Education

Fields of Interest

Analysis, design, testing and evaluation of structures, bridges and facilities.

Containment structures and repositories for hazardous and energetic materials.

Explosive safety, physical security and damage assessment.

Fracture- and plasticity-based concrete material modeling.

Impact and penetration mechanics, dynamics and engineering.

International aspects of engineering - design, manufacturing and education.

Linear and nonlinear wave propagation and medium-structure interaction.

Non-destructive damage assessment of systems and facilities.

Numerical and symbolic (expert systems) methods, development and application.

Precision testing in support of computer code validation.

Protective technology research, development and implementation.

Structural mechanics and dynamics.

Structural response to severe short-duration dynamic and seismic loads.

Structural concrete systems and facilities - behavior, analysis and design.

Survivability and fragility assessment under explosive and/or impact loads.

Professional Employment

Present

2006 - Goldsby Professor of Civil Engineering, and Director, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security (CIPPS), Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Previous

2000 - 2006 Director, Protective Technology Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania.

1989 - 2006 Professor (tenured: July 1991), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

2000 Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan (30 November - 9 December, 2000).

1982 - 1991 Associate Professor (tenured: September 1988), Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1980 - 1982 Senior Engineer, Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1979 - 1980 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

1976 - 1979 Ph.D. studies at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

1971 - 1976 Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, and Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Professional Societies Membership

Fellow of the American Concrete Institute.

Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Member of the American Institute of Steel Construction.

Technical Committee Membership

ACI-ASCE Committee 352, Joints and Connections in RC Structures (1990 - present).

ACI Committee 370, Short Duration Dynamics and Vibratory Load Effects (1991 - present, Founding Chair 1991 - 1997).

ACI-ASCE Committee 42l, Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs (1985 - present, Chair 2002 - present).

ACI Committee 444, Experimental Analysis of Concrete structures (1988 - present, Chair, 1988 - 1991).

ACI-ASCE Committee 445, Shear and Torsion (1988 - present).

AISC Committee for Blast and Impact Resistant Design (2000 - present).

ASCE/EMD Committee on Experimental Analysis and Instrumentation (1983 - present, Vice-Chair 1996 - 1998, Chair 1986 - 1988 and 1995 - 1996).

ASCE/SEI Committee on Blast Shock and Vibratory Effects (1984 - 1994, 1995 - present, Chairman 2006 - present).

ASCE/SEI Task Committee on Structural Design for Physical Security (1990 - present, Chair 1999 - present).

ASCE/SEI, Bridge Security Committee (2004 - present).

ASCE/SEI TAC Dynamic Effects (2006 - present)

Honors and Awards

Elected Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, 1996.

ERDC Award for Outstanding Team Effort for valuable contribution to the Pentagon Rebuild Retrofit Program Study, 2002.

Patents

Mataradze, E., Chagelishvili, E., Mikhelson, R., Butskhrikidze, G., Khoperia, Z., and Krauthammer, T., Blast Identification Technique, Republic of Georgia Patent P 3703, 18 June 2004.

Research And Scholarly Contributions

Books

Ventsel, E. and Krauthammer, T., “Thin Plates and Shells: Theory, Analysis and Applications,” Marcel Dekker, 2001.

Krauthammer, T., “Modern Protective Structures”, CRC Press, (Submitted).

Papers in Refereed Journals

Kobielak, S., and Krauthammer, T., “Barrier Attenuation Effects on Loads Induced by Buried Explosions on a Buried Cylindrical Structure in Soil,” Journal of Shock and Vibration (accepted for publication, currently in print).

Miller-Hooks, E., and Krauthammer, T., “An Intelligent Evacuation, Rescue and Recovery Concept,” Fire Technology, (accepted for publication, currently in print).

Chang, W.S., Ventsel, E., and Krauthammer, T., “Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Corrugated-Core Sandwich Plates,“ Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, pp. 1-10, January 2006.

Lim, J., Krauthammer, T., “Progressive Collapse Analyses of 2D Steel-Framed Structures with Different Connection Models,” AISC Structural Journal, 3rd Quarter, pp. 201-215, 2006.

Elfahal, M., Krauthammer, T., Ohno, T., Beppu, M., and Mindess, S., “Size Effects for Normal Strength Concrete Cylinders Subjected to Axial Impact,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 31, pp. 461-481, 2005.

Sabuwala, T., Linzell, D., and Krauthammer, T., “Finite Element Analysis of Steel Beam to Column Connections subjected to Blast Loads,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 31, pp. 861-876, 2005.

Chang, W.S., Ventsel, E., Krauthammer, T., and John, J., "Bending Behavior of Corrugated-core Sandwich Plates," Composite Structures, Vol. 70, No.1, pp. 597-605, 2005.

Elfahal, M.M., and Krauthammer, T., “Dynamic Size Effect in Normal and High Strength Concrete Cylinders,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 102, No.2 pp. 77-85, March-April 2005.

Starr, C.M., and Krauthammer, T., “Cladding-Structure Interaction under Impact Loads,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 131, No. 8, pp. 1178-1185 August 2005.

O’Daniel, J.L., Koudela, K.L., and Krauthammer, T., and Strait, L.H., "Numerical Simulation and Validation of Distributed Impact Events,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 8, pp. 1013-1038, September 2005.

Krauthammer, T., “Reinforced Concrete Slabs Subjected to Blast or Localized Impact,” in Punching Shear, Special Publication, SP232, American Concrete Institute pp. 109-126, 2005.

Mataradze, E., Butskhrikidze, G., and Krauthammer, T., “Study of the Detection of Non-Sanctioned Explosions in Tunnels,” Proc. Mining Journal, Academy of Sciences of Georgia, 1(12), pp. 38-42. 2004.

Mataradze, E.D., Chagelishvili, E.Sh., Michelson, R.V., Krauthammer, T., and Butskhrikidze, G.D., “Development of the Method for Identification of Explosions in Tunnels,” Georgian Engineering News, No. 3, pp. 132-137, 2004.

Kobielak, S., and Krauthammer, T., “Dynamic Response Of Buried Silo Caused by Underground Explosion,” Journal of Shock and Vibration, Vol. 11, No. 5,6, pp. 665-684, 2004.

Krauthammer, T., Elfahal, M., Ohno, T., Beppu, M, and Markeset, G., “Size Effects for High Strength Concrete Cylinders Subjected to Axial Impact,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 1001-1016, October 2003.

O’Daniel, J.L., Krauthammer, T., Koudela, K.L., and Strait, L.H., “An UNDEX Response Validation Methodology,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 27 No. 9, pp. 919-937, 2002.

Krauthammer, T., and Altenberg, A.E., “Assessing Negative Phase Blast Effects on Glass Panels,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 1-17, January 2000.