PublicInfo: Rima Taher NJIT

Rima Taher, PhD

Rima Taher, PhD	Rima Taher, PhD is a special lecturer in the New Jersey School of Architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has spent two years examining the findings of research centers that have studied the best designs and construction materials and methods needed to withstand extreme wind events and hurricanes. “Design of Low-Rise Buildings for Extreme Wind Events” (Journal of Architectural Engineering, March, 2007) by Taher highlighted such research findings. Wind researchers at the Center for Building Science and Technology (CSTB) in France, researched and tested reduced-scale home models at its wind tunnel facilities, and developed a prototype of a “cyclonic” or hurricane-resistant dwelling. Taher cooperated with the CSTB wind researchers, working on the structural aspect of the home’s design. In 1999 Taher received NJIT's Teaching Excellence Award in the category of Instruction by a Special Lecturer. Taher received a doctorate of civil engineering with honors in 1986 from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France; a master's degree in civil engineering (Building Science & Technology) in 1983 from ENPC, Paris, France (Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies); and a bachelor of civil engineering and urban planning in 1982 from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon in Lyon, France.

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