2009 PhD in Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University

2006 MS in Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University

1998 BS in Civil Engineering with minor in Spanish, University of Wyoming

Director of LaHouse Research & Education Center and Professor (2024 - Present), Dept of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Director of LaHouse Research & Education Center and Associate Professor (2022 - 2024), Dept of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Industrial Specialty Contractors L.L.C. Associate Professor of Construction Management (2017-2022), Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Assistant Professor (2009-2017), Construction Management and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Instructor (2007-2009), Construction Management and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Research Intern (Summer 2006), ImageCat, Inc., Long Beach, California

Intern (Summer 2005), Swiss Reinsurance Group, Armonk, New York

Graduate Teaching Assistant (2005-2007), Construction Management and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Engineering Intern (2004), Cermak, Peterka, Petersen (CPP), Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado

Graduate Research Assistant (2003-2005), Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Project Engineer (2001-2003), Field Engineer (2000-2001), Estimator (1999-2000), Kiewit Industrial Company, Lenexa, Kansas

Staff Engineer (1998-1999), MSE Inc., Billings, Montana

1. Friedland, C. J.*, Lee, Y.-C., Mostafiz, R. B., Lee, J., Mithila, S., Rohli, R. V., Rahim, M. A., and Gnan, E. (2023). FloodSafeHome: Evaluating benefits and savings of freeboard for improved decision-making in flood risk mitigation. Frontiers in Communication, 8, Art. No. 1060901. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1060901
2. Kodavatiganti, Y., Friedland, C. J., Rahim, M. A.*, Mostafiz R. B., Taghinezhad, A., and Heil, S. (2023). Material quantities and estimated construction costs for new elevated IRC 2015-compliant single-family home foundations. Frontiers in Built Environment, 9, Art. No. 1111563. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2023.1111563
3. Al Assi, A.*, Mostafiz, R. B., Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., and Rahim, M. A. (2023). Homeowner flood risk and risk reduction from home elevation between the 100-and 500-year Floodplains. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, Art. No. 1051546. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1051546
4. Al Assi, A.*, Mostafiz, R. B., Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., Taghinezhad, A., and Rahim, M. A. (2023). Cost-effectiveness of federal CDBG-DR mitigation assistance in Louisiana. Natural Hazards, 117, 1291–1319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05904-3
5. Al Assi, A.*, Mostafiz, R. B., Friedland, C. J., Rahim, M. A., and Rohli, R. V. (2023). Flood risk assessment for residences at the neighborhood scale by owner/occupant type and first-floor height. Frontiers in Big Data, 5, Art. No. 997447. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2022.997447
6. Mostafiz, R. B.*, Rahim, M. A., Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., Bushra, N., and Orooji, F. (2022). A data-driven spatial approach to characterize the flood hazard. Frontiers in Big Data, 5, Art. No. 1022900. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2022.1022900
7. Gnan, E., Friedland, C. J., Rahim, M. A.*, Mostafiz, R. B., Rohli, R. V., Orooji, F., Taghinezhad, A., and McElwee, J. (2022). Improved building-specific flood risk assessment and implications of depth-damage function selection. Frontiers in Water, 4, Art. No. 919726. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.919726
8. Gnan, E., Friedland, C. J., Mostafiz, R. B.*, Rahim, M. A., Gentimis, T., Taghinezhad, A., and Rohli, R. V. (2022). Economically optimizing elevation of new, single-family residences for flood mitigation via life-cycle benefit-cost analysis. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, Art. No. 889239. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.889239
9. Jadallah, H.*, Friedland, C. J., Nahmens, I., Pecquet, C., Berryman, C., and Zhu, Y. (2022). Instructional design framework for construction materials training. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Art. No. 798843. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.798843
10. Orooji, F.*, Friedland, C. J., Savio, R. D., Taghinezhad, A., Massarra, C. C., Bushra, N., and Rohli, R. V. (2022). Generalized cost-effectiveness of residential wind mitigation strategies for wood-frame, single family house in the USA. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Art. No. 745914. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.745914
11. Briggs, B.*, Friedland, C. J., Nahmens, I., Berryman, C., and Zhu, Y. (2022). Industrial construction safety policies and practices with cost impacts in a COVID-19 pandemic environment: A Louisiana DOW case study. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 76, Art. No. 104723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2021.104723
12. Mostafiz, R. B.*, Rohli, R. V., Friedland, C. J., and Lee, Y.-C. (2022). Actionable information in flood risk communications and the potential for new web-based tools for long-term planning for individuals and community. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Art. No. 840250. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.840250
13. Mostafiz, R. B.*, Rohli, R. V., Friedland, C. J., Gall, M., and Bushra, N. (2022). Future crop risk estimation due to drought, extreme temperature, hail, lightning, and tornado at the census tract level in Louisiana. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, Art. No. 919782. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.919782
