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Technologie / FISHER, JOHN W.

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Position

Joseph T. Stuart Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems,
Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA.

Thèmes de recherche

Teaching Areas :
· Structural analysis and steel design
· Advanced topics in steel structures
· Design of fatigue and fracture resistant structures

Research and Scholarship Areas :
· Structural connections
· Fatigue behavior of welded components
· Fracture analysis of steel structures
· Behavior and performance of steel bridges

Prix et récompenses

Presented the John Roebling Medal by The Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania, (1995)
Awarded Frank P. Brown Medal by the Franklin Institute (1992)
R.R. and E.C. Hillman Award (1992)
Named Engineer of the Year in Research by the Institute for Bridge Integrity and Safety (1989)
Joseph T. Stuart Professorship, Lehigh University (1988)
Dr. Honoris Causa from Swiss Federal Inst. of Tech., Lausanne, Switzerland (1988)
Construction's Man of the Year by Engineering News Record (1987)
Engineering Alumni Achievement Award by Washington Univ. (1987)
Eleanor and Joseph Libsch Research Award (1985)
Civil College Eminent Overseas Speaker, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1983) Raymond C. Reese Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers (1981)
Engineer of the Year, Lehigh Valley Section PSPE (1980)

Publications

"High-Performance Steels for America's Bridges," J.W. Fisher & R.J. Dexter, Welding Journal, Presented at the Natl. Symposium on Steel Bridge Construction, AISC, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 11, 1993

"Construction Technologies in Japan," JTEC Panel Report, R.L. Tucker, J.W. Fisher, D.W. Halpin, R. Nielsen, B.C. Paulson, Jr., G.H. Watson & R.T. Wright, Japanese Technology Evaluation Center, Loyola College, MD, June 1991, NTIS Rep. #PB91-100057

"Guide to Design Criteria for Bolted and Riveted Joints," G.L. Kulak, J.W. Fisher & J.H.A. Struik, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1987, ISBN0-471-83791-1

"Corrosion and Its Influence on Strength of Steel Bridge Members," J.W. Fisher, B.T. Yen & D. Wang, Transportation Research Record 1290, Vol. 1, March 1991

"Fatigue and Fracture of Steel Bridges," J.W. Fisher, Wiley Interscience 1984, ISBN0-471-80469-X.