Fulvio Tonon

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., P.E.

The University of Texas at Austin

Department of Civil Engineering

1 University Station C1792

Austin, TX 78712-0280

USA

 

Office location: ECJ 9.227F

Phone (Direct):  +1-512-475-8196

Phone (Secretary):  +1-512-471-4929

FAX:  +1-512-471-6548

E-mail:  tonon@mail.utexas.edu

Research interests

  • Mechanics
  • Rock mechanics and rock engineering
  • Underground excavations: International Tunneling Consortium at UT Austin
  • Uncertainty modeling and reliability (with both probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods)
  • Engineering design and information sciences
  • Bridge engineering

 

Education

2000 – Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, advisor Prof. B. Amadei. Thesis files.

1995 – Laurea in Civil Engineering, University of Padua (Italy), advisor Prof. A. Bernardini.

Experience

  • 2005-present                 Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Texas, Austin
  • 2002-2005                     Assistant Professor of Geological Engineering, University of Utah
  • 1996-present                 Professional Engineer
  • 2000-2002                     Senior Tunnel Engineer, Parsons Corporation (Transportation Group)
  • 1998-2000                     Research Assistant, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • 1996-1997                     Civil Service, Italy

Professional memberships

·         Associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

·         Italian Tunneling Society (SIG) and International Tunneling Association (ITA)

·         International Association of Bridge Management and Safety (IABMAS)

·         American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) and International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)

Committees

·         ASCE Rock Mechanics committee.

·         ITA Working Group 2, Research  

·         TRB Committee AFF60, Tunnels and Underground Structures.

 

Laser and Photogrammetric Methods in Rock Mechanics

 

Prizes and scholarships

  • Thesis Prize by the Italian Tunneling Society, Third Edition, for the best thesis on Underground Excavations defended in Italy in the years 1994-95-96.
  • Scholarships for graduate studies: University of Padua, Italy; University of Pisa, Italy; Fondazione Gini (twice), Padua, Italy; CNR (Italian National Science Foundation); Rotary Foundation (ambassadorial scholarship).

 

 

Last revised: 9/4/2008 5:12:00 PM