Vistasp Karbhari

Vistasp Karbhari
Fields	Civil engineering
Institutions	University of California, San Diego University of Alabama in Huntsville University of Texas at Arlington
Alma mater	Pune University University of Delaware

Vistasp Karbhari is an Indian-American Parsi civil engineer and the eighth president of the University of Texas at Arlington. He was a former provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is renowned for his research in composite materials and structural engineering.

He earned his Bachelor of Engineering (in Civil Engineering, 1984) and Master of Engineering (1985) degrees from the University of Pune in India, and PhD (1991) from the University of Delaware. Before moving to Alabama in 2008, he was a professor of structural engineering and of materials science at the University of California, San Diego. He is an author or co-author of 200 refereed archival papers in different scientific journals.