Fishnet Statistics for Designing Quasibrittle and Biomimetic Materials and Structures for Failure Probability <10-6
ZDENĚK P. BAŽANT
Ph.D., S.E., NAS, NAE, AAAS, ForMemRS, Dr.h.c. mult.,
Distinguished McCormick Institute Professor
and W.P. Murphy Professor
Civil and Mechanical Engrg. and Materials Science
Northwestern University
Sidney & Marian Green Classroom (3550 MEK)
Bio: Born and educated in Prague (Ph.D. 1963), Bažant joined Northwestern in 1969, where he has been W.P. Murphy Professor since 1990 and simultaneously McCormick Institute Professor since 2002, and Director of Center for Geomaterials (1981-87). He was inducted to NAS, NAE, Am. Acad. of Arts & Sci., and Royal Soc. London; to the academies of Italy (Lincei), Austria, Spain, Czechia, Greece, India and Lombardy;Academia Europaea, Eur. Acad. of Sci. & Arts. Hon. Mem. of ASCE, ASME, ACI, RILEM; 7 honorary doctorates (Prague, Karlsruhe, Colorado-Boulder, Milan Poly, INSA Lyon, TU Vienna, Ohio State); Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art from President of Austria; ASME Medal, ASME Timoshenko, Nadai and Warner Medals; ASCE von Karman, Freudenthal, Newmark, Biot, Mindlin and Croes Medals, Huber Prize, TY Lin & Lifetime Achievement Awards; SES Prager Medal; RILEM L’Hermite Medal; Exner Medal (Austria); Torroja Medal (Madrid); etc; was SES President and Founding President of IA-FraMCoS and IA-ConCreep; Editor-in-Chief, J. Eng.Mech. ASCE. Authored 8 books on creep struct. effects, scaling of structural strength, inelastic analysis, fracture & size effect, stability of structures, concrete at high temperatures, creep & hygrothermal effects, and probabilistic mech. of quasibrittle mat. H-index: 124, citations: 68,400 (on Google, incl. self-cit.), i10 index: 617. In 2015, ASCE established ZP Bažant Medal for Failure and Damage Prevention. He is one of the original top 100 ISI Highly Cited Scientists in Engrg. (www.ISIhighlycited.com). His 1959 mass-produced patent of safety ski binding is exhibited in New England Ski Museum. Home: http://cee.northwestern.edu/people/bazant/