BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Professor Paulo J. M. Monteiro
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1985): Department of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and
Structural Mechanics (SESM), University of California at Berkeley.
Master of Science in Engineering (1981): Department of Civil Engineering,
Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics (SESM), University of California
at Berkeley.
Civil Engineer (1979): Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo.
POSITIONS HELD
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Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley (1994-present).
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Group Head of Structural Engineering, Mechanics,
and Materials, University of California at Berkeley (2002-2006)
Vice-Chair, Technical Services, Department of Civil Engineering, University
of California at Berkeley (1993-96).
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California
at Berkeley (1990-94).
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California
at Berkeley (1987-90).
Consulting Engineer for the Grupo de Cimento Paraiso (1986).
Post Graduate Research Engineer (1985) Department of Civil Engineering, University
of California at Berkeley.
Research Assistant (1980-85) at the Department of Civil Engineering, University
of California at Berkeley.
Ph.D. THESIS
Microstructure of Concrete and its Influence on the Mechanical Properties.
University of California Berkeley, 1985.
AWARDS
- Premio Ari Torres (2005), highest award for concrete research given by the Brazilian Concrete Institute
- Bruanuer Award (2004) from the American Ceramics Society.
Wason Medal for Materials Research, (2003) from the American Concrete Institute.
Presidential Young Investigator (1989-94), National Science Foundation.
Roy W. Carlson Distinguished Professor (1987-88), Department of Civil Engineering,
University of California at Berkeley.
Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Fellowship
(1992), Norway.
British Council Fellowship, Imperial College, University of London (1988-89).
Carlson-Polivka Fellowship (1985) given by the Department of Civil Engineering,
U.C. Berkeley.
Willian & Helena Popert Fellowship (1984): given by the Department of
Civil Engineering, U.C. Berkeley.
Rotary Foundation Fellowship (1980-1981) for MS degree at U.C. Berkeley.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL WORK
Consultant for FURNAS on concrete large dams (1988-present).
Consultant for Caltrans (2004-2005)
Consultant for Morley Contractors for the Los
Angeles Cathedral (1999-2000).
INVITED LECTURES (LAST 2 YEARS)
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Invited lecturer for the first international conference on Nanotechnology in Construction, Parsley, Scotland (sponsored by the National Science Foundation)
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Invited lecturer the Engineering Foundation conference: Advances in Cement and Concrete IX, volume changes, cracking, and durability, Denver, Colorado.
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Distinguished Lecturer to celebrate the 50 th Anniversary of the College of Engineering at the University of Sao Carlos, Brazil.
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Invited lecturer for an intense one-week course on advanced concrete, Universidade Catolica de Chile.
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Invited lecturer for the Nanocem meeting, Germany
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Invited theme chair for the workshop on nanotechnology of concrete, Northwestern University (sponsored by the National Science Foundation).
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Distinguished lecturer on nanotechnology at the University Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Chi Epsilon
United States Committee on Large Dams (USCOLD)
MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Cement and Concrete Research
ASCE Materials Journal
CCC
Revista Ingenieria de Construccion
Patent
Paulo Monteiro and Frank Morrison "Non-Destructive Method
of Determining the Position and Condition of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete",
US Patent 5,855,721 (1999).
PRESENT Ph.D. STUDENTS
V. Lamour: High-Alumina Cement
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Mauricio Mancio : Corrosion of Concrete
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Cruz Carlos : Durability of concrete
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Fariborz Vossoughi : Impact resistance of concrete (Ostertag, co-advisor)
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Sejung Rosie Chae : Ice formation in concrete
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Josh Blunt: Fiber-reinforced concrete (Ostertag, co-advisor)
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Jae Oh: Geopolymers (Ostertag, co-advisor)
FORMER Ph.D. STUDENTS
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1. Jy-An Wang (1987): "A Modified Direct Method for the Calculation of the Elastic Properties of Composite Materials" (Prof. J. Lubliner, co-chairman).
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2. Vladimir A. Paulon (1991): “Microstruture of the Aggregate-Cement Paste Transition Zone” (at University of Sao Paulo).
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3. Vassilis P. Panoskanis (1992): “Rate Effect in the Constitutive Modeling of Concrete and Geo materials Including Plasticity and Damage” (Prof. Lubliner, co-chair).
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4. Virgilio A. Ghio (1993): “The Rheology of Fresh Concrete and Its Effect on the Shotcrete Process”.
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5. K. Shyu (1993): “Nodal-based discontinuous Deformation Analysis”.
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6. C. T. Chang (1994): “Nonlinear Dynamic Discontinuous Deformation Analysis with Finite Element Meshed Block System”.
