Properties of Materials committee

Annalingam Anandarajah97/01

Civil Engrg. Dept.

The John Hopkins University

Baltimore, MA, 21218-2699

Ph:410-516 - 8682

Fax : 410- 516-7473

rajah@jhu.edu

Eduardo M. R. Fairbairn99/03

Fed. Univ. Rio de Janeiro / COPPE

CP 68506 - CEP 21945-940

Rio de Janeiro

Brasil

Ph:+55 - 21 2809545

Fax : +55 - 21 2906626

eduardo@coc.ufrj.br

http://www.coc.ufrj.br/~dudu

Research Interests:

probabilistic models for concrete and quasi-brittle materials, thermal analysis of gravity dams, modeling of alkali-silica reaction, creep of concrete: experimental and numerical modeling, inverse analysis with neural networks, concrete mix-design: scientific approach

Masoud Ghandehari00/04

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Six Metrotech Center

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Ph: 718-260-3441

Fx: 718-260-3433

masoud@ploy.edu

Walter H. Gerstle97/01

Dept. of Civil Engineering

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM, 87131

Gerstle@unm.edu

http://www.unm.edu/~gerstle/

Ph:505-277-3458

Fax : 505-277-1988

Ravindra Gettu97/01

Structural Tech. Lab., Edif. C1

Univ. Politecnica de Catalunia

E-08034 Barcelona, Spain

Ph:34 93 401 7354

Fax : 34 93 401 1036

ravindra.gettu@upc.es

www-ec.upc.es/gettu.html

Research Interests: Fiber reinforced concretes, High performance concretes, Fracture

mechanics, Concrete technology, Experimental techniques, Technology transfer.

Vellore S. Gopalaratnam97/01

University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia, MO, 65211-2200

Ph:573-882-2683

Fax : 573-882-4784

cvengop@showme.missouri.edu

Pierree-Yves Hicher00/04

Civil Engineering Laboratory of Nantes - Saint-Nazaire

Ecole Central de Nantes, BP 92101

44321 Nantes, Cedex 3

France

Ph: 33 0 2 40 37 16 66

Pierre-Yves.Hicher@ec-nantes.fr

www.ec-nantes.fr.

Research Interests: experimental behaviour and constitutive modelling of soils, rocks, granular and particulate media. Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling. Transport in porous media

R. Kim98/02

Dept. of Civil. Engnrg.

Campus box 7908

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC 27695-7908

Ph:919-515 7758

Fax : 919-515 7908

kim@eos.ncsu.edu

Joseph F. Labuz97/01

Dept. of Civil Engineering

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN, 55455

Ph:612-625-9060

Fax : 612-626-7750

Jlabuz@maroon.tc.umn.edu

http://www.ce.umn.edu/fns/labuz/

Research Interests: fracture and damage of geomaterials, experimental geomechanics, acoustic emission monitoring.

X. Lee98/02

Federal Aviation Administration

Airport Technology R&D Branch, AAR-410

Atlantic city international airport

NJ, 68405

Ph:609-485 6967

Fax : 609-485 4845

xlee@faatcrl.tc.faa.gov

Christopher K. Leung97/01

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Clearwater Bay

Kowloon

HONG-KONG

Ph:852-2358-8183

Fax : 852-2358-1534

ckleung@ ust.hk

Ning Lu99/03

Division of Enginnering

Colorado school of Mines

Golden, CO 80401

Ph:(303) 273 - 3654

Fax : (303) 273- 3602

ninglu@mines.edu

http://egweb.mines.edu/ninglu/Default.html

Research Interests: Mechanical and hydrologic properties of soils, chemical and physical behavior of expansive soils, and transports in unsaturated soils.

Emir J. Macari94/02

(Control Group)

Louisiana State Univ.

Civil and Env. Engrg.

