Education
- Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, 1993
- M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, 1989
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Patras – Greece, 1987
Biography
Dr. Dimitris C. Rizos is an Associate Professor of Structural Mechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Associate Chair of the Department. He is the Director of the Graduate Certificate Program in Railway Engineering, and he is the Coordinator of the Advanced Railroad Technology Group, the Railway Infrastructure Laboratory and the Railway Engineering curriculum at USC. His background is in Structural Mechanics and his research focuses on the development and implementation of smart technologies for the railway infrastructure, including monitoring and condition assessment of track and structures, remote sensing and non-contact methods, train dynamics and train-track interaction. He is the recipient of the ASCE SC section Technical Merit award, the ASME Railway Division Award, and the Bert Storey Innovative Research Award, among others, for his contributions in research and education in railway engineering. He is the chair of ASCE TDI Rail Transport Committee; he has been selected a voting member of the NAE ad-hoc committee on safe transportation of LNG by rail; and he is a voting member of the AREMA Committee 24, and TRB Committee AR050. He has served as the principal and co-investigator in numerous transportation infrastructure research projects. In the last 8 years he has served as PI and Co-PI on railway infrastructure research projects totaling over $3 million. His research has produced over 120 refereed technical publications conference papers and technical reports, 2 patent applications and presentations of many lectures at national and international conferences, seminars and workshops. His research activities are funded by Federal Agencies and the private industry, including FRA, NSF, FHWA, USDOT, SCDOT, DOD, DOE, and CSX, among others.
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