{"id":118,"date":"2020-11-11T09:12:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T14:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/civil-environmental\/?post_type=person&#038;p=118"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:12:56","slug":"john-ryan","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/civil-environmental\/faculty-staff\/john-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. John Ryan, PE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joined the Citadel Faculty: January 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bio\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ryan is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at The Citadel and a Professional Engineer with 22 years of building and foundation design experience. Dr. Ryan is currently a voting member of the PCI Prestress Concrete Pile Committee and the PCI Pile Manufacturers Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is committed to sharing the purpose of engineering through interaction with national and local high school initiatives, such as Project Lead the Way, and ACE Mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He remains connected to the practicing engineering and construction industries by providing limited design and consulting services through Ryan Structural Engineers, LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degrees\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S. Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.S. 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