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Distinguished Professor Emeritus
University of Waterloo, Victoria, BC, Canada
EDUCATION
M.Sc., Technical University of Denmark, 1953 (Civil and Structural Engineering)
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1959 (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Fellow of: Royal Society of Canada, American Academy of Mechanics, Canadian Institute for Risk Assessment
Member of: Canadian Standards Association, International Association for Civil Engineering Reliability and Risk Analysis, International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability, International Association for Clean Technology, Institute for Risk Research
Foreign Member of: Danish Center for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT
1993-96 Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria
1992- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo
1962-91 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo
1982-88 Director, Institute for Risk Research, University of Waterloo
1988 and 1992 Honorary Visiting Professor, Department of Statistics, University of New South Wales
1987-88 and 1992-94 Profesor Visitante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
1985-87 Visiting Professor, The University of Michigan
1981 Investigador, Fundacion Javier Barros Sierra, Mexico D.F.
1979 Erskine Visiting Professor, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1977-78 Visiting Prof., Technical University of Denmark and Danish Engineering Academy
1975 Visiting Professor, Instituto de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional Autonomo de Mexico
1973-74 Gulbenkian Research Fellow, Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Lisbon
1969 Professeur visiteur, genie civil, Universite Laval
1968-69 Senior Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University
1964-65 Visitor, Dept. of Engineering and Churchill College, University of Cambridge
1963-64 Chairman, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo
1960-63 Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo
1959-60 Assistant Professor, Theor. and Appl. Mech., University of Illinois
1958-59 Research Associate, Theor. and Appl. Mech., University of Illinois
1957-58 Instructor, Theor. and Appl. Mech., University of Illinois
1956-57 Research Assistant, Theor. and Appl. Mech., University of Illinois
1956 Design Engineer, Fenco, Montreal
1955 Field Engineer, Drake-Merritt, Labrador
1954-55 Engineer I, Outside Plant, Bell Telephone Company, Montreal
1953-54 Design Engineer, Dominia Ltd., Copenhagen
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Consultant to: Atomic Energy Control Board, BChydro, Butler Mfg. Co., Centro de InvestigacioĢn Prospectiva FundacioĢn Javier Barros Sierra, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office, King Saud University, Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, MIT Press, National Research Council of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Northern Electric Co., Ontario Hydro, Pressure Vessel Research Committee of the (U.S.) Welding Research Council, (U.S.) Corps of Engineers, Westeel Rosco, and others.
COURSES TAUGHT
University of Illinois: Strength of Materials; Mechanical Behaviour of Materials; Photoelasticity; Theory of Elasticity; Continuum Mechanics.
University of Waterloo: Engineering Reliability and Risk Analysis; Mechanics of Deformable Solids; Advanced Strength of Materials; Theory of Structures; Statically Indeterminate Structures; Advanced Theory of Structures; Inelastic Behaviour of Ductile Members and Structures; Elementary Mechanics of Continua; Mathematical Methods in Applied Mechanics; Theory of Plates and Shells; Theories of Design; Energy Methods and Structural Stability; Reinforced Concrete Design; Approximate Analysis of Structures; Engineering Economics. Risk Management (Short Course); Reliability and Risk Analysis in Civil Engineering.
Laval University: Theorie d'instabilite et flambement des structures.
National Autonomous University of Mexico: Approximate Analysis of Structures
University of Canterbury, New Zealand: Reliability of Structures
Technical University of Denmark: Safety of Structures
Danish Academy of Engineering: Mathematical Methods of Optimization; Approximation in Structural Analysis
University of New South Wales: The Principles of Risk Analysis (Short Course)
LANGUAGES
French, German, Spanish and Scandinavian Languages
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Who's Who in America; Kraks Blaa Bog; Who's Who in Europe; Canadian Who's Who; Who's Who in Education; American Men and Women of Science; Who's Who in the East; Five Thousand Personalities of the World; Personalities of the Americas; European Biographical Directory.
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