14. Mostafiz, R. B.*, Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., and Bushra, N. (2022). Estimating future residential property risk associated with wildfires in Louisiana, U.S.A. Climate, 10(4), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10040049
15. Mostafiz, R. B.*, Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., Bushra, N., and Held, C. L. (2021). Property risk assessment for expansive soils in Louisiana. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Art. No. 754761. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.754761
16. Orooji, F.*, and Friedland, C. J. (2021). Analytical framework for homeowner-focused computational cost-benefit mitigation decision making. Frontiers in Built Environment, 6, Art. No. 592511. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2020.592511
17. Taghinezhad, A.*, Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., Marx, B. D., Giering, J., and Nahmens, I. (2021). Predictive statistical cost estimation model for existing single family home elevation projects. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Art. No. 646668. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.646668
18. Matthews, E.*, Friedland, C. J., and Alsadi, A. (2021). Customising flood damage functions to estimate the carbon footprint of flood-related home repairs. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 14(2), e12708. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12708
19. Kereri, J. O.*, Friedland, C. J., Harper, C., and Nahmens, I. (2021). Relationship embeddedness in construction project teams: The effect of social behaviors on relational behaviors. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Art. No. 636000. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.636000
20. Jadallah, H.*, Friedland, C. J., Nahmens, I., Pecquet, C., Berryman, C., and Zhu, Y. (2021). Construction industry training assessment framework. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Art. No. 678366. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.678366
21. Jadallah, H.*, Friedland, C. J., Nahmens, I., Pecquet, C., Berryman, C., and Zhu, Y. (2021). Educational theory-integrated construction industry training: State-of-the-art review. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Art. No. 635978. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.635978
22. Ghannad, P., Lee, Y.-C.,* Friedland, C. J., Choi, J. O., and Yang, E. (2021). Closure to “multiobjective optimization of postdisaster reconstruction processes for ensuring long-term socioeconomic benefits.” Journal of Management in Engineering, 37(3), Art. No. 07021002. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000919
23. Bushra, N.*, Mostafiz, R. B., Rohli, R. V., Friedland, C. J., and Rahim, M. A. (2021). Technical and social approaches to study shoreline change of Kuakata, Bangladesh. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Art. No. 730984. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.730984
24. Mostafiz, R. B.*, Friedland, C. J., Rahman, M. A., Rohli, R. V., Tate, E., Bushra, N., and Taghinezhad, A. (2021). Comparison of neighborhood-scale, residential property flood-loss assessment methodologies. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, Art. No. 734294. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.734294
25. Mostafiz, R. B.*, Bushra, N., Rohli, R. V., Friedland, C. J., and Rahim, M. A. (2021). Present vs. future losses from a 100-year flood: A case study of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Frontiers in Water, 3, Art. No. 763358. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2021.763358
26. Al Assi, A.*, Sadek, H., Massarra, C. C., Sadeq, M., and Friedland, C. J. (2021). Development of an analysis tool for deterministic and probabilistic viscoelastic continuum damage approach. Construction and Building Materials, 306, Art. No. 124853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124853
27. Mostafiz, R. B.*, Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., Gall, M., Bushra, N., and Gilliland, J. (2020). Census-block-level property risk estimation due to extreme cold temperature, hail, lightning, and tornadoes in Louisiana, U.S.A. Frontiers Earth Science, 8, Art. No. 601624. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.601624
28. Massarra, C. C.*, Friedland, C. J., Marx, B. D., and Dietrich, J. C. (2020). Multihazard hurricane fragility model for wood structure homes considering hazard parameters and building attributes interaction. Frontiers in Built Environment, 6, Art. No. 147. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2020.00147
29. Taghinezhad, A.*, Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., and Marx, B. D. (2020). An imputation of first-floor elevation data for the avoided loss analysis of flood-mitigated single-family homes in Louisiana, United States. Frontiers in Built Environment, 6, Art. No. 138. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2020.00138
30. Taghinezhad, A.*, Friedland, C. J., and Rohli, R. V. (2020). Benefit-cost analysis of flood-mitigated residential buildings in Louisiana. Housing and Society, 48(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1796120
31. Orooji, F.*, and Friedland, C. J. (2020). Average annual wind loss libraries to support resilient housing and community decision making. Housing and Society, 48(2), 155-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1796108
32. Massarra, C. C.*, Friedland, C. J., Marx, B. D., and Dietrich, J. C. (2020). Binary building attribute imputation, evaluation, and comparison approaches for hurricane damage data sets. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 34(3), Art. No. 04020036, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001433
33. Harris, J. B.*, Joyner, T. A., Rohli, R. V., Friedland, C. J., and Tollefson, W. C. (2020). It’s all downhill from here: A forecast of subsidence rates in the lower Mississippi River industrial corridor. Applied Geography, 114, Art. No. 102123, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.102123
