INSTRUCTOR PROFILE.

Rima is a senior university lecturer at the Hillier College of Architecture & Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and a part-time instructor in the graduate program at the NJIT Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. She is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and practices as a civil/structural engineer with her own consulting firm “Taher Engineering LLC.” Dr. Taher has a bachelor of civil engineering from INSA de Lyon, Lyon, France. She has a master’s degree and a doctorate in civil engineering/building technology from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France.

Dr. Taher is the author of a book entitled “Building Design for Wind Forces” published by McGraw Hill Education in 2019. She participated in some building technology research in the field of building design for high winds and hurricanes and has several published articles in this field. Dr. Taher authored and co-authored several books in structural technology, including some review books for the Architect Registration Examination (ARE exam). She received a teaching excellence award from NJIT back in 1999 and was the recipient of the 2021 Educator of the Year Award from the New Jersey Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Dr. Taher is currently President of the ASCE/SEI (Structural Engineering Institute) Chapter of North Jersey.