Michael C. Constantinou
PhD
Samuel P. Capen Professor
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Research Topics
Seismic protective systems for buildings, bridges and the infrastructure
Honors and Awards
- 2026 Executive Editor, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
- 2026 Walter P. Moore, Jr. Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- 2025 Elected Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute
- 2023 Ranked 212 in the U.S. and 477 in the world in Engineering and Technology by an examination of over 160,000 scientists on Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Graph
- 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 2022 Diamond Award, New York Association of Consulting Engineers, "Seismic modernization of the new Ataturk International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey," with Andrew Whittaker and Thornton-Tomasetti
- 2020 Editor, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
- 2019 Elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- 2019 Honorary Doctorate, University of Patras, Greece
- 2015 Nathan M. Newmark Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- 2015 Moisseiff Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- 2005 C. Pankow Award for Innovation, Civil Engineering Research Foundation (for the design of the Torre Mayor Building, Mexico - on behalf of University at Buffalo)
- 2004 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity
- 2002 Grand Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (for the design of the Ataturk International Airport Terminal, Turkey)
- 1994 Design Award for Engineering, Technology and Innovation, General Services Administration (for the design of the US Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco)
- 1991 Best Paper Award, 4th World Congress on Joints and Bearings, American Concrete Institute (ACI)
- 1988 Presidential Young Investigator Award, President R. Reagan
