Richard Sause Professor - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Director - ATLSS Engineering Research Center Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems Lehigh University 117 ATLSS Drive Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 Phone: (610) 758-3565 Email: rs0c@lehigh.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1989
• M.S. Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1983
• B.S. Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1981

Research and Scholarship Areas:

• Computer-Integrated Structural Engineering
• Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
• High-Performance Structural Materials
• Innovative Structural Systems

Significant Honors and Awards:

• ACI Reese Structural Research Award (1987)
• Member, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Concrete Institute
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
• Professional Engineering Registration: State of California

• R. Sause, J.M. Ricles, and P.S. Green, "High-strength steel: Implications of material and geometric characteristics on inelastic flexural behavior," Engineering Structures, vol. 20, No. 4/6, 323, 1998.
• R. Sause, W. van Zyverden, S. Pessiki, "Proposed concepts for floor framing systems for precast concrete office buildings," PCI Journal, vol. 42, No. 5, pp 66-76, 1997.
• R. Sause, E.S. Slaughter and S. Pessiki, "Development framework fro structural floor framing systems to accomodate non-structural requirements," Journal of Architectural Engineering, vol. 3, No.3, pp. 109-117, 1997.
• Sause, R. and Homma, K. "Potential for High Performance Steel in Plate-Girder Bridge Designs," accepted for Proceedings, Structures Congress '95. ASCE, 1995.