Abbreviated Summary of Curriculum Vita

Detailed Curriculum Vita

ADDRESS:

UNIVERSITY OFFICE ADDRESS: 135 Ketter Hall, S.U.N.Y/ Buffalo, NY 14260, Tel: (716)-645­2839;  Fax: (716)- 645­3733
HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS: 12 Troy View Lane, Williamsville, NY 14221, Tel: (716) 632­2056
E-Mail:  reinhorn@buffalo.edu

EDUCATION:

• Doctor of Science in Civil Engineering, (Ph.D.) 1978; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - Haifa, Israel; Thesis: Static and Dynamic Torsional Coupling in Tall Building Structures.
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, (B.Sc.) 1968; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - Haifa, Israel; Major: Structural Engineering.
• Bachelor - Gymnasium Diploma - 1963; "Alex I. Cuza" High School - Bucharest, Romania

LICENSES:

• Professional Engineer - PE - New York State - since1982 
• Professional Engineer - PE - Israel - since 1969

SPECIAL TRAINING:

Operation of Seismic Simulation Systems - MTS, Minneapolis, MN - 1982
Experimental Methods in Earthquake Engineering - University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA - 1983

PERSONAL:

B.10/23/1945 Bucharest, Romania; Married (1968):
Spouse: Ms. Tova A Reinhorn, BS, MS, MLS, Chemical Engineer, Soil Chemist and Librarian
Son: Michael Reinhorn, MD, General Surgeon & Bio-Engineer
Son: Gad A Reinhorn, BS, MS, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineer

LANGUAGES:

Fluent: English, Hebrew, Romanian, Proficient: French 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - ACADEMIC

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO, Buffalo, NY, Clifford C. Furnas Eminent Professor,  2002- pres., Professor 1990-2002.; Department Chairman,  1996-1999; Associate Professor 1986-1990; Assistant Professor 1981-1986; Visiting Assistant Professor 1979-1981

TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Haifa, Israel, Visiting Professor - Lady Davis Fellowship, 1999-2000; Visiting Professor, University of Pavia, Italy, Fall 1999, Theresa Palay Manson Fellowship 1991; Lecturer - Equivalent of Assistant Professor 1978-1979; Instructor (Part - Time) 1975-1978; Teaching Assistant (Part-Time) 1973-1975

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - PROFESSIONAL

• OFFICE OF J. FRUCHTBAUM, Buffalo, NY 1980-1986; Consulting - Structural Engineer (Part-Time); 
• PRIVATE PRACTICE, Reinhorn Consulting, Haifa, Israel -Structural Engineer 1973-1979;
• MILSTEIN-ZINGER CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Tel - Aviv, Israel-Structural Engineer- 1972-1973; 
• CORPS OF ENGINEERS - ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES, Haifa, Israel 1968-1972 Design Engineer and Project Manager (Acting Captain)

PRIVATE CONSULTING - REINHORN CONSULTING ENGINEERS (Selected customers)

SAC - SEAOC, ATC, CUREe Joint Venture, San Francisco, CA, 1997-1999;  JOHN A. MARTIN & Associates, Los Angeles, CA 1993-pres;  BASE ISOLATION CONSULTANTS, San Francisco, CA 1993;  ANDCO ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, Inc., Amherst, NY 1993;   LE MESSURIER & Associates, Boston, MA 1992-1993; FLEMING Corp., San Francisco/Los Angeles, CA 1990-1994; WALTER P. MOORE & Associates, Houston, TX; 1991-1992;  DAMES & MOORE, Los Angeles, CA 1989-1990;  T. SULLIVAN/WEST VALLEY NUCLEAR DUMP, Buffalo, NY 1987-1993;  WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CO., Bloomington, IN 1986-1987;  WALT DISNEY WORLD CO., Lake Buena Vista, FL 1985-1986;  WATSON, BOWMAN AND ACME, INC., Buffalo, NY; 1984-1985;  WESTWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Buffalo, NY 1983-1986;  WSF INDUSTRIES, INC., Buffalo, NY 1981-1992;  NIAGARA MACHINE AND TOOLS WORKS, Ltd., Buffalo, NY 1972-1979;  MESCO FORMWORKS AND CONSTRUCTION TOOLS, Haifa, Israel 1981-1992;  INTERNATIONAL FERROCEMENT INFORMATION CENTER, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand 1981-1982;  PENNSYLVANIA PLASTICS PRODUCTS, Eldred, PA 1981-1982

