ERIK VANMARCKE

Klasse: Natuurwetenschappen

Sinds: 31/12/1999

Lidmaatschap: Buitenlands lid

Titel: Prof. dr. ir.

Functies:

• Buitenlands lid van de Klasse Natuurwetenschappen (KVAB)
• Member of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Princeton University

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Specialist op het gebied van aardbevingveilig bouwen; en theorie en toepassingen van "Random Fields".

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Activiteit: Professor, Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1970-1985; Professor, Princeton University (1985-present); Gilbert Winslow Chair, MIT (1974-77); Visiting Professor (Scholar in Engineering), Harvard University (1984-85); Shimizu Chair Visiting Professor, Stanford University (1991); Kwang-hua Chair (Visiting) Professor at Tongji University, PR China (2011-13); auteur van "Random Fields" (MIT Press, 1983; 2nd ed. 2010, World Scientific Publishing Company) en "Quantum Origins of Cosmic Structure" (Balkema, 1997).

Prijzen: Raymond C. Reese Research Award (1975); Higgins Lectureship Award, American Institute for Steel Construction (1979); Walter Huber Research Prize (1984),; Probabilistic Methods Educator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (2004); Senior Scientist Award, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1991); Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal, Engineering Mechanics Institute (2012)

Ordes: Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Fellow, Engineering Mechanics Institute

Opleiding: Ph.D. Ingenieurswetenschappen (1970) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, University of Delaware (1067); Burgerlijk Ingenieur, KU Leuven (1965)