David Darwin
- Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
- Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.AAAS, Hon.M.ACI, Dist.M.ASCE
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Education —
Research —
Structural Engineering and Engineering Materials
Reinforced Concrete Behavior
Concrete Materials and Construction
Bond Between Reinforcing Steel and Concrete
Cracking in Reinforced Concrete Structures
Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel
Steel-Concrete Composite Structures
Durability of Transportation Structures
Awards & Honors —
Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science
2016 - Present
Honorary Member
American Concrete Institute
2016 - Present
Distinguished Member
American Society of Civil Engineers
2012 - Present
Fellow
Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE
2012 - Present
Chapter Honor Member
University of Kansas Chapter of Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honor Society)
2009 - Present
Honorary Member
Wire Reinforcement Institute
2005 - Present
Fellow
American Society of Civil Engineers
1989 - Present
Fellow
American Concrete Institute
1981 - Present
Sigma Xi
1977 - Present
Phi Kappa Phi
1967 - Present
Chi Epsilon
1965 - Present
Tau Beta Pi
1965 - Present
Phi Eta Sigma
1963 - Present
Concrete Research Council Arthur J. Boase Award
ACI Foundation
2013
University of Kansas Leading Light Award
2012
University of Kansas Miller Scholar
2012
Recognized by the Ad Astra Kansas Initiative
2011
ACI Certification Award
2010
Thomas C. Kavanagh Memorial Lecturer
Penn State University
2010
University of Kansas Miller Scholar
2010
Distinguished Visiting Professor
American University in Cairo, Egypt
2009
Recognized as one of the five most influential individuals in the concrete industry
In the January 2010 issue of Concrete Construction
2009
Dennis L. Tewksbury Award
Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE
2008
Industry Service Award
Kansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Concrete Promotion Group, South Central Cement Promotion Association, Mid-West Concrete Industry Board, Kansas and Missouri Chapters of the American Concrete Institute, and Missouri/Kansas Chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association
2007
Recognized for Teaching Achievement at the 10th Annual Celebration of Teaching Reception – one of 20 university wide
University of Kansas, Center for Teaching Excellence
2007
Outstanding Professor/Instructor
University of Kansas, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department
2006
ACI Joe W. Kelly Award
2005
University of Kansas Miller Scholar
2004
Award of Appreciation
ASTM International, Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
2003
University of Illinois Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award
2003
University of Kansas Bellows Scholar
2001
ASCE State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award
As chairman, with the other members of the ASCE Task Committee on Design Criteria for Composite Structures in Steel and Concrete
2000
ASCE Richard R. Torrens Award
1997
ACI Structural Research Award
1996
ASCE State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award
As chairman, with the other members of the ASCE Task Committee on Design Criteria for Composite Structures in Steel and Concrete
1996
ACI Arthur R. Anderson Award
1992
University of Kansas Higuchi/Endowment-Irvin Youngberg Research Achievement Award in the Applied Sciences
1992
ASCE Moisseiff Award, with W. K. Lucas, for the paper “LRFD for Steel and Composite Beams with Web Openings”
1991
Deane E. Ackers Chair in Civil Engineering
University of Kansas
1990
ACI Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award
1986
University of Kansas Miller Award for Distinguished Professional Service
1986
ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
1985
Advisor to Kansas City Times on Pulitzer Prize Winning Series on Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse
1982
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1972 - 1974
ARCOM with oak leaf cluster
1972
Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM)
1970
United States Army, Bronze Star Medal (BSM)
1970
United States Army, BSM with oak leaf cluster
1970
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1967 - 1968
Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
1967 - 1968
Fuertes Medal
Cornell University
1967
Randolph W. “Cy” Weed Memorial Trophy (Student-Athlete Award)
Cornell University
1967