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Professor Michel Bruneau

Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering
University at Buffalo, Amherst, New York (SUNY Buffalo)

Education:
 B. Sc. Civil Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, 1983
 M.S. Structural Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1984
 Ph.D. Structural Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1987 (With specialization in Earthquake Resistant Design).

Research Interests, Behavior of Structural Systems, with particular emphasis on:
Earthquake Resistant Design and Dynamic Response of Structures
Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Steel Bridges
Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Steel Buildings
Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
Ultimate Behavior of Steel, Metal and Advanced Composite Structures
Behavior of Guyed-Towers, Cable Structures, Long-Span and Tall Structures.

Awards:
 2017 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
 2005 J. James Croes Medal of the ASCE (awarded to authors of the paper, among all journals published by ASCE, that is judged worthy of special commendation for its merit as a contribution to engineering science).
 Top 100 Grantees/Principal Investigators Award/Recognition, University at Buffalo, 2002-now.
 Honorable Mention (2nd place) for Gzowski Medal, for best paper in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering in 1996.
 Pratley Award for best paper in bridge engineering in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering in 1996.
 Nominated by University of Ottawa for 1997 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) E.W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship.
 First recipient of University of Ottawa Young Researcher Award, 1996, awarded to best young researcher at the University of Ottawa.
 1996 George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research, awarded to best researcher of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering.
 Young Researcher Award 1996, awarded (for first time in 1996) to best young researcher at the University of Ottawa.
 Gzowski Medal, for best paper in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering in 1994.

Selected Publications (for more see the link, Prof. Michel: Bruneau):
Books:
Bruneau, M., Uang, C.M., Sabelli, R., “Ductile Design of Steel Structures – 2nd Edition”, McGraw Hill, New York, NY, 2011, 921 pages

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