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Andrzej Nowak Andrzej Nowak
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, United States
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Specialty: Reliability of Structures, Design Code Calibration, Bridge Engineering, Load Models, Field Testing Procedures
Home Page: eng.auburn.edu/directory/asn0007
Email Address: nowak[at]auburn.edu
Phone: (334) 844-6216

Education

  • PhD, Civil Engineering, Politechnika Warszawska, Warsaw, Poland, 1975
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Politechnika Warszawska, Warsaw, Poland, 1970

Academic Experience

  • Auburn University, Professor and Chair, 2013–present
  • Auburn University, Elton & Lois G. Huff Eminent Scholar Chair, 2013–present
  • University of Nebraska, RobertW.BrightfeltProfessor of Engineering, 2005–2013
  • University of Michigan, Professor, 1990-2004
  • University of Michigan, Associate Professor, 1984-1990
  • University of Michigan, Assistant Professor, 1979-1984
  • State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, Assistant Professor, 1978-1979
  • University of Waterloo, Canada, Research Associate, 1976-1978

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
  • Transportation Research Board (TRB)
  • Polish Academy of Sciences – Civil Engineering (PAN)

Honors and Awards

  • Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), 1996
  • Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1996
  • Fellow of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
  • HonoraryProfessor of Politechnika Warszawska, 1996
  • HonoraryProfessor of Politechnika Krakowska, 2002
  • Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, Casimir Gzowski Medal for paper on Calibration, 2009
  • ASCE Moisseiff Award for the paper on Calibration of LRFD Bridge Code, 1997
  • Excellence in Research Award, University of Michigan, 1990
  • Bene Merentibus Medal, Politechnika Warszawska, 2005
  • Orderof Polonia Restituta by President of Poland, 2014
  • Emeritus Member of the Transportation Research Board, 2014

Service Activities

Auburn University

  • Member, NCAT Board of Directors, 2014–present

External to Auburn University

  • TRB Committee on Long Term Bridge Performance, member, 2011-present
  • Voting Member, ACI-ASCE Committee 343 Concrete Bridges, 1982–present
  • Voting Member, ACI Committee 348 Safety of Structures, 1982–present

Most Important Publications and Presentations (Last 5 years)

  • Ghasemi, S. and Nowak, A.S., “Reliability Analysis for Serviceability Limit State of Bridges Concerning Deflection Criteria”, Structural Engineering International, No. 2/2016, pp.168-175
  • Nowak, A.S. and Pipinato, A., “Loads on Bridges”, Chapter in “Innovative Bridge Design Handbook”, ed. Pipinato, A., Elsevier, New York, pp. 21-35, 2016.
  • Ghasemi, S., Pour-Rouholamin, M., Nowak, A. and Zhou, H., “State-of-the-Art Model to Evaluation Space Headway Based on Reliability Analysis”, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 1943-5436, March 2016
  • Yanaka, M., Nowak, A.S. and Ghasemi, S.H., “Reliability-Based and Life-Cycle-Cost Oriented Design Recommendations for Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders, Structural Concrete Journal of fib, (to appear).
  • Rakoczy, A.M., Nowak, A.S. and Dick, S., "Fatigue Reliability Model for Steel Railway Bridges”, Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, March 2016.
  • Rakoczy, A.M. and Nowak, A.S., "Resistance Factors for Lightweight Concrete Members”, American Concrete Institute Journal of Structures, Vol. 111, No. 1, Jan-Feb. 2014, pp. 103- 111.
  • Rakoczy, A.M. and Nowak, A.S., " Reliability-based strength limit state for steel railway bridges”, Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, September 2013, pp. 1-14
  • Nowak, A.S. and Rakoczy P., "WIM-Based Live Load for Bridges", KSCE Journal of Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 3, April 2013, pp. 568-574
  • Nowak, A.S. and Rakoczy A.M., "Uncertainties in the Building Process ", Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Vol. 61, Issue 1, 2013, pp. 129-135
  • Rakoczy, A.M. and Nowak, A.S., "Reliability-Based Sensitivity Analysis for Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges”, PCI Journal, Prestressed/Precast Concrete Institute, Vol. 58, No. 4, Fall 2013, pp. 81-92
  • Nowak, A.S. and Collins, K.R., "Reliability of Structures", 2nd Edition, CRC Press, New York, 2013.
  • Rakoczy, A.M. and Nowak, A.S., "Resistance Model of Lightweight Concrete Members”, ACI Journal of Materials, Vol. 110, January 2013, pp. 99-108
  • Nowak, A.S., Rakoczy P. and Sheikh Ibrahim, F.I., "Proposed Load Combination Factors for Bridges with High Dead-to-live Load Ratios ", Bridge Structures Journal, 8, 2012, pp. 61-66
  • Nowak, A.S., Rakoczy, A.M. and Szeliga, E., "Revised Statistical Resistance Models for R/C Structural Components", American Concrete Institute, SP-284, March 2012, pp. 6-1 - 6-16.
  • Nowak, A.S and Rakoczy, A.M., “Statistical Model for Compressive Strength of Lightweight Concrete”, Architecture, Civil Eng., Environment ACEE Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2011, pp. 73- 80.
  • Nowak, A.S and Rakoczy, A.M., “American Codes, Standards and Specifications”, Scientific Publications No. 276, Rzeszow University of Technology, Vol. 58, No. 3, 2011, pp. 187-202.

Recent Professional Development Activities

  • Regularly participate in technical committee activities and attend technical sessions at TRB, ACI and AASHTO events.