Andrzej S. Nowak
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| Andrzej S. Nowak | |
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| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Politechnika Warszawska, Warsaw, Poland |
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Andrzej S. Nowak is an civil engineer and thee Elton and Lois G. Huff Eminent Scholar Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Auburn University.[1]
He was an interim chairperson in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2009 to 2011. Also, he was a professor at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (1979–2004).
He is an author and co-author of more than 25 books and monographs, about 150 academic articles, and 300 published papers delivered at specialist science conferences. So far he has been a dissertation supervisor of more than 40 doctorate theses. He had a major contribution to structural reliability and load and resistance factor design philosophy.
He is a co-author of the textbook Reliability of Structures, and a pioneer in the field of structural reliability.
Biography[edit]
Education[edit]
Nowak received his PhD from the Politechnika Warszawska in Warsaw, Poland, in 1975. His principal research interests are analysis and design of structures, evaluation of existing structures, risk and reliability analysis of structures.
Career[edit]
He is a chairperson in civil and environmental engineering at Auburn University. He was serving as Robert W. Brightfelt professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Nebraska (Civil Engineering) from 2005 to 2013, while he was an interim chair from 2009 to 2011. Also, he is an emeritus professor of University of Michigan, where he served there for more than 25 years from 1979 to 2004.
He is an author and co-author of more than 20 books and monographs, more than 100 academic articles, and 250 published papers delivered at specialist science conferences. So far he has been a dissertation supervisor of more than 30 doctorate theses. His major is reliability theory and its application in civil engineering.
Honors[edit]
- Doctoris Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctoral Degree), Warsaw University of Technology, 2017
- Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1996
- Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), 1996
- Fellow of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2003
- Elton & Lois G. Huff Eminent Scholar Chair, Auburn University, 2013
- Robert W. Brightfelt Professorship of Engineering, University of Nebraska, 2005
- Officer's Order of Polonia Restituta, by President of Poland, 2014
- National Professorship by President of Poland, 2007
- Emeritus Professor, University of Michigan 2005
- Honorary Professor of Politechnika Warszawska, Warsaw, Poland, 1996
- Honorary Professor of Politechnika Krakowska, Krakow, Poland, 2002
- Honorary Member of Polonia Technica, New York 2005
- Honorary Member of IFIP WG 7.5, 2006
- Stefan Kauffman Medal, Polish Society of Civil Engineers, 2017
- Beyer Distinguished Lecturer, University of Houston, 2012
- Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, Casimir Gzowski Medal for a paper on Calibration, 2009
- Gold Engineer Award, National Engineering Organization (NOT), Poland, 2016
- Commencement Speaker, Bydgoszcz University of Technology and Env., 2007
- Medal of the Bydgoszcz University of Technology and Env., 2007
- Bene Merentibus Medal, Politechnika Warszawska, Warsaw, Poland, 2005
- IFIP WG 7.5 Award, Osaka, Japan, 2002
- ASCE Moisseiff Award for the paper on Calibration of LRFD Bridge Code, 1997
- Emeritus Member, Transportation Research Board, 2014
- Medal of the Szczecin University of Technology, 2007
- Polish-American Engineers Association Award, 2003
- College of Engineering Service Award, University of Nebraska, 2009
- Excellence in Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 1990
- Excellence in Service Award, Department of Civil and Env. Engineering, Univ. of Michigan, 1995
- Faculty Research Fellowship, Research Foundation of State University of New York, 1979
Books[edit]
- Nowak, A.S. and Collins, K.R., "Reliability of Structures", 2nd Edition, CRC Press, New York, 2013.
- Nowak, A.S. and Collins, K.R., "Reliability of Structures", McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000.
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