Yazdan (Yaz) T. Emrani, P.E., is Sr. Vice President / Principal at Hall & Foreman, a division of David Evans and Associates, Inc. where he is responsible for expanding the firm’s public works, GIS, and infrastructure management services.
Mr. Emrani’s 27-year engineering career includes planning, design, and construction management of infrastructure improvements around the country. In addition to his technical work, he is dedicated to furthering the cause of infrastructure awareness, funding, and renewal, and serves as a volunteer for several professional organizations.
He served as 2013-2014 President for the ASCE Los Angeles Section. In that role, he led the Section’s leadership team as they developed and implemented programs and services that benefit the professional development of the members.
At ASCE Orange County Branch, he helped launch the first ever comprehensive infrastructure report card for Orange County in 2002 and served as its Chair. He was the Co-Chair of the 2005 update of the Orange County Infrastructure Report Card. In 2006-2007, he was elected the ASCE Orange County Branch’s President. During that time, Mr. Emrani was named the Co-Chair for developing a first ever California Infrastructure Report Card (CAIRC), by ASCE Region 9 Board of Governors, for which he received APWA Southern California Chapter’s President’s Award. ASCE Region 9 also recognized his contributions by awarding him the “Outstanding Section/Branch Officer Award”. In 2011, he was tapped to resume his duties as the Co-Chair to lead the 2006 CAIRC update. This effort resulted in the 2012 CAIRC unveiled in February 2012. Mr. Emrani is Chair of ASCE Region 9’s Infrastructure Policy Committee and currently, he is leading the 2016 effort for updating of the Orange County Infrastructure Report Card.
Mr. Emrani has also been active with other professional organizations such as Water Environment Federation and its local chapter, California Water Environment Association.
He mentors the next generation of civil engineers as a member of University of California Irvine’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Affiliates, has taught a senior level class for civil engineering students at UCI, and has been an adjunct professor at UC Irvine Extension.
Mr. Emrani holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Syracuse University and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from University of Maryland at College Park. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, and Louisiana.
Mr. Emrani is involved in his local community, having volunteered with his local PTA as well as being an AYSO soccer referee. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family as well as biking, and playing tennis. Mr. Emrani and his wife, Bahar, along with their two children are long-time residents of Aliso Viejo. |