1. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Notre Dame Univ., Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon.
2. Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA 19122 (corresponding author).
3. Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA 19122.