Dr. Eduardo M. Sosa is currently a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, USA. His research interests include applied research on rapidly deployable structures for protection of underground civil infrastructure against natural disasters or man-made threats. He has been Project Coordinator, Co-Principal Investigator, and Principal Investigator of the Resilient Tunnel Plug (RTP) project sponsored by the US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (DHS S&T) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Dr. Sosa’s current research work includes the development and implementation of rapidly deployable membrane structures for the protection of transportation infrastructure. His expertise includes structural design and FE simulations, material selection and testing, and experimental evaluation of prototypes at multiple scales and transition from experimental prototypes to field implementation. Dr. Sosa also conducts research on the stability of thin-walled structures with current emphasis on oil storage tanks subjected to extreme loads and resilience of critical civil infrastructure.