Lehigh University - CEE: Dan M. Frangopol

Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture
Professor of Civil Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS Center)
Lehigh University
117 ATLSS Drive, Imbt Labs
Bethlehem, PA 18015-4729, USA
Phone: 610-758-6103 or 610-758-6123
Fax: 610-758-4115 or 610-758-5553
Email: dan.frangopol@lehigh.edu
Home: http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/

Education and Degrees

Dr. h.c. Doctor Honoris Causa, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 2001.
Sc. D. Doctor of Applied Sciences, University of Ličge, Belgium, 1976.
Dipl.-Ing. Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 1969.

Research and Scholarship

Dr. Frangopol conducts research on topics chiefly related to infrastructure reliability, maintenance, management, and life-cycle performance. These include studies of the uncertainties associated with structures and infrastructures; structural safety and risk of engineering systems; damage assessment; structural health monitoring; structural optimization; bridge management systems; life-cycle cost assessment, design, and optimization of civil infrastructure systems; and decision making under uncertainty. This activity is wide-ranging, including both fundamental and applied research: theoretical studies, field investigations, testing, and contact with industry. Dr. Frangopol is an experienced researcher and consultant to industry both nationally and aboard. He has been Principal or co-Principal Investigator or served as a consultant in many major research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Colorado, Florida, and Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, the Transportation Research Board, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Applied Technology Council, the U.K. Highways Agency, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Japan Ministry of Education. Also, he received research funding from the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the Japan Institute of Systems Research, the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, the Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation, the U.S.-Spain Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, and the American Society of Civil Engineers, among others. He is the Founding Editor of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering (http://www.informaworld.com/sie) an international peer-reviewed journal, included in the Science Citation Index, dedicated to recent advances in maintenance, management, and life-cycle performance of a wide range of structures and infrastructures. He is also the Founding Editor of the Book Series Structures and Infrastructures, published by Taylor and Francis, London. Dr. Frangopol is the author or co-author of over 450 refereed publications, including books, book chapters, journal articles (more than 50 published in ASCE Journals), and papers in conference proceedings. Dr. Frangopol is also co-author, editor or co-editor of more than 20 books published by ASCE, Balkema, CIMNE, CRC Press, Elsevier, McGraw-Hill, Taylor & Francis, and Thomas Telford and editorial board member of several international journals. Additionally, he has chaired and organized several national and international structural engineering conferences and workshops. He is also the initiator and organizer of the Fazlur R. Khan Lecture Series at Lehigh University ( http://lehigh.edu/frkseries ).

Dr. Frangopol is the Founding President of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS, http://www.iabmas.org/) and of the International Association for Life Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE, http://www.ialcce.org/). He is also the Chair of the Executive Board of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR, http://www.civil.columbia.edu/iassar/ ) and the Vice-President of the International Society for Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructures (ISHMII, http://www.ishmii.org/ ). Dr. Frangopol is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the 2007 ASCE Ernest Howard Award, the 2006 IABSE OPAC Award, the 2006 ELSEVIER Munro Prize, the 2006 T. Y. Lin Medal, the 2005 ASCE Nathan M. Newmark Medal, the 2004 Kajima Research Award, the 2003 ASCE Moisseiff Award, the 2002 JSPS Fellowship Award for Research in Japan, the 2001 ASCE J. James R. Croes Medal, the 2001 Research Prize of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR), the 1998 and 2004 ASCE State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, and the 1996 Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Among several awards he has received at the University of Colorado, Dr. Frangopol is the recipient of the 2004 Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work Award and the 1999 College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Research Award. For additional information on Dr. Frangopol’s research and scholarship activities please visit http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/ .

Teaching

Dr. Frangopol teaches courses in Life-Cycle of Structural Systems, Structural Safety and Risk, and Structural Optimization. He has supervised over 70 Ph.D. and M.S. students. Many of his former students are professors at major universities in the United States, Asia, Europe, and South America, and several are prominent in professional practice and research laboratories. He also served as External Member of Ph.D. Thesis Committees and External Expert for Habilitation (Venia Docendi) Committees at major Universities in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, India, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. For additional information on Dr. Frangopol’s teaching activities please visit http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/ .

