Sami H. Rizkalla Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering      and Construction Director of the Constructed Facilities Laboratory Office: 203 Constructed Facilities Laboratory Phone: (919) 513-1733 Fax: (919) 513-1765 E-mail: sami_rizkalla@ncsu.edu Personal page: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~srizkal Mailing Address: North Carolina State University Centennial Campus Campus Box 7533 2414 Campus Shore Drive Raleigh, NC 27695-7533

Research Interests

Dr. Rizkalla's research includes design, construction and performance of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and bridges. For the last ten years, his attention has been focused on the use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials for rehabilitation, strengthening and repair of bridges and structures, as well as new construction.

Dr. Rizkalla's research in progress includes:

1. Use of FRP for flexural and shear strengthening of concrete and wood structures and bridges;
2. Reinforced and prestressed concrete-filled FRP tubes for piles;
3. Development of FRP bridge deck;
4. Use of FRP as reinforcement for concrete structures; and
5. Use of optic fiber sensor techniques for monitoring the structural health of structures and bridges.

Education

PhD, Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1976

MSc, Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1974

BSc, Civil Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, 1965

Representative Publications

Articles in Refereed Professional/Technical Journals

Confinement Model for Axially Loaded Concrete Confined by Circular Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tubes, co-authored with A. Fam, Discussion published in the ACI Structural Journal, Vol 99, No. 3, May/June 2002, pp. 386-390.

Effectiveness of FRP Techniques for Strengthening Concrete Bridges, co-authored with T. Hassan, Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, IABSE, SEI2, Vol 12, No. 2, May 2002.

FRP Composites in Construction – State of the Art Review, co-authored by Bakis, Bank, Cosenza, Brown, Davalos, Lesko, Machida and Triantafillou, submitted to ASCE Composite for Construction Journal, Vol 6, No. 2, May 2002, pp. 78-87.

Flexural Behavior of Concrete-Filled FRP Circular Tubes, co-authored with A. Fam, ASCE Journal of Composite for Construction, Vol 6, Issue 2, May 2002, pp. 123-132.

Timber Beams Strengthened with GFRP Bars: Development and Applications, co-authored with C. Gentile, D. Svecova, ASCE Journal of Composite for Construction, Vol 6, No. 1, March 2002, pp. 11-20.

Flexural Strengthening of Post-Tensioned Bridge Slabs with FRP Systems, co-authored with T. Hassan, PCI Journal, Vol 47, No. 1, Jan 2002, pp. 76-93.

Refereed Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures with FRP, co-authored with T. Hassan, proceeding of the 3^rd International Conference on the Behavior of Damaged Structures, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2002.

Moisture Effect on Durability of Axially Loaded Concrete-Filled Tubular FRP Piles, co-authored with Pando, Lesko and Fam, proceeding of the 2^nd International Conference on Durability of FRP Composites in Construction, CDCC, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, June 2002, pp. 25-37.

Durability of Concrete-Filled Tubular FRP Piles, co-authored with Pando, Lesko and Fam, proceeding of the 3^rd International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure, ICCI, San Francisco, California, June 2002, pp. 1-12.

Durability of GFRP Bars in Low Heat High Performance Concrete, co-authored with D. Svecova and H. Vogel, proceeding of 2^nd FRP Durability Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2002.

Professional Memberships

US Delegate, ISO/TC71/SC6 Committee "Non-Traditional Reinforcing Materials for Concrete Structures"

Member, International Concrete Repair Institute, Publication Committee

Member, TRB Committee A2C07, Structural Reinforced Plastic

Chairman, ACI Committee 440, FRP Reinforcements

ASCE/SCAP Task Force on Composites

Associate Member, ACI/ASCE Committee 423 Prestressed Concrete

Member, FIB TG 5.1, Monitoring and Safety Evaluation of Existing Concrete Structures

Member, FIB TG 9.3, Design of Concrete Structures Reinforced by FRP

Member, International Society for Composites in Construction (ISCC)

Member, Committee on Structural Fiber Reinforced Plastics, National Research Council

Editorial Boards

Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Japan

Regional Editor, Elsevier Science, “Construction and Building Materials” Journal

Member, Editorial Board, ASCE, “Composite for Construction” Journal

Chief Editor, “FRP International” Newsletter

Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Professional Recognition

A. B. Sanderson Award, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2000

Sustainable Development Award of Excellence, 1999

National Transportation Award of Achievement, 1999

PCI Harry H. Edwards Industry Advancement Award, 1998

Meritorious Service Award, Canadian Council of Professional Engineers, 1996

James A. Vance Award, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 1996

Fellow, The Engineering Institute of Canada, 1995

Merit Award, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba, 1994

Fellow, American Concrete Institute, 1993 Fellow, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 1992

Outreach Award, The University of Manitoba, 1992

Fellow, American Society for Civil Engineers, 1988

Professional Registrations

Professional Engineer, Manitoba, Canada