Kareem Receives Scanlan Award with Medal

Ahsan Kareem, the Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Robert H. Scanlan Award with Medal by the Engineering Mechanics Division of the American Society of Civil Engineering. He was cited for “outstanding original contributions to analysis, quantification, modeling, and simulation of wind-load effects for structural design, achieved by merging the fundamentals of structural mechanics and fluid dynamics.”

Specializing in probabilistic structural dynamics, fluid-structure interactions, structural safety, and mitigation of natural hazards, Kareem has been a member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1990. His research focuses on the environmental loads of wind, waves and earthquakes on structures, the associated dynamic behavior of the structures, and risk assessment.

In addition to developing models for predicting structural responses to environmental hazards, Kareem uses computer models and laboratory and full-scale experiments to better understand the impact of natural hazards on the constructed environment.

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