PATENTS:

• "Press Brake Deflection Compensation Structure", United States Patent Number 4,586,361, May 6, 1986 (w/G.M. Trautman)
• "Diagnostic Techniques for Momentarily Operating Machineries" Patent Number 4,980,844, December 15, 1990 (w/V. Demjanenko, A. Soom, Y. Lee, T.T. Soong and D. Benenson)

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2007-SUNY- State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity
• 2006 UB - University at Buffalo Sustained Achievement Award
• 2005 NEES Outstanding Service Award - for development of NEES Data Sharing and Archiving
•  2005 ASCE/CERF Charles Pankow Award for Innovation- “Coupled Truss Walls with Damped Link Elements” (with WSF Cantor-Seinuk, with E.M. Romero (SA), with Taylor Devices Inc, with UB / SUNY) - with M.C. Constantinou
• 2002 Engineer of the Year Award, New York State Professional Engineering Society - NYSPE- (Buffalo Section);
• 1999 Lady Davis Fellowship/Technion-Israel Institute of Technology;
• 1998 AGC/Build San Diego Award for NCEER project of seismic protection of Naval Station Bldg. (1998) 
• 1995 Outstanding Achievements Award - Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council:  for outstanding contributions to the advancement of state-of-the-art in structural analysis techniques (awarded 1996); 
• 1995 Outstanding Journal Paper Award - Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council:  “Seismic Performance Analysis of a Multistory Steel Moment Frame Building Damaged During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake” (awarded 1996); 
• 1996 Honorable Mention Award of Seventh North American Masonry Conference - “Flexural Behavior of Unreinforced Masonry Shear Walls with Unbonded Reinforcement”;
• 1995 NYSPE / Buffalo Historical Society-Historical Achievement Award: "Active Control Implementation"; 
• 1992 Best Paper Award - 3rd World Congress on Joint Sealing and Bearing; 
• 1991 Lady Davis Fellowship/Theresa Palay Manson Lectureship/Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; 
• Listed in "Who Is Who in the World" Marquis Publication, (11~15 eds.); 
• Listed in "Who Is Who in the America" Marquis Publication, (46, ~ 50 eds.); 
• Listed in "Who Is Who in the East" Marquis Publication, (22 ~26 eds.); 
• 1991 Educator of the Year Award, NYSPE (1991); 
• 1983, 1984 ASCE Award for outstanding service (1983,1984); 
• 1967, 1968 Merit Scholarship - Technion, I.I.T. (1967,1968);  
• 1967, 1968 Dean's List - Technion, I.I.T. (1967,1968)

MEMEBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (ASCE) - Fellow (1981-pres.); Fellow Grade December 1, 1994; Past President Buffalo Section (1993-1994), [President Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director (Buffalo Section)](1988-1996); Chairman, Committee on Active Control/Engineering Computations (1991-1994); Member of National Committee of Dynamics/Engineering Mechanics Division (1989-1993); Chairman, Structures / Computer Committee, (Buffalo Section 1986-1990); Faculty Adviser, (Buffalo Section 1981-1984)
• EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (EERI) Member (1986-pres.); Member EERI Committee on Experimental Research, 
• AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE (ACI) ­ Member (1982-pres); Member of Committees: ACI­449 Seismic Loadings, ACI­118 Use of Computers, 
• ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS IN ISRAEL (1969-1979)

REVIEWER:

• JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING of ASCE - Associate Editor (2000-present)
• NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/ Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Program; 
• NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/Engineering Initiation Awards; 
• AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE/Structural Journal; 
• AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE/Concrete International Journal; 
• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS/Journal of Structural Engineering; 
• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS/Journal of Engineering Mechanics; 
• ASME/Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Control; 
• ASME/Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress and Reliability in Design; 
• JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; JOURNAL OF OPTIMAL CONTROL - Applications and Methods; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE - Earthquake Spectra.

