Education & Professional Experience

Education

  • Stanford University, Ph.D. (1974)
  • Stanford University, M.S. (1972)
  • ETP, Paris, France, B.S. (1971)

Professional Experience

  • 2003-present – Princeton University, Associated Faculty, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • 1994-present – Princeton University, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • 1989-present – Princeton University, Associated Faculty, Chair of Advisory Committee (1990-1994), Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics
  • 1989-present – Princeton University, Affiliated Faculty, Princeton Materials Institute
  • 1989-1994 – Princeton University, Professor and Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research
  • 1986-1989 – Princeton University, Professor and Director, Structures and Mechanics Program
  • 1982-1986 – Princeton University, Associate Professor
  • 1978-1982 – Princeton University, Assistant Professor
  • 1976-1978 – California Institute of Technology, CA, Research Fellow and Lecturer
  • 1974-1976 – Norwegain Geotechnical Institute, Norway, Research Fellow

Other Experience

Visiting Professor Appointments:

  • Ecole Polytechnique, Solid Mechanics Laboratory, Paris, France, (Oct. 2004 – Feb. 2005)
  • Institute for Mechanics and Materials, UCSD, CA (1995)
  • Stanford University, Stanford, CA (1994 – 1995)
  • Ecole Polytechnique, Solid Mechanics Laboratory, Paris, France, (Sept. 1984 – Feb. 1985)
  • Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne, Switzerland (Summer 1984)
  • The University Institute for Advanced Studies (IUSS), European School of Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE School), Pavia, Italy, (2005-present)

Short Courses Taught:

  • Modern Techniques in Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering: Princeton, NJ, October 1980, Lecturer.
  • Seismic Analysis in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering: (with A.M. Abdel-Ghaffar), Lausanne, Switzerland, June 1985, Lecturer.
  • Nonlinear Soil Mechanics/Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction: (with J.P. Wolf), Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1987, Lecturer.

Committee Memberships:

  • Material Properties Committee (ASCE, EMD) (formerly)
  • Publication Committee (ASCE, GED)
  • Computer and Numerical Methods Committee (ASCE, GED)
  • Computational Mechanics Committee (ASCE, EMD)
  • Dynamics Committee (ASCE, EMD)
  • Inelastic Behavior Committee (ASCE, EMD)

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