Publications (past 3 years, Conference Proceedings not listed)

Book Chapters

Frangopol, D.M., Maute, K., and Liu, M. (2007). “Design optimization with uncertainty, life-cycle performance and cost considerations,” Chapter 11 in Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems, J. S. Arora, ed., World Scientific Publishing Co.Ptc. Ltd., 291-329.

Frangopol, D.M., and Neves, L. C. (2006). “Life-cycle maintenance of structures by condition, reliability and cost oriented probabilistic optimization,” Chapter 5 in Innovation in Computational Structures Technology, B.H.V. Topping, G. Montero and R. Montenegro eds., Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirling, Scotland, 95-110.

Frangopol, D. M., and Liu, M. (2006). “Multiobjective optimization of risk-based maintenance and life-cycle cost of civil infrastructure,” Chapter in System Modeling and Optimization (text of Plenary Lecture) E. Ceragioli, A. Dontchev, H. Furuta, K. Marti, and L. Pandolfi, eds., Boston, Springer,123-136.

Chryssanthopoulos, M.K., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Reliability – based design,” Chapter 6 in Structural Safety and its Quality Assurance, B.R. Ellingwood and J. Kanda, eds., ASCE, Reston, Virginia, 67-78.

Frangopol, D.M., and Maute, K. (2005). “Reliability-based optimization of civil and aerospace structural systems,” Chapter 24 in Engineering Design Reliability Handbook, and E. Nikolaidis, D. M. Ghiocel and S. Singhal, eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, 24-1 to 24-32.

Estes, A. C., and Frangopol, D. M. (2005). “Life-cycle evaluation and condition assessment of structures,” Chapter 36 in Structural Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, W-F. Chen and E. M. Lui, eds., CRC Press, 36-1 to 36-51.

Estes, A. C., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Reliability-based condition assessment,” Chapter 2 in Structural Condition Assessment, R.T. Ratay, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 25-66.

Edited Books

Cho, H-N., Frangopol, D.M., and Ang, A-H.S., eds. (2007). Life-Cycle Cost and Performance of Civil Infrastructure (ISBN 13: 978-0-415-41356-5 (hbk)), Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, 332 pages.

Frangopol, D.M., Kawatani, M., and Kim, C., eds. (2007). Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems: Assessment, design, and life-cycle performance (ISBN 13: 978-0-415-40655-0 (hbk)), Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, 280 pages.

Cruz, P.J.S., Frangopol, D.M., and Neves, L.C., eds. (2006). Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Performance and Cost, Book (ISBN 0 415 40322 7, 1125 pages) and CD-ROM (ISBN 0 415 40325 1, 412 full length papers, 3484 pages), Taylor & Francis Group plc., London.

Sorensen, J.D., and Frangopol, D.M., eds. (2006). Advances in Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems (ISBN 0-415-39901-7), Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, 308 pages.

Nowak, A.S., and Frangopol, D.M., eds. (2005). Advances in Life-Cycle Analysis and Design of Civil Infrastructure Systems, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, 416 pages.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Marsh, P.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2008). “Reinforced concrete bridge deck reliability model incorporating temporal and spatial variations of probabilistic corrosion rate sensor data,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Elsevier, 93(3), 394-409.

Frangopol, D.M., and Liu, M. (2007). “Bridge network maintenance optimization using stochastic dynamic programming,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 133(12), 1772-1782.

Marsh, P.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2007). “Lifetime multi-objective optimization of cost and spacing of corrosion rate sensors embedded in a deteriorating reinforced concrete bridge deck,”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 133(6), 777-787.

Frangopol, D.M., and Liu, M. (2007). “Maintenance and management of civil infrastructure based on condition, safety, optimization, and life-cycle cost,” Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 3(1), 29-41.

Neves, L.A.C., Frangopol, D.M., and Petcherdchoo, A. (2006). “Probabilistic lifetime-oriented multi-objective optimization of bridge maintenance: combination of maintenance types,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(11), 1821-1834.

