Dan M. Frangopol

Dan M. Frangopol received his Diploma in Engineering from the Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, in 1969. He received his doctorate of Applied Sciences from the University of Liège, Belgium, in 1976. His doctoral thesis, entitled Probabilistic Study of Structural Safety, was supervised by Charles E. Massonnet and J. Ferry-Borges.

After receiving his diploma, from 1969 to 1974 Frangopol held a position as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering 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 inaugural 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).[1] Dr. Frangopol is an experienced researcher and consultant to industry and government agencies, both nationally and abroad. His work has been funded by NSF, FHWA, ONR, NASA, USACE, AFOSR, ARDEC, ASCE, and by numerous other agencies including the U.K. Highway Agency and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. He has left an indelible legacy of work, having authored or co-authored 3 books, 50 book chapters, over 400 articles in archival journals (including 11 prize winning papers from ASCE, IABSE, and Elsevier), and more than 600 papers in conference proceedings. As of June 2020, his h-index is 80, i10-index is 406, and the total number of citations is over 26,000 (Google Scholar). He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal.[2] He is also the Founding Editor of the Book Series Structures and Infrastructures. He is a pioneer in the field of life-cycle civil and marine engineering and is widely recognized as the leading educator and creator in this field[3]

According to ASCE (2010) "Dan M. Frangopol is a preeminent authority in bridge safety and maintenance management, structural systems reliability, and life-cycle engineering. His contributions have defined much of the practice around design specifications, management methods, and optimization approaches. From the maintenance of deteriorated structures and the development of system redundancy factors to assessing the performance of long-span structures, Dr. Frangopol's research has not only saved time and money, but very likely also saved lives."

Frangopol is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers,[4] a Member of the National Academy of Construction of the United States,[5], a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea, Foreign Member of the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy, and an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences.[6][7] He has received four Honorary Doctorates (from Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano), Italy; University of Liège, Belgium; Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania; Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania) and several prestigious national and international awards, including the Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal (ASCE), the George W. Housner Structural Control and Monitoring Medal (ASCE), the Lifetime Achievement Award in Education (OPAL) Award (ASCE), the Nathan M. Newmark Medal (ASCE), the T.Y. Lin Medal (T.Y. Lin International), the J. James R. Croes Medal (twice, ASCE), the Alfredo Ang Award (ASCE), the Fazlur R. Khan Life-Cycle Civil Engineering Medal (IALCCE), the OPA Award (IABSE), the Alfred Noble Prize (ASCE), the Raymond C. Reese Research Prize (ASCE), the Arthur M. Wellington Prize (ASCE), the Ernest E. Howard Award (ASCE), the State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award (three times, ASCE), the Moisseiff Award (ASCE), the Munro Prize (Elsevier), 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), and Founding Vice-President of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII). He is an Honorary Professor at 14 universities and an inaugural Fellow of SEI and EMI, Fellow of ACI, IABSE, ISHMII and JSPS, Honorary President of the IABMAS Groups of Brazil, Chile, Italy, Korea, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and USA, Honorary President of the IALCCE Group of the Netherlands, and Honorary Member of IABMAS Groups of Australia, China, Japan and Portugal. He is the Past Chair of the Technical Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE, Past Vice-President of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR), Past Chair of the Executive Board of IASSAR, and Past Vice-President of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) of ASCE. His honors include:

• NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES, Member, Elected in 2020
• Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2020
• Raymond C. Reese Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2020
• Honorary President, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - USA Group, 2020
• Honorary President, International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering - Dutch Group, 2020
• Excellence in Research Scholarship and Leadership Award, Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, Lehigh University, 2020
• George W. Housner Structural Control and Monitoring Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019
• State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019
• Hillman Faculty Award, Lehigh University, 2019
• Honorary Professor, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China, 2019
• Honorary President, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - Sri Lanka Group, 2019
• Honorary President, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - Korea Group, 2018
• Honorary President, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - Turkey Group, 2018
• Honorary Professor, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, China, 2018
• ROMANIAN ACADEMY, Honorary Member, Section: Engineering Sciences, Elected in 2017
• Civil Engineer of the Year 2016, American Society of Civil Engineers - Lehigh Valley Section, 2017
• Honorary President, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - Chile Group, 2017
• ROYAL ACADEMY OF BELGIUM FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS, Foreign Member, Section: Technical Sciences, Elected in 2016
• OPAL (Outstanding Projects and Leaders) Lifetime Achievement Award for Education, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016[3]
• Alfredo Ang Award on Risk Analysis and Management of Civil Infrastructure, 2016 (Inaugural Award), American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016
• JSPS Fellowship Award for Research in Japan (short-term), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2016
• Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate, Laurea ad Honorem), Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano), Milan, Italy, 2016
• Hillmann Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising, Lehigh University, 2016
• Honorary Professor, Hunan University, Changsha, China, 2016
• ACADEMIA EUROPAEA (Academy of Europe, London), Foreign Member, Section: Physics and Engineering Sciences. Elected in 2015
• Alfred Noble Prize, for the exceptional merit of a paper published across all technical publications of five major engineering societies in the United States, including ASCE, AIME, ASME, IEEE, and WSE, 2015[8]
• Honorary Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, 2015
• Honorary Professor, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, China, 2015
• Honorary Professor, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, China, 2015
• Honorary Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Melbourne, Australia, 2015
• Honorary Member, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - Japan Group, 2015[9]
• Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of distinguished service to Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) as the Vice President (2014-2015) and Member of the Board of Governors (2013-2015), American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015
• Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania, 2014
• J. James R. Croes Medal, one of the most prestigious awards given by the American Society of Civil Engineers for a paper published in one of its 34 journals, 2014[10]
• Honorary Professor, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, 2014
• Honorary Member, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - Australia Group, 2014[11]
• Honorary President, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - Brazil Group, 2013[12]
• Honorary President, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - Italy Group, 2013[13]
• Eleanor and Joseph F. Libsch Research Award, Lehigh University, 2013
• Inaugural Fellow, Engineering Mechanics Institute, ASCE, 2013
• Honorary Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, 2013
• Vice-President of the International Association for the Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR), 2013-2017
• Arthur M. Wellington Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012[14]
• Fazlur R. Khan Life-Cycle Civil Engineering Medal, International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, 2012[15]
• Inaugural Fellow, Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE, 2012
• Senior Prize, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety, 2012
• Honorary Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, 2012
• Honorary Professor, Chang'an University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 2012
• Honorary Member, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety - China Group, 2012
• Honorary Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2011
• Honorary Professor, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2011
• Distinguished Member (formerly called Honorary Member) of American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010[4]
• Honorary Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2009- [1]
• ISHMII Fellowship Award, International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, 2009
• Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), University of Liège, Belgium, 2008
• IALCCE Senior Award, International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, 2008
• RAE Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Award, The Royal Academy of Engineering, for Research at the University of Surrey, 2008
• Munro Prize, Elsevier - Engineering Structures, for the best paper of the year published in 2006 in Engineering Structures, 2007
• IABSE OPA 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), 2007[16]
• Ernest E. Howard Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007
• T. Y. Lin Medal, T.Y. Lin International and International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety, 2006
• Honorary Member, Portuguese Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety, 2006
• IFIP Award, International Federation for Information Processing, Working Group on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, 2006
• Nathan M. Newmark Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005
• State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005
• Kajima Research Award, Kajima Corporation, 2004
• Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work Award, Boulder Faculty Assembly, University of Colorado, 2004
• Moisseiff Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003
• JSPS Fellowship Award for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2003
• Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania, 2001
• IASSAR Senior Research Prize in the area of System Reliability and Optimization, International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability, 2001[17]
• J. James R. Croes Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001
• Distinguished Service Appreciation as Chair of the Technical Division Executive Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001
• ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES, Honorary Member, Elected 2000 [6]
• The Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado, 1999
• State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998
• Award of Appreciation, Federal Highway Administration, 1998
• Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, 1996 (First Winner of this Award)

• Official website
• 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)
• The Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture Series