RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Dr. Frangopol is a leading international figure in life-cycle
performance, maintenance, reliability and multi-criteria optimization
of structural systems and networks, whose work has had a significant
impact on bridge engineering.
According to ASCE (2010) "Dan M.
Frangopol is a preeminent authority in bridge safety and maintenance
management, structural reliability and life-cycle engineering. His
contributions have defined much of the practice around design
specifications, management methods, and optimization approaches. From
the maintenance of deteriorated structures and the development of
system redundancy factors to assessing the performance of long span
structures, Dr. Frangopol's research has not only saved time and money,
but very likely also saved lives."
Dr. Frangopol's research focuses on life-cycle performance, safety,
reliability, risk and multi-criteria optimization of structural
systems; bridge inspection, maintenance, and management based on
life-cycle cost under uncertainty; reliability and risk oriented
structural health monitoring; risk-based decision making in structural
engineering; stochastic analysis and optimization of networks of
damaged structures under extreme events; and infrastructure resilience
to disasters. He also is interested in application of methods of
probability and statistics to marine engineering, probabilistic
engineering mechanics, and earthquake engineering.
SELECTED
RESEARCH PROJECTS (PI OR CO-PI)
- ARCELORMITTAL / FHWA: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of
Different Steels for Highway Bridge Construction, 2008-09
- AFOSR :
Novel SiCN Ceramics
for Health Monitoring of High Temperature Systems, 2001-04
- ASCE:
Three Special Projects Sponsored by Structural Engineering
Institute of ASCE
, 1998-99, 2000-01, and 2002-03
- ATC: Member of the Project
Advisory Panel of the ATC-75 Project to Develop Industry Foundation
Classes for Structural Components under contract to the Charles Pankow Foundation,
2007-09
- ATC: Chair of the Project
Advisory Panel of the ATC-81 Project on Development of Industry
Foundation Classes for Structural Concrete Members under contract to
the ACI
Foundation, 2010
- DoD
(Consultant to STI Technologies for DoD Air Force SBIR OSD):
Reliability Algorithms for Corrosion Fatigue, 2002
- FDOT (Consultant): Long Term
Monitoring on a Movable Bridge, 2007-09
- FHWA
: Advancing Steel and Concrete Bridge Technology to Improve
Infrastructure Performance, 2011-16
- FHWA : Development and
Demonstration of Systems-Based Monitoring Approaches
for Improved Infrastructure Management under Uncertainty, 2007-12
- FHWA : Improved Corrosion Resistant
Steel for Highway Bridge Construction (Senior Personnel, John Gross
PI), 2007-10
- FHWA :
Unified Quantitative Methodology for Integration of Nondestructive
Bridge Evaluation and Bridge Management Systems, 1996-2000
- FHWA :
Load Prediction and
Structural Response, 1988-92
- FHWA / CDOT : Use of FRP Wraps for
Bridge Retrofit and Strengthening, Innovative Bridge Research and
Construction Program (IBRC ),
2003-04
- FHWA / CDOT : Utilizing FRP for
Pedestrian Bridges, Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program
(IBRC ), 2002-03
- FHWA / CDOT : Evaluation of FRP
Reinforced Bridge Decks, Innovative Bridge Research and Construction
Program (IBRC ), 2000-01
- FHWA / CDOT : High Performance
Concrete Prestressed Precast Girder Bridge, 1996-98
- FHWA / CDOT : Bridge Management
Systems, 1992-97
- FHWA /
GATECH : Acceptance Test Specifications
and Guidelines for Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Bridge Decks, 2000-01
- FHWA / RUTGERS (Consultant): Advance
Understanding of Bridge Life-Cycle Performance for the FHWA LTBP Program, 2009-10
- HA (Consultant to Highways
Agency, UK): Bridge Reliability and Optimum Maintenance Strategies,
1996-2002; Optimum Maintenance Strategies for Different Bridge Types,
1998-2000; Preventative Maintenance Strategies for Bridge Groups:
Analysis, 2001-03
- Henry Luce Foundation:
Bridging Disciplines and Cultures: The Chinese Bridge Project at Lehigh
University, 2009-13
- MOCT/KICT/Hanyang University (Korea):
Development of LCC Analysis System for Design and Rehabilitation of
Steel Bridges, Technical Advisor, 2003-06
- NASA: Advanced Materials Partnership -