WORKSHOPS / SESSIONS CHAIRMAN:

CHAIRMAN, Session on Numerical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, SES, 3rd Annual Meeting, Buffalo, August 1986.;CHAIRMAN/ORGANIZER, Forum on Structural Applications of Protective Systems for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation, NCEER/SUNY, Buffalo, May 1987.; CHAIRMAN, Session on Seismic Behavior of Structural Systems, ASCE/EMD Specialty Conference, Buffalo, May 1987.; VICE-CHAIRMAN, Session on Hardware Innovations, Workshop on Seismic Computer Analysis and Design of Buildings with Interactive Graphics, NCEER/Cornell University, August, 1987; VICE-CHAIRMAN, Sessions on Structural Control and Isolations, ASME/Design Technology Conferences, 11th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibrations and Noise, Boston, Sept. 1987; VICE-CHAIRMAN & PANELIST, 3rd Symposium of Seismic Shock and Vibration Isolation, ASME/PVP Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1989; CHAIRMAN, Session of Workshop: New Trends and Applications of Distributed Parameter Control Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 7-12, 1989.;CHAIRMAN/Session Organizer, "Active Control of Structural Vibrations - Toward Applications", 8th ASCE/Structures Congress, Baltimore, ME, April 1990; CHAIRMAN/Session on "Seismic Design of Structural Systems", 4th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Palm Springs, CA, May 20-23, 1990; CHAIRMAN/Session Organizer, "Active and Passive Control of Structural Vibrations", 9th ASCE/EMD Specialty Conference, Columbus, OH, May 1991; CHAIRMAN/Session Organizer, "Efficiency of Active Passive and Hybrid Control Systems for Seismic Protection, 9th ASCE/Structures Congress, Indianapolis, IN, May 1991; CHAIRMAN/Session Organizer, "Damage Risk in Design of Seismic Structures", 9th ASCE/Structures Congress, Indianapolis, IN, May 1991; CHAIRMAN/Session Organizer, "Active Control of Space Structures", IASS-CSCE/Congress of Space Structures, Toronto, Canada, July 1992; CO-CHAIRMAN/Organizer, Session on Structural Control, ASCE/Structures Congress 94, Atlanta, May 1994; CHAIRMAN, "Workshop on Damage Quantification and Performance Evaluation," NCEER, San Francisco, Feb. 7-8, 1995; CHAIRMAN/Session Organizer, "Seismic Retrofit of Structures," ASCE/Structures Congress 95, Boston, May 1995. CHAIRMAN/Session Organizer, "Probabilistic Methods in Structural Control," EMD/ASCE/Structures Congress 96, Worcester, June, 1996.

SUMMARY OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

PUBLICATIONS:  4 Books and book chapters (co-authored), 93 archival journals papers; 34 papers in edited books; 2 sections in Codes and Standards; 4 Computer software ­ international distribution; 136 papers in conference proceedings; 49 (N)MCEER reports; 32 other technical reports

PRESENTATIONS: 68 invited lectures; 113 conference lectures with Proceedings; 22 Chaired conferences / sessions

GRANTS: 84 research (in excess of $6,300,000), 10 equipment / service (in excess of $21,000,000)  

COURSES TAUGHT: 8 Graduate; 10 Undergraduate

SUPERVISION: 20 Post Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars, 21(28) Ph.D. completed; 33 (47) MS/ MEng completed;  45 Ph.D. Committees/Outside Reader (numbers in parentheses include co-supervision)

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