Clay Naito is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Lehigh. His research interests include experimental and analytical evaluation of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures subjected to extreme events including earthquakes, tsunamis, and intentional blast demands, and forensic evaluation of buildings and bridges for assessment of remaining service life. He has written extensively on the performance of precast concrete to achieve proper seismic and blast-resistant designs. He has received a number of honors including the 2016 Charles Pankow Award, the 2015 PCI Distinguished Educator Award, the 2012 PCI George D. Nasser Award, 2009 and 2006 PCI Charles C. Zollman Award, and the 2008 PCI Young Educator Award.
Naito is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and California. He is a member of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Design Specification Committee and is a past member of PCI Technical Activities Committee and past chair of the PCI Blast Resistance and Structural Integrity Committee. He is currently a member of American Concrete Institute committees 550 and 533 and is a past member of 318 Subcommittee G and past associate member of the ASCE 7-16 Subcommittee on Tsunami Loads and Effects. Professor Naito is an associate editor of the ASCE Bridge Journal.
Dr. Naito is also an associated member of the ATLSS Research Center. He teaches courses in Prestressed Concrete, Behavior and Design of Blast Resistant Structures, and Civil Engineering Materials.