Sakano, M., Namiki, H., Yajima, S., Koide, Y., Furuta, H., and Frangopol, D.M. (2006), “Monitoring of steel railway floor beams prestressed by steel plates,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 11(6), 681-687.

Liu, M., Maute, K., and Frangopol, D.M. (2007). “Multi-objective design optimization of electrostatically actuated microbeam resonators with and without parameter uncertainty,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Elsevier, 92(10), 1333-1343.

Biondini, F., Frangopol, D.M., and Malerba, P.G. (2006). “Time-variant structural performance of the Certosa cable-stayed bridge,” Structural Engineering International, Journal of IABSE, SEI, 16(3), 235-244.

Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2006). “Probability-based bridge network performance evaluation,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 11(5), 633-641.

Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2006). “Optimizing bridge network maintenance management under uncertainty with conflicting criteria: Life-cycle maintenance, failure, and user costs,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(11), 1835-1845.

Furuta, H., Kameda.T., Nakahara, K., Takahashi, Y., and Frangopol, D. M. (2006), “Optimal bridge maintenance planning using improved multi-objective genetic algorithm,” Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 2(1), 33-41.

Neves, L.A.C., Frangopol, D.M., and Cruz, P.J.S. (2006). “Probabilistic lifetime-oriented multi-objective optimization of bridge maintenance: single maintenance type,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(6), 991-1005.

Bucher, C., and Frangopol, D. M. (2006). “Optimization of lifetime maintenance strategies for deteriorating structures considering probabilities of violating safety, condition, and cost thresholds,” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Elsevier, 21(1), 1-8.

Biondini, F., Bontempi, F., Frangopol, D.M., and Malerba, P.G. (2006). “Probabilistic service life assessment and maintenance planning of concrete structures,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(5), 810-825.

Yang, S.-I., Frangopol, D. M., Kawakami, Y., and Neves, L.C. (2006). “The use of lifetime functions in the optimization of interventions on existing bridges considering maintenance and failure costs,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Elsevier, 96(6), 698-705.

Yang, S-I., Frangopol, D.M., and Neves, L.C. (2006). “Optimum maintenance strategy for deteriorating structures using lifetime functions,” Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 28(2), 196-206.

Frangopol, D. M., and Liu, M. (2006). “Life-cycle cost and performance of civil structures,” McGraw-Hill 2006 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, 183-185 .

Liu.M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Maintenance planning of deteriorating bridges by using multiobjective optimization,” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, CD 11-S, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 491-500.

Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Balancing connectivity of deteriorating bridge networks and long-term maintenance cost through optimization,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 10(4), 468-481.

Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Bridge annual maintenance prioritization under uncertainty by multiobjective combinatorial optimization,” Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Blackwell Publishing, Malden and Oxford, 20(5), 343-353.

Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Time-dependent bridge network reliability: Novel approach,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(2), 329-337.

Estes, A.C., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Load rating versus reliability analysis,” Technical Note, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(4), 843-847.

Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Multiobjective maintenance planning optimization for deteriorating bridges considering condition, safety and life-cycle cost,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(5), 833-842.

Neves, A.C. and Frangopol, D. M. (2005). “Condition, safety and cost profiles for deteriorating structures with emphasis on bridges,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Elsevier, 89 (2), 185-198.

Corotis, R.B., Frangopol, D.M, Diekmann, J., Molenaar, K., and Hearn, G. (2005). “An educational experiment to address infrastructure needs,” International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Inderscience Publishers, 1(2-3), 269-280.

Kong, J.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Probabilistic optimization of aging structures considering maintenance and failure costs,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(4), 600-616.

Kong, J.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Sensitivity analysis in reliability-based lifetime performance prediction using simulation,” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 17(3), 296-306.

Akgul, F., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Lifetime performance analysis of existing reinforced concrete bridges: I Theory,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 11(2), 122-128.

Akgul, F., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Lifetime performance analysis of existing reinforced concrete bridges: II Application,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 11(2), 129-141.

