Zaher A. Jarrar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, Riyadh I Al-Raoush, Qatar University, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Doha, Qatar, Khalid A. Alshibli, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States and Jongwon Jung, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of (South)