• BA, Physics, Connecticut College, 2015
• BA, Classical languages, Connecticut College, 2015
• MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2017
• Ph D, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2020

Journal Articles

Mohebollah Agah Nav, Rohola Rahnavard, A. Noorzad and Rebecca Napolitano, 2020, "Numerical evaluation of the behavior of ordinary and reinforced stone columns", Journal of Structures

Rohola Rahnavard, H. Craveiro and Rebecca Napolitano, 2020, "Static and dynamic stability analysis of a steel-rubber isolator with rubber cores", Journal of Structures

Rohola Rahnavard, Hesham Tuwair, Farhad Abbas Gandomkar and Rebecca Napolitano, 2020, "Investigating the effects of seismic isolators on steel asymmetric structures considering soil-structure interaction", Journal of Structures

Rohola Rahnavard, C. Rebelo, H. Craverio and Rebecca Napolitano, 2020, "Understanding the cyclic performance of composite steel-concrete connections on steel bridges"

Rohola Rahnavard, C Rebelo and Rebecca Napolitano, 2020, "Numerical investigation of the cyclic performance of reinforced concrete frames equipped with a combination of a rubber core and a U-shaped metallic damper", Engineering Structures

Rohola Rahnavard, C Rebelo, H Craverio and Rebecca Napolitano, 2020, "Numerical study on the cyclic performance of composite steel-concrete connection of the pipe pile to cap beam in steel bridges", Journal of Structures

Rebecca Napolitano and Branko Glisic, 2020, "Hybrid physics-based modeling and data-driven method for diagnostics of masonry structures", Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Isabella Douglas, Rebecca Napolitano, Maria Garlock and Branko Glisic, 2020, "Cuba’s National School of Ballet: Redefining a structural icon", Engineering Structures

•  2021 -  2022, "Enabling Energy-Efficient Building Envelopes: Artificial Intelligence for Nondestructive Evaluation," (Sponsor: IndustryXchange).

•   -  , "Combining Genetic algorithms (GA) and Shape Grammars (SG) with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)," (Sponsor: Stuckeman Center for Design Computing).

Service to Penn State:

Service to External Organizations:

• Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Co-Chairperson, CIPA HD Emerging Professionals, January 2018