Professor Zdeněk P. Bažant, Ph.D., S.E.
McCormick Institute Professor and
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering and Material Science and Engineering
TECH 2145 Sheridan Rd #A135, +1 847 491 4025, z-bazant@northwestern.edu
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Member NAS, NAE, AAAS and 5 European academics7 honorary doctorates (TU Prague, TU Karlsruhe, UC Boulder, Milan Poly, INSA, TU Vienne, Ohio State)ASME Timoshenko, Nadai & Warner MedalsASCE von Karman, Newmark, Biot and Croes Medals; SES Prager Medal and others |
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| EDUCATION |
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C.E. ("Civil Engineer"), 1960, Civil Engineering Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech RepublicPh.D., 1963, Engineering Mechanics Czechoslovak Academy of Science, Prague, Czech RepublicPostgraduate Diploma, 1966, Theoretical Physics Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicDocent (habilitatis), 1967, Concrete Structures Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic |
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| REGISTRATION |
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Illinois Registered Structural Engineer (S.E.), since 1971 |
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| RESEARCH INTEREST |
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Mechanics of materials and structures and structural safety, with emphasis on the mechanics of fracture, damage and creep, size effects and scaling, probabilistic mechanics, nano-mechanics, and hygrothermal effects, and with applications to concrete, fiber composites, tough ceramics, rocks, soils, bone, snow and sea ice. |
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