For additional information on Dr. Frangopol’s publication activities please visit: http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/

		Dan M. Frangopol, Sc.D., Dr. h.c. Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture Professor of Civil Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS Center) Lehigh University 117 ATLSS Drive, Imbt Labs Bethlehem, PA 18015-4729, USA Phone: 610-758-6103 or 610-758-6123 Fax: 610-758-4115 or 610-758-5553 Email: dan.frangopol@lehigh.edu Home: http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/ Education and Degrees Dr. h.c. Doctor Honoris Causa, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 2001. Sc. D. Doctor of Applied Sciences, University of Ličge, Belgium, 1976. Dipl.-Ing. Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 1969. Research and Scholarship Dr. Frangopol conducts research on topics chiefly related to infrastructure reliability, maintenance, management, and life-cycle performance. These include studies of the uncertainties associated with structures and infrastructures; structural safety and risk of engineering systems; damage assessment; structural health monitoring; structural optimization; bridge management systems; life-cycle cost assessment, design, and optimization of civil infrastructure systems; and decision making under uncertainty. This activity is wide-ranging, including both fundamental and applied research: theoretical studies, field investigations, testing, and contact with industry. Dr. Frangopol is an experienced researcher and consultant to industry both nationally and aboard. He has been Principal or co-Principal Investigator or served as a consultant in many major research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Colorado, Florida, and Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, the Transportation Research Board, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Applied Technology Council, the U.K. Highways Agency, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Japan Ministry of Education. Also, he received research funding from the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the Japan Institute of Systems Research, the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, the Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation, the U.S.-Spain Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, and the American Society of Civil Engineers, among others. He is the Founding Editor of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering (http://www.informaworld.com/sie) an international peer-reviewed journal, included in the Science Citation Index, dedicated to recent advances in maintenance, management, and life-cycle performance of a wide range of structures and infrastructures. He is also the Founding Editor of the Book Series Structures and Infrastructures, published by Taylor and Francis, London. Dr. Frangopol is the author or co-author of over 450 refereed publications, including books, book chapters, journal articles (more than 50 published in ASCE Journals), and papers in conference proceedings. Dr. Frangopol is also co-author, editor or co-editor of more than 20 books published by ASCE, Balkema, CIMNE, CRC Press, Elsevier, McGraw-Hill, Taylor & Francis, and Thomas Telford and editorial board member of several international journals. Additionally, he has chaired and organized several national and international structural engineering conferences and workshops. He is also the initiator and organizer of the Fazlur R. Khan Lecture Series at Lehigh University ( http://lehigh.edu/frkseries ). Dr. Frangopol is the Founding President of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS, http://www.iabmas.org/) and of the International Association for Life Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE, http://www.ialcce.org/). He is also the Chair of the Executive Board of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR, http://www.civil.columbia.edu/iassar/ ) and the Vice-President of the International Society for Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructures (ISHMII, http://www.ishmii.org/ ). Dr. Frangopol is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the 2007 ASCE Ernest Howard Award, the 2006 IABSE OPAC Award, the 2006 ELSEVIER Munro Prize, the 2006 T. Y. Lin Medal, the 2005 ASCE Nathan M. Newmark Medal, the 2004 Kajima Research Award, the 2003 ASCE Moisseiff Award, the 2002 JSPS Fellowship Award for Research in Japan, the 2001 ASCE J. James R. Croes Medal, the 2001 Research Prize of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR), the 1998 and 2004 ASCE State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, and the 1996 Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Among several awards he has received at the University of Colorado, Dr. Frangopol is the recipient of the 2004 Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work Award and the 1999 College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Research Award. For additional information on Dr. Frangopol’s research and scholarship activities please visit http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/ . Teaching Dr. Frangopol teaches courses in Life-Cycle of Structural Systems, Structural Safety and Risk, and Structural Optimization. He has supervised