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Dan M. Frangopol

CEAE site faculty bio image: Dan M. Frangopol Title: Professor Emeritus
Group: Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics
Office: 117 ATLSS Drive, Imbt Labs, Lehigh University
Phone: 610-758-6103
E-mail: dan.frangopol@colorado.edu
Education
    • Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), University of Liége, Belgium, 2008

    • Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 2001
    • -Doctor of Applied Sciences, University of Liége, Belgium, 1976
    • -Dipl. -Ing., Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 1969

Website: http://spot.colorado.edu/~frangopo http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/
Honors and Distinction:
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), University of Liége, Belgium, 2008
  • Visiting Chair Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, January 2008-
  • Advisory Board Member of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Program, 2008-
  • Founder and Chair of the ASCE-SEI Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structural Systems (Approved by ASCE-SEI on November 7, 2008), 2008-
  • Initiator and Organizer of the Fazlur Rahman Khan Lecture Series at Lehigh University, 2007-
  • Panel Member for the Expert/Peer Review of the Bridge Management Information System (BMIS) at the Turner-Fairbank Research Center (TFHRC), Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA, June 2007
  • Member of Electoral Board of the Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus, 2006-
  • External Expert for the Habilitation Commitee for the Venia Docendi at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Science, Vienna, Austria, 2006
  • First Holder of the Fazlur Rahman Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture at Lehigh University, Appointed 2006
  • Founding President and Executive Board Chair, International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE, 2006-
  • Honorary Member, International Federation for Information Processing, Working Group on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, 2006-
  • Honorary Member, Portuguese Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety, 2006-
  • Chair, Executive Board of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability, IASSAR , 2006-
  • Coordinator, Working Group on Bridge Life-Cycle, Cost/Benefit, and Value, Federal Highway Administration, 2005
  • Vice-President, Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Council and Co-Founder of the International Society for Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructures, ISHMII, Elected 2004-
  • Honorary Technical Advisor, Korea Infrastructure Safety and Technology Corporation, KISTEC , Seoul, Korea, Appointed 2003-
  • Chair, WG 7.5 on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems , International Federation for Information Processing , 2004-2007
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 2001
  • Director and Co-Founder, Consortium on Advanced Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Civil Environments, COALESCE , University of Colorado, 2001-2006
  • Honorary Member, Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, Elected 2000
  • Chair, IABSE Working Commission 1 on Structural Performance, Safety and Analysis, Elected 2005-, and Member, IABSE Technical Committee, 2005-
  • Board Member, Joint Committee on Structural Safety, JCSS, IABSE representative, Elected 2001-
  • Chair, Awards Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute , Technical Activities Division, American Society of Civil Engineers , 2004
  • Chair, Executive Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute , Technical Activities Division, American Society of Civil Engineers , 1999-2000
  • Founding President and Executive Committee Chair, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety , IABMAS , 1999-
  • Chair, International Advisory Board of the Research Unit on Life-Cycle Science and Engineering, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, 2004-2007
  • Fellow, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, 2006-
  • Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2003-
  • Fellow, American Concrete Institute, Elected 1997-
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, Elected 1993-
  • Visiting Professor/Scholar at Universities in Austria, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Switzerland
  • Senior Scientist Fellowship, Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Trondheim, Norway,1991-92
  • External Member, Main Advisor, and/or President of PhD Thesis Committees at Universities in Australia (University of Newcastle, 1993), Austria (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, 2008), Canada (University of Waterloo, 1993, and twice in 2007), Denmark (University of Aalborg, 2001), England (University of Surrey, 2005), France (University of Paris-East ald LCPC, 2008), India (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 2006), Italy (University of Pavia, 2009), the Netherlands (Delft University of Technology, 2007), Portugal (University of Minho, 2005), Spain (Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, 1996), Sweden (Lulea University of Technology, 1998), Switzerland (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, 1991, 2001), and the United States (University of California, Los Angeles, 1991)
Professional Affiliations:
  • American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (1983- ); Chair (1999-2000) and Vice-Chair (1998-99) of Executive Committee, Technical Activities Division, Structural Engineering Institute ; Chair of Three Technical Committees: Safety of Buildings (1990-94), Safety of Bridges (1995-97), and Optimal Structural Design (1994-98); Chair (2004) of Awards Committee, Technical Activities Division, Structural Engineering Institure; Chair of the Technical Administrative Committe on Structural Safety and Reliability (2006- ); Founder and Chair of the ASCE-SEI Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structural Systems - Approved by ASCE-SEI on November 7, 2008 (2008- ); Control Group Member of the Technical Commitee on Probabilitstic Methods, Engineering Mechanics Division (2006-2007)
  • American Concrete Institute, ACI (1983- )
  • Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering, CUREE (2003-2005)
  • Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, CTBUH (2007- )
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, EERI (1987- )
  • International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety, IABMAS , President and Chair of Executive Committee (1999- )
  • International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, IABSE; Chair of IABSE Working Commission 1 on Structural Performance, Safety and Analysis, Elected (2005- ) ; Member of IABSE Technical Committee, Elected (2005- )
  • International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE, President and Chair of Executive Board (2006- )
  • International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability, IASSAR, Chair of Executive Board (2006- ); Committee on Stochastic Methods in Structural Engineering, CSMSE; Vice-Chair of IASSAR-CSMSE SC3 on System Reliability and Optimization (2001- )
  • International Federation for Structural Concrete, fib; Corresponding Member of Commission 2 on Safety and Performance Concepts (2006- )
  • International Society for Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructures, ISHMII, Vice-President (2004- )
  • International Society for Information Processing, IFIP , WG 7.5 on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Chair (2003-2007)
  • International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, ISSMO
  • Joint Committee on Structural Safety, JCSS ; Board Member and Representative of IABSE on the JCSS Board (2001- ); Member of Working Party 1 on Structural Reliability
  • Transportation Research Board, TRB ; Chair (1999-2007) of TRB AFF20(1) Methods of Analyzing Steel Bridges
Interests:
  • Safety, Reliability and Risk in Civil Engineering
  • Optimal Design, Maintenance, Monitoring and Management of Civil
  • Infrastructure Systems
  • Bridge Engineering and Management Based on Life-Cycle Cost
  • Structural Health Monitoring under Uncertainty
  • Damage Assessment and Safety Evaluation of Existing Structures
  • Life-Cycle Performance-Based Reliability Assessment of Buildings and
  • Bridges
  • Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Buildings and Bridges
  • Deterioration Modeling of Materials and Structures
  • Health Monitoring of High Temperature Systems
  • Life-Cycle Reliability-Based Analysis and Optimization of Micro-Systems
  • Natural Hazard Mitigation
  • Earthquake Engineering




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