Usman Ilyas is currently working as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department of University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore. He has done his B.Sc. Civil Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore in year 2012. He has completed his Masters in Civil Engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Year 2014. His Master’s Thesis was focused on Progressive Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Structure under column damage consideration. He possesses 8 years of teaching experience and has published his scientific works in both national and international journals.