Dr.-Ing. habil. degree, 1980, University of Stuttgart, Germany (Prof. John H. Argyris).
Habilitation: Finite Element Discretization of Quasistatic Problems in Space and Time (in german).
Ph.D. degree, 1969, University of California Berkeley, California (Prof. Alex S. Scordelis).
Dissertation: Finite Element Analysis of Cellular Structures. M.S. degree, 1966, California State University San Jose, California (Prof. William Lorell).
M.S. Thesis: An Experimental Study of Combined Torsion and Bending in Reinforced Concrete Beams.
Dipl.-Ing. degree, 1964, Technical University Vienna, Austria.
Honors and Distinctions
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE Class of 2004).
Nathan M. Newmark Medal Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, 2003.
Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, F. ASCE, 2001.
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, F. ASME, 1999.
AvH Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Bonn, Germany, 1998.
Professional Affiliations
National Academy of Engineering, NAE
American Society of Civil Engineering, ASCE
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME
American Concrete Institute, ACI
Gesellschaft f¨ur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, GAMM
American Academy of Mechanics, AAM
US Association of Computational Mechanics, USACM
Intl. Association for Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Materials and Structures, IAFraMCoS
Interests
Computational Failure Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Interface Modeling.
Mechanics of Materials, Plasticity, Elastic Damage, Poromechanics, Thermohydromechanics.
Localization Analysis of Cohesive-Frictional Materials, Thermal Degradation of Concrete Materials, Seismic Response of Masonry Infill Walls.