34. Ghannad, P., Lee, Y.-C.*, Friedland, C. J., Choi, J. O., and Yang, E. (2020). Multiobjective optimization of postdisaster reconstruction processes for ensuring long-term socioeconomic benefits. Journal of Management in Engineering, 36(4). Art. No. 04020038, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000799
35. Gall, M.*, and Friedland, C. J. (2020). If mitigation saves $6 per every $1 spent, then why are we not investing more? A Louisiana perspective on a national issue. Natural Hazards Review, 21(1), Art. No. 04019013, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000342
36. Matthews, E. C.*, Friedland, C. J., and Orooji, F. (2019). Corrigendum to integrated environmental sustainability and resilience assessment model for coastal flood hazards. Journal of Building Engineering, 21, 478–479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.10.001
37. Massarra, C. C., Friedland, C. J.*, Marx, B., and Dietrich, J. C. (2019). Predictive multi-hazard hurricane data-based fragility model for residential homes, Journal of Coastal Engineering, 151, 10–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.04.008
38. Ittmann, J.,* Okeil, A., and Friedland, C. J. (2018). The standard of care for the practicing structural engineer. Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000265
39. Orooji, F., and Friedland, C. J.* (2017). Cost-benefit framework to generate wind hazard mitigation recommendations for homeowners. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 23(4), Art. No. 04017019, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000269
40. Monko, R. J.*, Berryman, C. W., and Friedland, C. J. (2017). Critical factors for interorganizational collaboration and systemic change in BIM adoption. International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 6(4), 111–132. doi:10.5923/j.ijcem.20170604.01
41. Monko, R. J.,* Berryman, C. W., and Friedland, C. J. (2017). Investigation of factors and sub-factors influencing interorganizational building information modeling adoption, International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 6(4), 160–167. doi:10.5923/j.ijcem.20170604.04
42. Monko, R. J.*, Berryman, C. W., and Friedland, C. J. (2017). Interorganizational Building Information Modeling (IBIM) utilization assessment guide, International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 6(3), 78–86. doi: 10.5923/j.ijcem.20170603.02
43. English, E. C.*, Friedland, C. J., and Orooji, F. (2017). Combined flood and wind mitigation for hurricane damage prevention: Case for amphibious construction. Journal of Structural Engineering, 143(6), Art. No. 06017001, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001750
44. Matthews, E. C., Friedland, C. J.*, and Orooji, F. (2016). Integrated environmental sustainability and resilience assessment model for coastal flood hazards. Journal of Building Engineering, 8, 141–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2016.08.002
45. Friedland, C. J.*, Joyner, T. A., Massarra, C. C., Rohli, R., Treviño, A., Ghosh, S., Huyck, C., and Weatherhead, M. (2016). Isotropic and anisotropic kriging approaches for interpolating surface-level wind speeds across large, geographically diverse regions. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 8(2), 207–224. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2016.1185749
46. Ittmann, J., Friedland, C. J.*, and Okeil, A. (2016). Personal liability of the practicing engineer. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 8(3), Art. No. 04516002, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000125
47. Matthews, E., Friedland, C. J.*, and Orooji, F. (2016). Optimization of sustainability and flood hazard resilience for home designs. Procedia Engineering, 145, 525–531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.040
48. Reed, D. A.*, Friedland, C. J., Wang, S., and Massarra, C. C. (2016). Multi-hazard system-level logit fragility functions. Engineering Structures, 122, 14–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.05.006
49. Joyner, T. A., Friedland, C. J.*, Rohli, R. V., Treviño, A. M., Massarra, C. C., and Paulus, G. (2015). Cross-correlation modeling of European windstorms: A cokriging approach for optimizing surface wind estimates. Spatial Statistics, 13, 62–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2015.05.003
50. Jiang, S., and Friedland, C. J.* (2015). Automatic urban debris zone extraction from post-hurricane very high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 7(3), 933–952. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2014.1003417
51. Adams, S. M., Levitan, M. L.*, and Friedland, C. J. (2014). High resolution imagery collection for post-disaster studies utilizing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 80(12), 1161–1168. https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.80.12.1161
52. Matthews, E. C., Sattler, M., and Friedland, C. J.* (2014). A critical analysis of hazard resilience measures within sustainability assessment frameworks. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 49, 59–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2014.05.003
53. Dunn, C. L., Friedland, C. J.*, and Levitan, M. L. (2013). Statistical representation of design parameters for hurricane risk reduction structures. Structural Safety, 45, 36–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2013.08.009
54. Ittmann, J., Friedland, C. J.*, and Okeil, A. (2013). Enforceability of limitation of liability clauses in engineering contracts. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 5(3), 128–135. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000125
55. Bohn, F., and Friedland, C. J.* (2013). Why the 100-year flood? Louisiana Civil Engineer, 21(3), 16–18.