3502 CEBA

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Ph:225- 388-8442

Fax : 225- 388 - 8652

emacari@lsu.edu

http://www.ce.lsu.edu/faculty/macari

Research Interests: computational and experimental geomechanics, mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils

Arup K. Maji 94/02

(Chairman, Control Group)

Dept. of Civil Engineering

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM, 87131

Ph:505-277-1757

Fax : 505-277-1988

amaji@unm.edu

http://www.unm.edu/~amaji/

Research Interests: Aerospace Composites, Nondestructive Testing, Smart Materials

Prof. Dr. Guenther Meschke00/04

Institute for Structural Mechanics

Ruhr-University Bochum

D-44780 Bochum, Germany

Tel:++49 234 32-29051

Fax: ++49 234 32-14149

mailto:guenther.meschke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

http://www.sd.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Research Interests: Theoretical and applied research in computational structural mechan-

ics with emphasis on material theories and durability analysis of structures. Development

of constitutive models for concrete, shotcrete, soils, _bre-reinforced materials, masonry,

wood. Models for environmentally induced deterioration of concrete. Development of _-

nite element procedures. Numerical investigations of reinforced concrete structures; three-dimensional analyses of tunnels.

Anil Misra97/01

Dept. of Civil Engineering

University of Missouri

Kansas City, MO, 64110

Ph:816-235-1285

Fax : 816-235-1260

misraa@umkc.edu

Tang-Tat (Percy) Ng99/03

Dept of Civil Engineering

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131

Ph:(505) 277-4844

Fax : (505) 277-1988

tang@unm.edu

http://geolab.unm.edu/ngres.html

Research Interests: Computational Geomechanics -- Discrete Element Method and Manifold Method, Soil Dynamics and Foundation Design

M. Oda98/02

Dept. of Civil and Env. Engnrg.

Urawa, Saitama 338

JAPAN

Ph:+81 48 858-3542

Fax : +81 48 858-3542

oda@dice.dr5w.raitama-u.ac.jp

Katerina Papoulia00/04

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Cornell University

363 Hollister Hall, Ithaca N.Y. 14853

tel.: +1 (607) 254-5441,fax: +1 (607) 255-9004

email: kp58@cornell.edu

http://www.cee.cornell.edu/faculty/papoulia.cfm

Research Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics, large viscoelastic 

deformations, modeling of quasibrittle materials, vibration isolation, durability and fatigue.

Vassilis Panoskaltsis94/02

Dept. of Civil Engineering

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH, 44106

Ph:216-368-2778

Fax : 216-368-5229

vpp@nestor.cwru.edu

Philip C. Perdikaris94/02

University of Thessaly

Pedion Areos

Volos, 38334

Greece

Ph:(+30) 421- 74151

Fax : (+30) 421 62660

filperd@civ.uth.gr

Stein Sture97/01

(Excom Contact, Control Group)

Dept. of Civil, Env. and Arch. Engnrg.

University of Colorado

Boulder, CO, 80309-0428

Ph:303-492-7651

Fax : 303-492-7317

sture@bechtel.colorado.edu

Kolluru Subramaniam00/04

Civil Engineering Department

City University of New York (CUNY)

Steinmann Hall

Convent Avenue at 138th street

New York, NY 10031

Franz-Josef Ulm97/01

(Vice Chair, Control group)

Dept. of Civil and Env. Engrg.

Massachussets Institute of Technology

77 Massachussets Ave, Room 1-280

Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Ph:(617) 253-3544

Fax : (617) 253-6044

ulm@mit.edu

http://cist.mit.edu

Jan G.M. Van Mier97/01

Faculty of Civil Engrg.

TU-Delft

2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

Ph:31-15 2782 868

Fax : 31-15 2785 895

jan@dutcb02.tudelft.nl

George Z. Voyiadjis00/04

Louisiana State Univ.

Civil and Env. Engrg.

Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Ph: (225) 388-8668
Fx: (225) 388-8662
cegzv1@lsu.edu

http://www.rsip.lsu.edu/csmlab

Yuping Xi97/01

(Control group)

Dept. of Civil, Env. and Arch. Engnrg.

University of Colorado

Boulder, CO, 80309-0428

Ph:303-492 8991

Fax : 303-492 7317

xiy@bechtel.colorado.edu

Jerry A. Yamamuro98/02

Assistant Professor

University of Delaware

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Newark, Delaware 19716

tel: (302) 831-6074

fax: (302) 831-3640

email: yamamuro@ce.udel.edu

http://www.ce.udel.edu/directory/

Research Interests: Experimental and theoretical mechanics of frictional materials 

and its application to engineering practice. Soil instability and liquefaction. Behavior of frozen soils. Experimental characterization and elasto-plastic constitutive modeling of alltypes of frictional materials.Non-destructive testing of fiber- reinforced concrete. Behavior and modeling the polymer extrusion process.