Technology for Aerospace and Defense, 2010-2012
- NATO:
Life-Cycle Reliability Based System Management of Structures and
Networks, 1996-2000
- NCHRP
(Consultant): Bridge System
Safety and Redundancy, NCHRP Project 12-86,
2010-2012
- NCHRP
: Developing a National Database System for Maintenance Actions on
Highway Bridges, NCHRP Project 14-15, 2005-07
- NCHRP/TRB (Consultant to TRB ): Development of a
Comprehensive Bridge Specification and Commentary (AASHTO LRFD Bridge
Design Specifications, First Edition, 1994), NCHRP Project 12-33,
1989-92
- NRC / TRB: Member of the NRC Committee for
Review of the Oregon Department of Transportation Study on Bridge
Shear, Report,
2005
- NSF : Integrated
Maintenance-Monitoring-Management Framework for Optimal Decision Making
in Bridge Life-Cycle Performance, 2005-11
- NSF : Life-Cycle Reliability Analysis and
Optimization of Micro-Systems , 2003-07
- NSF : A
Problem-Focused Research Agenda for the Highway Transportation
Infrastructure: A Holistic Systems Identification and Integration by
Using Field Test-Sites , 2003-04
- NSF : A
Feasibility Study of Estimation of Structural Systems Reliability under
Hurricane Hazard, 2003–04
- NSF : Life-Cycle
Cost Model Simulator for Decision Making in Bridge Network Management,
2002-07
- NSF : Optimum
Life-Cycle Bridge Maintenance Planning Based on System Reliability,
2000-04
- NSF :
Accelerated Testing
and Reliable Prediction of Durability of Concrete, 1998-2002
- NSF : System
Reliability for Evaluation and Design of Highway Bridges, 1996-2001
- NSF :
Life-Cycle Reliability-Based Evaluation and Design of Deteriorating
Structures, 1995-2000
- NSF :
Modeling of RC/SRC Systems with Flexibility-Based Models,1995-99
- NSF : Design
of Bridge Inspection Programs for Structural Reliability, 1994-97
- NSF :
Development of Adaptive Hybrid Control Techniques for Building
Structures, 1992-96
- NSF :
Multiobjective Reliability-Based Optimization of Structural Systems,
1990-94
- NSF :
Multilevel Reliability-Based Optimization of Structural Systems, 1987-90
- NSF : Seismic
Hazard Prediction Using Fuzzy Sets, 1986-88
- NSF : Safety
Evaluation of Existing Steel Bridges, 1986-89
- ONR: Integrating SHM and Time
Variant System Performance of Naval Ship Structures for Near Real-Time
Decision Making Under Uncertainty: A Comprehensive Framework, 2011-15
- ONR: Integrated
Life-Cycle Framework for Maintenance, Monitoring, and Reliability of
Naval Ship Structures, 2008-12
- Parsons Transportation
Group, Denver Office, 2000, Consultant
- PennDOT
: Simple Load Capacity
Tests for Bridges, 1987-90
- PITA: Integrated Framework
using Monitoring and Reliability for Improved infrastructure Management
under Uncertainty: Phase 3 - Performance Prediction and Optimum
Monitoring Planning, 2009-11
- PITA: Developement of a
Corrosion Test Based on Electrochemical Surface Potential, 2008-10
- PITA: Integrated Framework
using Monitoring and Reliability for Improved Infrastructure Management
under Uncertainty: Phase 2 - Implementation Study, 2008-10
- PITA: Integrated Framework
using Monitoring and Reliability for Improved Infrastructure Management
under Uncertainty: Phase 1 - Feasibility Study, 2007-09
- PITA: Structural Performance
Assessment Based on Monitoring: Phase 2 - Implementation Study, 2007-09
- PITA: Structural Performance
Assessment Based on Monitoring: Phase 1 - Feasibility Study, 2007-08
- RAE: Integration of Structural
Health Monitoring with Risk-Based Performance; Fatigue and Fracture
Behavior of Metallic Highway Bridges, 2008-09
- RIJKSWATERSTAAT
(Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management;
Consultant to RIJKWATERSTAAT):
Development of Methods for Optimal Bridge and Asset Management
based on Condition, Safety, and Cost, 2004-06
- SHRP
2/ TRB: Member of
the second Strategic
Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Renewal Technical Expert Task Group
(T-ETG) on Bridges for Service Life beyond 100 years: Service Limit
State Design (R19-B), 2009-12
- TEPCO/Japan
Institute
of Systems Research (Consultant to TEPCO/JISR , Japan):
Civil Infrastructures, 2000-01
- U.S.-Spain
Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation
: Service Life Prediction and Reliability Management of Deteriorating
Concrete Bridges under Environmental Attack, 2000-02
- USACE
/WES : Time-Dependent
Reliability
of Navigation Structures, 1992-94