Thomas Hsu is a Moores Professor of Civil Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston. Professor Hsu has been the Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on various funded projects for over 30 years, and has received project funding amounting to over $3.5 million, including 14 grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $2.2 million. He established the University of Houston's widely recognized Structural Research Laboratory and has supported over thirty Ph.D., M.S.

, and post-doctoral students. His research work has formed the basis for the shear and torsion design provisions in the American Concrete Institute Building Code. His current research interests are in concrete, concrete structures, and structural mechanics. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and research, and has authored and edited 3 books on reinforced concrete.