Dan M. Frangopol
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Dan Mircea Frangopol is an American
civil engineer
and the first holder of the Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture at Lehigh University
, Bethlehem
, Pennsylvania
. He is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
and an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences. He has received two Honorary Doctorates and several awards, including the Nathan M. Newmark Medal, the T.Y. Lin Medal, the J. James R. Croes Medal, the Moisseiff Award, and the IASSAR Senior Research prize, to name a few. He is the founding president of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS)
and of the International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE). He has left an indelible legacy of work, having authored or co-authored more than 250 books, book chapters and refereed journal articles, and more than 500 papers in conference proceedings. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, a leading peer-reviewed journal. He is a pioneer in the field of Life-Cycle Civil Engineering.
, Bucharest
, Romania
, in 1969.
In 1976, he received his doctorate of Applied Sciences from the University of Liège
, Belgium
.
His doctoral thesis entitled "Probabilistic Study of Structural Safety" was supervised by Charles E. Massonnet and J. Ferry-Borges.
in Bucharest
. In 1974 he moved to Belgium, where he was a Research Structural Engineer (structural reliability, analysis and design of inelastic structures, structural optimization) at the Department of Mechanics of Materials and Structural Engineering, University of Liège
. In 1977 he went back to Romania to become an Associate Professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering
in Bucharest. From 1979 to 1983 he was a Project Engineer at A. Lipski Consulting Engineers in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1983 he joined the faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder
as Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, in 1988 he became Full Professor, and in 2006 an Emeritus Professor.
In 2006 he moved to Lehigh University
as Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the first holder of the Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture.
Since January 2008 he is a Visiting Chair Professor of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei
(Taiwan) and since September 2009 he is an Honorary Professor at Tongji University
in Shanghai
(China).
United States
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civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
and the first holder of the Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture at Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
, Bethlehem
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. He is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
and an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences. He has received two Honorary Doctorates and several awards, including the Nathan M. Newmark Medal, the T.Y. Lin Medal, the J. James R. Croes Medal, the Moisseiff Award, and the IASSAR Senior Research prize, to name a few. He is the founding president of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS)
International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety
The International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety is an international organization founded in 1999. Its declared mission is "to become the premier international organization for the advancement of the state-of-the-art in the fields of bridge maintenance, safety and management"...
and of the International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE). He has left an indelible legacy of work, having authored or co-authored more than 250 books, book chapters and refereed journal articles, and more than 500 papers in conference proceedings. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, a leading peer-reviewed journal. He is a pioneer in the field of Life-Cycle Civil Engineering.
Education
Dan M. Frangopol received his Diploma in Engineering from the Institute of Civil EngineeringTechnical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
The Universitatea Tehnică de Construcţii din Bucureşti is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1948. It was formerly known as "Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest"....
, Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, in 1969.
In 1976, he received his doctorate of Applied Sciences from the University of Liège
University of Liège
The University of Liège , in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French.-History:...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
.
His doctoral thesis entitled "Probabilistic Study of Structural Safety" was supervised by Charles E. Massonnet and J. Ferry-Borges.
Career
After receiving his diploma, from 1969 to 1974 Frangopol held a position as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Civil EngineeringTechnical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
The Universitatea Tehnică de Construcţii din Bucureşti is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1948. It was formerly known as "Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest"....
in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
. In 1974 he moved to Belgium, where he was a Research Structural Engineer (structural reliability, analysis and design of inelastic structures, structural optimization) at the Department of Mechanics of Materials and Structural Engineering, University of Liège
University of Liège
The University of Liège , in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French.-History:...
. In 1977 he went back to Romania to become an Associate Professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering
Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
The Universitatea Tehnică de Construcţii din Bucureşti is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1948. It was formerly known as "Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest"....
in Bucharest. From 1979 to 1983 he was a Project Engineer at A. Lipski Consulting Engineers in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1983 he joined the faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
as Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, in 1988 he became Full Professor, and in 2006 an Emeritus Professor.
