Ashraf Habibullah

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Ashraf Habibullah
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Nationality Pakistani American
Education University of California, Berkeley (M.S. 1970),
NED University of Engineering and Technology (B.S. 1969)
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
Discipline Structural Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Software
Practice name Computers and Structures, Inc.
(Founder, President, and CEO)
Significant advanceSAP2000
CSiBridge
ETABS
SAFE
PERFORM-3D
CSiCOL
Awards ATC-ENR Top Seismic Product of the 20th Century
SEAONC H. J. Brunnier Lifetime Achievement Award
ACI Charles S. Whitney Medal
SEAONC Community Involvement Award
ASCE George Winter Award
Contra Costa County Arts Recognition Award
San Francisco Business Arts Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to the Arts Community
University of California, Berkeley Civil and Environment Engineering - Academy of Distinguished Alumni
University of California, Berkeley Foundation Trustees' Citation Award [1]

Ashraf Habibullah is a Pakistani-American structural engineer [2] and software developer. He earned his M.S. (1970) in Civil (Structural) Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and B.S. (1969) in Civil Engineering from the University of Karachi, Pakistan. He is a licensed Civil Engineering and Structural Engineer in California. After earning his M.S., he worked at McClure and Messinger (1971-1973), and then Earthquake Engineering Systems (1974).

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Ashraf is the founder, president, and CEO of Computers and Structures, Inc., [3] a structural and earthquake engineering software company based in Berkeley, California. [4] Upon founding the privately held company in 1975, Ashraf co-created the first structural-engineering software available to the personal computer, [5] and has since created a suite of products, and developed their capabilities.

ETABS, a multi-story building analysis and design software, was originally conceived by Dr. Edward L. Wilson, a distinguished professor of structural engineering at University of California, Berkeley in the early 1970s, and was subsequently developed by Computers & Structures, Inc. ETABS received recognition as one of the Applied Technology Council and Engineering News-Record Top Seismic Products of the 20th Century. [5] [6] [7] CSI has a global reputation as a pioneer in the development of software for structural and earthquake engineering. CSI's software is used by thousands of engineering firms and is used by sophisticated design professionals in over 160 countries. [8]

Awards and citations

Arts and culture

Ashraf Habibullah, S.E. addressing guests at Computers and Structures, Inc.'s 40th Anniversary Party, San Francisco City Hall Rotunda Ashraf-hollywood-40.jpg
Ashraf Habibullah, S.E. addressing guests at Computers and Structures, Inc.'s 40th Anniversary Party, San Francisco City Hall Rotunda

Ashraf has a keen passion for the arts and social causes. He is co-founder of the critically acclaimed Diablo Ballet in 1993 [26] [27] and the founder of the Engineer’s Alliance for the Arts in 1997, [28] an organization that involves school children with technology, focusing on the artistic aspects of bridge engineering. He also received the 1998 Arts Recognition Award from the Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County [29] for Diablo Ballet and Ashraf received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) George Winter Award in 2005. [30] for "commitment to the social and artistic needs of the community", [31]

For his involvement with both Diablo Ballet and the Engineers' Alliance for the Arts, Ashraf received the San Francisco Business Arts Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to the Arts Community in 2004. [32]

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  3. ↑ Key Note Speaker Ashraf Habibullah, Biography (PDF). NEDAASC 2009 International Convention. Embassy Suites, Anaheim, California: NED Alumni Association of Southern California. July 18, 2009. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
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  25. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Ashraf addresses the 2019 CalPoly SLO Fall Commencement. YouTube .
  26. ↑ Jonas, Lauren (2011). "dancing through life". 86 Degrees Central County Living (5). Tricia Piquero: 74. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  27. ↑ Natalie O'Neill (2003). "Diablo Ballet". Danville Express. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
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  29. ↑ Maitland Zane (July 31, 1998). "County Applauds Arts Advocates". SF Gate article. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
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  31. ↑ "Winter Award, George". Award for achievement. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  32. ↑ Don Cushing (November 2004). "Structural Engineer to be honored by the San Francisco Business Arts Council" (PDF). Structural Engineers Association of Northern California News, Vol. LIX, No. 11. Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC). p. 5. Retrieved April 20, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
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