Dan M.ÌýFrangopol

  • Professor Emeritus
  • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
Address

Office:ÌýB232, ATLSS Center, Lehigh University

Education

  • Doctor of Applied Sciences, with the highest distinction, University of Liège, Belgium, 1976.
  • Dipl.-Ing., Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 1969.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano), Milan, Italy, 2016.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Technical University of IaÅŸi, Romania, 2014.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, 2008.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 2001.

ASCE Medal, Established in 2023

  • Dan M. Frangopol Medal for Life-Cycle Engineering of Civil Structures. This award was officially instituted by action of the ASCE Board of Direction on October 18, 2023.

Honors and Distinctions

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2025.
  • Corresponding Member, Mexican Academy of Engineering, 2023
  • International Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, 2022.
  • Member of the National Academy of Construction of the United States, 2020.
  • Foreign Associate of the Engineering Academy of Japan, 2020.
  • Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy, 2017.
  • Lifetime Achievement Award in Education (OPAL), ASCE, 2016
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, 2016.
  • Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe, London), 2015.
  • Distinguished Member, ASCE, 2010.
  • Honorary Member of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania, 2000.
  • ASCE Newmark, Freudenthal, Housner and Croes (twice) Medals; ASCE Ang (inaugural), Howard, Moisseiff (twice), Lifetime Achievement Award in Education (OPAL), and State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering (three times) Awards; ASCE Noble, Reese, and Wellington (twice) Prizes; ISHMII Mufti Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Civil SHM; International Award of Merit, European Association on Quality Control of Bridges and Structures (EUROSTRUCT); European Council on Computing in Construction (ECCC) Thorpe Medal; IABSE Outstanding Paper Award (OPA); ELSEVIER Munro Prize; IABMAS TY Lin Medal (inaugural); IALCCE Khan Medal (inaugural); IASSAR Research Prize; KAJIMA Research Award; SAE Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award (inaugural); JSPS Fellowship (twice); ASCE Lehigh Valley Section’s Civil Engineer of the Year Award.
  • Lehigh University Awards: Hillman Faculty Award; Eleanor and Joseph F. Libsch Research Award; Hillman Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising; Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science's Excellence in Research СÀ¶ÊÓƵship and Leadership Award.
  • University of Colorado Awards: СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Faculty Assembly’s Excellence in Research, СÀ¶ÊÓƵly and Creative Work Award; College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Faculty Research Award; Clarence L. Eckel Faculty Prize for Excellence; Distinguished Achievement Award; Research Development Award (twice); Teaching Award; Service Award.
  • Honorary Professor: Shenyang Jianzhu University (Shenyang, China), 2018; Hunan University (Hunan, China), 2016; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University (Melbourne, Australia), 2015; Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing, China), 2015; Chongqing Jiaotong University (Chongqing, China), 2015; Changsha University of Science and Technology (Changsha, China), 2015; Dalian University of Technology (Dalian, China), 2014; Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin, China), 2013; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China), 2012; Chang'an University (Xi'an, Shaanxi, China), 2012; Southeast University (Nanjing, China), 2011; Tianjin University (Tianjin, China), 2011; Tongji University (Shanghai, China), 2009.
  • For more information on honors and distinctions, .

Professional Affiliations

  • Founding President, The International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS).
  • Founding President, The International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE).
  • Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.
  • Inaugural Holder of the Fazlur Rahman Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture at Lehigh University (2006 - Present).
  • Initiator and Organizer of the Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture Series at Lehigh University (2007 - Present).
  • Past Chair of the Technical Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE; Past Vice-President and Chair of the Executive Board of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR); Past Vice-President and Member of the Board of Governors of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) of ASCE; Past Vice-President of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII); Inaugural Fellow of SEI and EMI; Fellow of ACI, IABSE, ISHMII and JSCE.
  • For a list of Prof. Frangopol’s professional affiliations and service, Ìý.

Interests

Development and application of probabilistic and optimization concepts and methods to civil and marine engineering, including:

  • Structural reliability and probabilistic mechanics
  • Life-cycle cost analysis
  • Probability-based assessment, design, and multi-criteria life-cycle optimization of structures and infrastructure systems
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Life-cycle performance maintenance and management of structures and distributed infrastructure under extreme events (earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and floods)
  • Risk-based assessment and decision making
  • Multi-hazard risk mitigation
  • Infrastructure sustainability and resilience to disasters
  • Climate change adaptation