In 2006 he moved to Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
as Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the first holder of the Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture.
Since January 2008 he is a Visiting Chair Professor of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
(Taiwan) and since September 2009 he is an Honorary Professor at Tongji University
Tongji University
Tongji University , colloquially known as Tongji , located in Shanghai, has more than 30,000 students and 8,000 staff members . It offers degree programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels...
in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
(China).
Honors and Awards
- Honorary Professor, Southeast UniversitySoutheast UniversitySoutheast University , colloquially Dongda is a public, coeducational research university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China....
, Nanjing, China, 2011- - Honorary Professor, Tianjin UniversityTianjin UniversityTianjin University is a national university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China. It is the first university in modern Chinese education history. It was part of Peiyang University in 1895...
, Tianjin, China, 2011- - Distinguished Member (formerly called Honorary Member) of American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, 2010 - Honorary Professor, Tongji UniversityTongji UniversityTongji University , colloquially known as Tongji , located in Shanghai, has more than 30,000 students and 8,000 staff members . It offers degree programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels...
, Shanghai, China, 2009- - ISHMII Fellowship Award, International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, 2009
- Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), University of LiègeUniversity of LiègeThe University of Liège , in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French.-History:...
, Belgium, 2008 - IALCCE Senior Award, International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, 2008
- RAE Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Award, The Royal Academy of EngineeringRoyal Academy of Engineering-Overview: is the UK’s national academy of engineering. The Academy brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering....
, for Research at the University of Surrey, 2008 - Munro Prize, Elsevier - Engineering StructuresElsevierElsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It is a part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....
, for the best paper of the year published in 2006 in Engineering Structures, 2007 - IABSE OPAC Award (Outstanding Paper Award), for the best paper among all papers published in 2006 in all issues of Structural Engineering International, the Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)International Association for Bridge and Structural EngineeringThe International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering is a non-profit organisation with mission to promote the exchange of knowledge and to advance the practice of structural engineering worldwide in the service of the profession and society, taking into consideration technical,...
, 2007 - Ernest E. Howard Award, American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, 2007 - T. Y. Lin Medal, T.Y. Lin International and International Association for Bridge Maintenance and SafetyInternational Association for Bridge Maintenance and SafetyThe International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety is an international organization founded in 1999. Its declared mission is "to become the premier international organization for the advancement of the state-of-the-art in the fields of bridge maintenance, safety and management"...
, 2006 - Honorary Member, Portuguese Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety, 2006-
- IFIP Award, International Federation for Information ProcessingInternational Federation for Information ProcessingThe International Federation for Information Processing is an umbrella organization for national societies working in the field of information technology. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organization with offices in Laxenburg, Austria...
, Working Group on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, 2006 - Nathan M. Newmark Medal, American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, 2005 - State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, 2005 - Kajima Research Award, Kajima Corporation, 2004
- Moisseiff Award, American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, 2003 - JSPS Fellowship Award for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceJapan Society for the Promotion of ScienceThe is an independent administrative institution in Japan, established for the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science in all fields of the natural and social sciences and the humanities.-History:...
, 2003 - Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Technical University of Civil Engineering of BucharestTechnical University of Civil Engineering of BucharestThe Universitatea Tehnică de Construcţii din Bucureşti is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1948. It was formerly known as "Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest"....
, Romania, 2001 - IASSAR Senior Research Prize in the area of System Reliability and Optimization, International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability, 2001
- J. James R. Croes Medal, American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, 2001 - Distinguished Service Appreciation as Chair of the Technical Division Executive Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute, American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, 2001 - Honorary Member, Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, Elected 2000
- State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, 1998 - Award of Appreciation, Federal Highway AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationThe Federal Highway Administration is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program...
, 1998 - Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, 1996 (First Winner of this Award)
External links
- Home Page
- International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS)
- International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE)
- Structure and Infrastructure Engineering - International Journal (Taylor and Francis)
- Structure and Infrastructure Engineering - Book Series (Taylor and Francis)