Samantha M Sabatino
Research and Development Associate Staff Member
Bio
Dr. Samantha Sabatino is currently a Research and Development Associate Staff Member and apart of the Nuclear Structures and Construction Group. She specializes in risk and reliability analysis, in addition to life-cycle analysis of structural and infrastructure systems. Samantha supports the development of advanced simulation methods for risk, reliability, and resilience assessment. She applies these methods to a wide range of systems, including nuclear structures and installations, power generation, instrumentation and control, critical infrastructure, and integrated energy systems to ensure safety and security.
Prior to working at ORNL, Samantha was an Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) within the Civil Engineering Department. As the Associate Director of the Center for Structural Engineering Research/Simulation and Pipeline Inspection at UTA, one main focus of her research efforts was the performance prediction of underground sanitary sewer pipelines for municipalities in Texas. In the classroom, Samantha taught several fundamental civil engineering courses (e.g., Statics and Structural Analysis) and an advanced, graduate-level class, Structural Reliability.
Samantha was born and raised in New Jersey and has a long history of enthusiasm for mathematics, science, and engineering. To this end, she earned two bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and civil engineering at Vanderbilt University in 2009, a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Mississippi in 2011, and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from Lehigh University in 2017.