Pol D. Spanos
Pol Dimitrios Spanos (born February 27, 1950 in Messini , Peloponnese , Greece ) is an American engineer.
Spanos earned his engineering degree from the National Technical University of Athens in 1973 and his master’s degree from Caltech in 1974 , where he received his PhD in Applied Mechanics in 1976. In 1981 he became an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and in 1984 Professor at Rice University . There he is Lewis B. Ryon Professor of Mechanics and Civil Engineering.
He deals with dynamics and vibrations of buildings and mechanical structures, especially with regard to non-linear behavior and the risk of structural failure. In addition, he deals with algorithms in digital signal processing with application, for example, in biomedicine and fatigue and fracture behavior of composite materials.
In 1992 he received the Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal, in 1991 the GL Larson Memorial Award, in 1999 the Nathan M. Newmark Medal and in 2003 the Von Karman Medal . In 1995 he received the Humboldt Research Award . In 2008 he was elected as an external member of the Academia Europaea . He has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2014 .
He is editor of the International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics .
Fonts
- with Roger G. Ghanem: Stochastic finite elements: a spectral approach, Springer Verlag 1991
- Editor with JY-T. Wu: Probabilistic Structure Mechanics, Springer Verlag 1994 (IUTAM Symposium, San Antonio 1993)
Web links
- Homepage
- Pol D. Spanos in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- Literature by and about Pol D. Spanos in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spanos, Pol D. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spanos, Pol Dimitrios |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Messini |