1.         Name:     Robert Yuan         

2.         Academic Rank:           Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, and Director of Green Composite Research Center.

3.         Degrees:  B.S., Structural Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, 1960

                                 M.S., Structural Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1964

                                 Ph.D., Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1968

4.         Number of years service on this faculty: 3 years, appointed 09/01/03

5.         Other related experience-teaching, industrial, etc.:

·        Research Associate, University of Illinois, 1964-1968

·        Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, 1968-1974

·        Associate Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974-1981

·        Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, 1981-2003

6.         Consulting:        General Dynamics Corp., Fort Worth, (1978-1980), Mobil Corporation, Dallas, (1994-1996), Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, (1997-2002), Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, (1998-2003), American Petroleum Institute, Dallas, (1999-2001), DFW Airport, Dallas, (1990-1992, and 2001-2003), National Science Foundation Panelist, Washington D.C.(2000-2002).

7.         States in which registered:         Texas (#36288)

8.         Principal Publications of last five years:

            “Bond Strength of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Rebars in Normal Strength Concrete”, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Volume 9, Number 3, May/June 2005. (with student Roman Okelo)

            “Creep formation of FRP Composite Compression Members”, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Volume 7, Number 4, November/December 2004. (with student Yeol Choi)

            “Experimental Relationship Between Splitting Tensile Strength and Compressive Strength of GFRP and PFRC”, Journal of Cement and Concrete, December, 2004. (with student Yeol Choi)

            “Evaluation of Design Loads for FRP Composite Structural Columns” Journal of Cooling Tower Institute, Vol. 20, No. 2, January, 2002. (Yuan, R. L. )

            “Experimental Characterization of FRP Composite Mechanical Connections”, International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, pp. 103-110, 2001. (with student C. J. Liu)

            “Health Monitoring of Light-rail Aerial structural System” Proceedings of International Conference on Smart Structures and Non-Destructive Evaluation” pp. 4702-4712, 2002.

            (with student Mark Bourland)

            “Creep Deformation of Viscoelastic Materials”, Proceedings of ASCE Conference, pp. 253-260, 2002. (with students Yeol Choi and Mark Bourland)

“Assessment and Evaluation of Concrete Bridge System”, Proceedings of International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management, pp. 113-123, 2002. (with E. Ugarte)

            “Structural Health Monitoring for LRT Underground Tunnel Liner” Proceedings of International Conference on Earth & Space Engineering, ASCE/ASD, March, 2006. (with student Mark Bourland)

            “Modeling the Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Cross Beam” Proceedings of International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil Engineering Structures, June, 2006. (with student Nihar Desai)

            “Buckling Analysis on the Performance of CFRP Composite Pole”, Proceedings of ASCE Conference, April, 2005. (with student Nihar Desai)

            “Finite Element Analysis for FRP Composite Portable Moving Platform”, Proceedings of ASCE/TX Annual Conference, September, 2004. (with student Nihar Desai)

“Stiffness and Characteristics of CCTV Camera Steel Poles”, Transportation Research Board, January Proceedings, 2005. (with student Nihar Desai)

9. Scientific and professional societies of which a member: 

    American Concrete Institute; American Society of Civil Engineers; Texas Society of    Professional Engineers; American Composite Institute; Chi Epsilon; Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi;

10. Honors and Awards:

     Outstanding Engineering Teacher Award (UTA); Halliburton Research in Excellence Award (UTA);

           Outstanding Contribution to Engineering Education Award (UTA); Best Technical Paper Award

     (ASCE/TX); Nominated for Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award (UTA).

1.    Subjects or courses taught this year by terms:

     Fall, 2005:    CVEN 3340 – Structural Analysis, 3 hours lecture

     Spring, 2006: ENGR 5318 – Stress Analysis and Material System, 3 hours lecture

                             HNRS 4360 – Honor Thesis (analysis and design of composite trailer spring)

                             ENGR 6601 – Doctoral Dissertation

2.            Other assigned duties performed during the academic year: Chairman of CE Department, ½ time.

Director of Green Composite Research Center, ½ time. Several College/University Committees.

13.    Attended ASCE/ABET Evaluator Training Workshop, April 14 & 21, 2006.