Program Area: Geotechnical Engineering Education Ph.D., Institute of Fundamental Technological Research (Polish Academy of Sciences), Warsaw, and Tech. Univ. Poznan (Poland), 1980 M.S., Technical University of Poznan, 1974 Honors - Education Excellence Award, UM College of Engineering, 2005. - Teacher of the Year Award, UM Student Chapter of ASCE, 2004. - James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award, Great Lakes District, Chi Epsilon, 2003. - ASCE Faculty Advisor Award (National), 2001, 2002. - Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001. - Chi Epsilon, Faculty Member, 2001. - Silver Medal, Polish Association of Civil Engineers, 1985. - Fulbright Fellow, 1981 1984 . - Higher Education Award, 1980. - Scholastic Achievement Award, 1972, 1973. Professional Affiliation and Activities: - American Society of Civil Engineers, Fellow (1988` -). - ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Editor (1997 - 2004), Editorial Board Member (1990 - 1997). - ASCE Embankments, Dams and Slopes Committee (1994 -). - American Academy of Mechanics (1988 -). - International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (1989 -). - International Geosynthetics Society (1992 -). - International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (1983 -) . - Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (1978 -). - Computers and Geotechnics, Editorial Board Member (1998 - ). - International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Advisory Board (2004 -). Technical Interests: Geomechanics, Flow of Granular Media, Soil Mechanics and Constitutive Modeling, Engineering Plasticity and Limit Analysis, Stability of Earth Structures, Foundation Engineering, Reinforced Soil, Frost Action in Soils. Selected Publications Michalowski, R.L. and Park, N. (2004) “Admissible stress fields and arching in piles of sand,” Géotechnique, 54, No. 8, 529-538. Michalowski, R.L. (2004) “Limit loads on reinforced foundation soils” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 130, No. 4, 381-390. Michalowski, R.L. and Shi, L. (2003) “Deformation patterns of reinforced foundation soil at failure,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 129, No. 5, 439-449. Michalowski, R.L. and Cermák, J. (2002) “Strength anisotropy of fiber-reinforced sand,” Computers and Geotechnics, 29, No. 4, 279-299. Michalowski, R.L. (2001) |
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