Morgan State University School of Engineering

Civil Engineering Faculty

Title: Reginald L. Amory, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering

Educational Background:
Ph.D., 1967 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.C.E.,1963 Clarkson University
B.C.E.,1960 New York University

Area Interest:
Structural Mechanics, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Present Research:
Transportation Technology Curriculum Project

Develop a transportation technology curriculum that will prepare minorities, women, and disadvantaged individuals for transportation careers in the 21st century and beyond.

Future Research:
Future research is focused on conduct- ing fundamental studies aimed toward developing constitutive equations which describe the mechanical behavior of composite materials at the micro- mechanics-materials interface.

Awards:
*Maryland Civil Engineering Educator of the Year Award,1999 (Maryland Section, American Society of Civil Engineers) *Fellow - American Society of Civil Civil Engineers
*Member - New York Academy of Sciences
*Alumni Achievement Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute *ALCOA Foundation Professorship, Northeastern University *Excellence Award for Administrators, North Carolina A and T State University
*Sigma Xi(National Scientific Honor Society)
*Who's Who in America

Courses Given:
Graduate:
Seismic Design,
Geometrically Nonlinear Structural Analysis,
Innovations in Structural Steel Design,
Mechanics of Composite Materials,
Structural Stability,
Advanced Structural Mechanics,
Advanced Structural Analysis,
Energy Methods,
Finite Element Methods,
Advanced Concrete Design,
Prestressed Concrete Design,
Reinforced Concrete Slabs,
Bridge Design
Undergraduate:
Structural Mechanics,
Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis,
Statics,
Dynamics,
Mechanics of Solids,
Reinforced Concrete Design,
Structural Steel Design (ASD),
Structural Steel Design (LRFD),
Advanced Mechanics of Solids,
Statically Determinate Structures,
Statically Indeterminate Structures,
Properties of Engineering Materials

Hobbies: Reading, golf