She earned her Ph.D in 2013 from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, with a focus in Structural Engineering, at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her research expertise is assessing the level of reinforced concrete bridge deck deterioration using mechanical, electrochemical and electromagnetic techniques. She has completed numerous field, laboratory and computer modeling studies about this topic, in addition to publishing a number of papers. Her work currently focuses on creating tools, applications, and manuals for immediate and accurate bridge deck condition assessments that are user friendly to transportation agencies.