over 70 Ph.D. and M.S. students. Many of his former students are professors at major universities in the United States, Asia, Europe, and South America, and several are prominent in professional practice and research laboratories. He also served as External Member of Ph.D. Thesis Committees and External Expert for Habilitation (Venia Docendi) Committees at major Universities in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, India, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. For additional information on Dr. Frangopol’s teaching activities please visit http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/ . Publications (past 3 years, Conference Proceedings not listed) Book Chapters Frangopol, D.M., Maute, K., and Liu, M. (2007). “Design optimization with uncertainty, life-cycle performance and cost considerations,” Chapter 11 in Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems, J. S. Arora, ed., World Scientific Publishing Co.Ptc. Ltd., 291-329. Frangopol, D.M., and Neves, L. C. (2006). “Life-cycle maintenance of structures by condition, reliability and cost oriented probabilistic optimization,” Chapter 5 in Innovation in Computational Structures Technology, B.H.V. Topping, G. Montero and R. Montenegro eds., Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirling, Scotland, 95-110. Frangopol, D. M., and Liu, M. (2006). “Multiobjective optimization of risk-based maintenance and life-cycle cost of civil infrastructure,” Chapter in System Modeling and Optimization (text of Plenary Lecture) E. Ceragioli, A. Dontchev, H. Furuta, K. Marti, and L. Pandolfi, eds., Boston, Springer,123-136. Chryssanthopoulos, M.K., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Reliability – based design,” Chapter 6 in Structural Safety and its Quality Assurance, B.R. Ellingwood and J. Kanda, eds., ASCE, Reston, Virginia, 67-78. Frangopol, D.M., and Maute, K. (2005). “Reliability-based optimization of civil and aerospace structural systems,” Chapter 24 in Engineering Design Reliability Handbook, and E. Nikolaidis, D. M. Ghiocel and S. Singhal, eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, 24-1 to 24-32. Estes, A. C., and Frangopol, D. M. (2005). “Life-cycle evaluation and condition assessment of structures,” Chapter 36 in Structural Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, W-F. Chen and E. M. Lui, eds., CRC Press, 36-1 to 36-51. Estes, A. C., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Reliability-based condition assessment,” Chapter 2 in Structural Condition Assessment, R.T. Ratay, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 25-66. Edited Books Cho, H-N., Frangopol, D.M., and Ang, A-H.S., eds. (2007). Life-Cycle Cost and Performance of Civil Infrastructure (ISBN 13: 978-0-415-41356-5 (hbk)), Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, 332 pages. Frangopol, D.M., Kawatani, M., and Kim, C., eds. (2007). Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems: Assessment, design, and life-cycle performance (ISBN 13: 978-0-415-40655-0 (hbk)), Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, 280 pages. Cruz, P.J.S., Frangopol, D.M., and Neves, L.C., eds. (2006). Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Performance and Cost, Book (ISBN 0 415 40322 7, 1125 pages) and CD-ROM (ISBN 0 415 40325 1, 412 full length papers, 3484 pages), Taylor & Francis Group plc., London. Sorensen, J.D., and Frangopol, D.M., eds. (2006). Advances in Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems (ISBN 0-415-39901-7), Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, 308 pages. Nowak, A.S., and Frangopol, D.M., eds. (2005). Advances in Life-Cycle Analysis and Design of Civil Infrastructure Systems, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, 416 pages. Articles in Refereed Journals Marsh, P.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2008). “Reinforced concrete bridge deck reliability model incorporating temporal and spatial variations of probabilistic corrosion rate sensor data,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Elsevier, 93(3), 394-409. Frangopol, D.M., and Liu, M. (2007). “Bridge network maintenance optimization using stochastic dynamic programming,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 133(12), 1772-1782. Marsh, P.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2007). “Lifetime multi-objective optimization of cost and spacing of corrosion rate sensors embedded in a deteriorating reinforced concrete bridge deck,”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 133(6), 777-787. Frangopol, D.M., and Liu, M. (2007). “Maintenance and management of civil infrastructure based on condition, safety, optimization, and life-cycle cost,” Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 3(1), 29-41. Neves, L.A.C., Frangopol, D.M., and Petcherdchoo, A. (2006). “Probabilistic lifetime-oriented multi-objective optimization of bridge maintenance: combination of maintenance types,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(11), 1821-1834. Sakano, M., Namiki, H., Yajima, S., Koide, Y., Furuta, H., and Frangopol, D.M. (2006), “Monitoring of steel railway floor beams prestressed by steel plates,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 11(6), 681-687. Liu, M., Maute, K., and Frangopol, D.M. (2007). “Multi-objective design optimization of electrostatically actuated microbeam resonators with and without parameter uncertainty,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Elsevier, 92(10), 1333-1343. Biondini, F., Frangopol, D.M., and Malerba, P.G. (2006). “Time-variant structural performance of the Certosa cable-stayed bridge,” Structural Engineering International, Journal of IABSE, SEI, 16(3), 235-244. Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2006). “Probability-based bridge network performance evaluation,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 11(5), 633-641. Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2006). “Optimizing bridge network maintenance management under uncertainty with conflicting criteria: Life-cycle maintenance, failure, and user costs,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(11), 1835-1845. Furuta, H., Kameda.T., Nakahara, K., Takahashi, Y., and Frangopol, D. M. (2006), “Optimal bridge maintenance planning using improved multi-objective genetic algorithm,” Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 2(1), 33-41. Neves, L.A.C., Frangopol, D.M., and Cruz, P.J.S. (2006). “Probabilistic lifetime-oriented multi-objective optimization of bridge maintenance: single maintenance type,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(6), 991-1005. Bucher, C., and Frangopol, D. M. (2006). “Optimization of lifetime maintenance strategies for deteriorating structures considering probabilities of violating safety, condition, and cost thresholds,” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Elsevier, 21(1), 1-8. Biondini, F., Bontempi, F., Frangopol, D.M., and Malerba, P.G. (2006). “Probabilistic service life assessment and maintenance planning of concrete structures,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(5), 810-825. Yang, S.-I., Frangopol, D. M., Kawakami, Y., and Neves, L.C. (2006). “The use of lifetime functions in the optimization of interventions on existing bridges considering maintenance and failure costs,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Elsevier, 96(6), 698-705. Yang, S-I., Frangopol, D.M., and Neves, L.C. (2006). “Optimum maintenance strategy for deteriorating structures using lifetime functions,” Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 28(2), 196-206. Frangopol, D. M., and Liu, M. (2006). “Life-cycle cost and performance of civil structures,” McGraw-Hill 2006 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, 183-185 . Liu.M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Maintenance planning of deteriorating bridges by using multiobjective optimization,” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, CD 11-S, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 491-500. Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Balancing connectivity of deteriorating bridge networks and long-term maintenance cost through optimization,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 10(4), 468-481. Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Bridge annual maintenance prioritization under uncertainty by multiobjective combinatorial optimization,” Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Blackwell Publishing, Malden and Oxford, 20(5), 343-353. Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Time-dependent bridge network reliability: Novel approach,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(2), 329-337. Estes, A.C., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Load rating versus reliability analysis,” Technical Note, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(4), 843-847. Liu, M., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Multiobjective maintenance planning optimization for deteriorating bridges considering condition, safety and life-cycle cost,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(5), 833-842. Neves, A.C. and Frangopol, D. M. (2005). “Condition, safety and cost profiles for deteriorating structures with emphasis on bridges,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Elsevier, 89 (2), 185-198. Corotis, R.B., Frangopol, D.M, Diekmann, J., Molenaar, K., and Hearn, G. (2005). “An educational experiment to address infrastructure needs,” International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Inderscience Publishers, 1(2-3), 269-280. Kong, J.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Probabilistic optimization of aging structures considering maintenance and failure costs,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(4), 600-616. Kong, J.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Sensitivity analysis in reliability-based lifetime performance prediction using simulation,” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 17(3), 296-306. Akgul, F., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Lifetime performance analysis of existing reinforced concrete bridges: I Theory,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 11(2), 122-128. Akgul, F., and Frangopol, D.M. (2005). “Lifetime performance analysis of existing reinforced concrete bridges: II Application,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 11(2), 129-141. For additional information on Dr. Frangopol’s publication activities please visit: http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmf206/