Where is Civil Engineering Research Headed?

David H. Sanders, IA, MS, PhD

Greenwood Department Chair and Professor 

Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering 

Iowa State University 

Friday, April 4 | 11 a.m. | 140 Ketter Hall

Abstract

It is an exciting time to be involved in civil engineering research. The presentation will present a series of snapshots on critical topics in civil engineering research and discuss what the next steps are.

Topics will include Artificial Intelligence, Clean Water Supply, Innovative Materials, Hazard Reduction and Sustainable Systems.

Bio

David Sanders.

David Sanders is the Greenwood Department Chair and Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University. He came to Iowa State University in 2018 after being a University Foundation Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno for 28 years. His teaching and research focus is the behavior and design of structures in structural concrete with emphasis in bridges and connections especially in seismic regions.

He received his BS with Distinction and Honor in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, IA in 1984, and his MS and PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX in 1986 and 1990, respectively. He received the following awards: Iowa State University Department Leadership Award, Outstanding Young Alumnus Award and a Professional Progress in Engineering Award, Distinguished Alumni of the University of Texas, Austin Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering Department, the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Joe W. Kelly Award and the ACI Henry L. Kennedy Award, and a member of the Mexican National Academy of Engineering. He is a Fellow in ACI, ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineering) and SEI (Structural Engineering Institute).

He has supervised 22 PhD and 37 MS as sole advisor or co-adviser. He has over 300 publications and has received research grants totaling approximately $8 million as a principal investigator and $7 million as a co-principal investigator.