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Dr.Vijaya
(VJ) Gopu, Professor
Tel: 256-824-6117
Fax:256-824-6724
Email: vgopu@cee.uah.edu
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Educational History
B. Eng. (Civil Engineering),
August 1971, Andhra University, Waltair, India
First Rank with Distinction
MS (Structural Engineering), December 1972 ,Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Ph.D.(Structural Engineering), September 1975 ,Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Research Interests
Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics: Structural
Polymeric Composites, Analysis and Design of Heavy
Engineered Timber Structures and Components; Finite Element Analysis of
Composite and Concrete Structures, and
Dynamics of Light Fame Structures.
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Experience
Professor and Chair (2000 to Present), Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama
in Huntsville
Associate Director (2001 to Present), University
Transportation Center for Alabama
Professor Emeritus (2000 to Present), Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering,Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge
Program Director (9/1998 – 3/2001), Structural Systems and
Engineering Program, Division of Civil and Mechanical
Systems, Directorate for Engineering, National Science
Foundation
Formosa Plastics Corporation Endowed
Professor (1999 -2000), Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Louisiana State University
Professor (1987-1998) and Coordinator of Structural
Engineering and Mechanics Program(1990-1998), Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State
University
Graduate Program Coordinator (1990-96), Department of Civil
Engineering, Louisiana State University
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil
Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1982 to 1987
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil
Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1978 to 1982
Project Structural Engineer - Kostroski & Associates,
Castle Rock, Colorado, 1976 to 1978.
Research Assistant - Department of Civil
Engineering, Colorado State University, September 1973 to
March 1975.
Structural Engineer - Kostroski &
Associates, Castle Rock, Colorado, January 1973 to August
1973.
Research Assistant - Department of Civil
Engineering, Colorado State university, January 1972 to
December 1972.
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Honors,
Awards And Lectureships
1976 International Wood Award, Forest Products
Research Society (award given at the FPRS Annual Meeting,
Toronto, Canada, July 1976)
Invited Lecturer for the Fourth Clark
C. Heritage Workshop on Wood - Design of Structural
Elements, Aug. 8-12, 1983, Madison, WI
Visiting Research Professor, Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 1985-Aug.
1985
Visiting Research Scientist, Forintek
Canada Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May
1987
Teacher of the Year, Awarded by the
Department of Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University,
April 1990
LSU Student Government Association
Faculty Award, 1990
Lecturer, American Institute of Timber
Construction Seminar on the New Timber Construction Manual
Design Provisions, New Orleans, March, 1987
Lecturer, American Institute of Steel
Construction Short Courses:
a.
Load and Resistance Factor Design of Steel Structures,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
October, 1987;
New Orleans, February, 1991
b. Allowable
Stress Design of Steel Structures, New Orleans, November, 1989
c. Low
and Medium-Rise Buildings, New Orleans, March, 1993
Delegate, NATO Advanced Research Workshop
on Reliability Based Design of Timber Structures, Florence,
Italy, June, 1991
Educator of the Year, Awarded by the
Department of Civil Engineering, LSU, April, 1994
Keynote Speaker, International Conference
on Effective Utilization of Plantation Timber,Chi-Tou, Taiwan,
May 1999
Keynote Speaker, First International
Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood Composites, Bar Harbor,
Maine, July 1999
Included in Personalities of the South,
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, Who’s Who in Science
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