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7. Kamran Nemati (1994): “Generation and Interaction of Compressive Stress-Induced Microcracks in Concrete”.
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8. Kejin Wang (1994): “Expansion-Related Concrete Deterioration: Interaction Between Microstructure, Chemistry and Performance”.
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9. Monica Prezzi (1995): “Analysis of the Mechanisms of Concrete Deterioration”.
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10. Denise Del Molin (1995): High Strength Concrete (at University of Sao Paulo)
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11. David Trejo (1997): Microstructural design and electrochemical evaluation of Fe/2Si/0.1C dual-phase ferritic Martensitic steel for concrete reinforcement
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12. Kim Kurtis (1998), Transmission Soft X-ray Microscopy of the Alkali-Silica Reaction
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13. Chun-Liang Lin (1999), Compressive Strength of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Prof. Hari Dharan, co-chair.
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14. Beverly P. DiPaolo (2000), An experimental investigation on the axial crush of a thin-walled, stainless steel box component, Prof. Gronsky, co-chair.
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15. David J. Corr (2001), A Microscopic Study of Ice Formation and Propagation in Concrete.
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16. J. Zhang (2002): Non invasive surface measurement of the corrosion impedance of rebar in concrete.
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17. Hal Amick (2004), Concrete Damping Properties and Their Modifications, 2004.
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18. Kome Shomglin (2004), Susceptibility of Deformed Granitic Rocks of the Santa Rosa Mylonite Zone to the Alkali Silica Reaction in Concrete, Prof. Rudy Wenk (co-advisor)
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Nicole P. Hasparyk (2005), Investigation of concrete affected by the alkali-silica reaction, Prof. D. Dal Molin (co-advisor), University Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
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RESEARCH WITH VISITING SCHOLARS
AT BERKELEY
- Ichiro Kono ( Toyota National College of Technology, 2005-2006) Durability of Concrete
- Hakan Nuri Atahan (University of Turkey, 2004-2005), Ice formation in concrete
- Ollivier Coussy (Miller Professor, Navier Institute, 2004), Cryosuction in concrete
- Vladimir Paulon (Universidade de Campinas, 2004), Alkali-silica reaction
- Ravindra Gettu ( University of Catalonia, 2004), Fiber Reinforced Concrete
- Jorge Crempion ( University of Chile, 2004) Structural Engineering
- Denise Silva (Federal University of St. Catarina 2003-04), polymers in concrete
- T. Saeki ( Nigata University), durability of concrete
- Hong Rhim (Yonsei University, 2002-2003), NDE of concrete
- Rogério de Oliveira Rodrigues, (UNESP University, 2001-02), Damage in Dams
- Maria Garcia Junger (post-doc, 2001-02); X-ray microscopy
- Kwang M. Lee, (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, 2001-02), Modeling of Concrete
- Jaesuk Ryou , (Post-doc, 2000-02), Corrosion of Concrete
- Nadia Segre (Post-doc, 2000-01), Surface chemistry
- L. Turanli (Metu University, 1999-2000): ASR
- J. Wang (National Central University, 1999-2000): modeling of concrete
- O. Nielsen (Chalmers University, 1999): durability of concrete
- H. Kwon (Yeungram University, Korea, 1999-2000): repair of concrete
- Gordon Vrdoljak (1998-99): atomic force microscope
- S. Go ( Pukyong National University, South Korea): ice propagation (1998-99)
- T. Noguchi ( University of Tokyo): high-strength concrete (1997-98)
- Flavio Rodrigues ( University of Campinas): surface chemistry (1996-98)
- H. Fujiwara (Nihon Cement Company): cement production (1997-98)
- Young Su Kim Korea: non-destructive methods (1995-97)
- Kamran Nemati (1995-98): high-strength concrete
- Melanie Lutz ( Presidential Post-Doctoral Fellow, UCB): micromechanics of concrete (1995-97)
- Reinhard Piltner (VDI Dusseldorf, Germany): finite element methods for fracture mechanics. (1992-95)
- João Hanai (University of São Carlos, Brazil): durability of ferrocement.
- Paulo Helene (Escola Politécnica of University of São Paulo, Brazil): concrete mix proportioning. (1992-94)
- Shingo Miyazawa ( Hiroshima University, Japan): autogenous volume change (1993-94)
- Sung Hoo Kang ( Dongshin University, Korea): fracture mechanics of concrete. (1992)
- Abla Zayed ( University of South Florida, Tampa): the aggregate-cement paste transition zone. (1989)
- Karen Scrivener ( Imperial College, London University): alkali-aggregate reaction. (1988)