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Assistant
Professor of Civil Engineering
Dimitris Rizos joined the faculty of the Civil Engineering
department at UNL in 1997. He specializes in the development
and application of numerical methods in the areas of sturctural
analysis, dynamics and soil-structure interaction. His interests
also include the innovative and economic design concepts of
infrastructure works. He is a member of the Engineering Mechanics
Division Committe of ASCE, and served as a chairman elect
of the Columbia SC chapter of the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers. He is an active member of the International Association
for Boundary Element Methods (IABEM), the American Society
of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME), and the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
Education
- Ph.D., 1993 University of South Carolina; Civil Engineering
- M.S., 1989 University of South Carolina; Civil Engineering
- B.S., 1987 University of Patra-Greece; Civil Engineering
Current Research
- "Combination of Boundary Element Method (BEM) with the
Finite Element Method (FEM) for general direct time domain
3-D elastodynamic applications", NRI.
- "Soil-Pavement Interaction Analysis due to moving loads",
NRI.
- "Economic Substructures for Steel Bridges", NDOR, MATC,
and Paxton and Vierling Steel Company.
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