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Dr. David Darwin

Dr. David Darwin

Dr. Darwin's Resume as an Adobe Acrobat file.
(5 pages - 15K)

Professor of Civil Engineering
Director of the Structural Engineering and Materials Laboratory
University of Kansas, Lawrence

Education

  • B.S. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Civil Engineering, 1967
  • M.S. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Structural Engineering (Major) and Materials Science (Minor), 1968
  • Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Civil Engineering, 1974


Work Experience

  • Cornell University, Research Assistant. June 1967 - September 1968.
  • U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Civil Engineer, Operations Officer and Unit Commander. Also, Senior Concrete Instructor, U. S. Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (20 months) with concurrent appointment as Assistant Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University (11 months). September 1968 - August 1972.
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Research Assistant. September 1972 - August 1974.
  • University of Kansas, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, August 1974 - August 1977, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, August 1977 - August 1982, Professor of Civil Engineering, August 1982 - Present, Director of the Structural Engineering and Materials Laboratory, August 1982 - Present, Deane E. Ackers Professor of Civil Engineering, April 1990-Present.
  • Consulting professional engineer involved in the analysis of structural and material failures, advanced analysis of engineering structures, and development of improved construction methods and materials, 1976-present.

Research Interests
  • Structural Engineering
  • Engineering Materials
  • Reinforced Concrete Design and Analysis
  • Plain Concrete
  • Composite Construction
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Experimental Studies