| Title: | Chair & Professor |
| Dept: | Civil And Environmental Engineering |
| Office: | SH 108 |
| Phone: | 216-687-9259 |
| Fax: | 216-687-5395 |
| Email: | N.DELATTE@csuohio.edu |
| Web: | http://matdl.org/failurecases/ |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. SH 108, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The University of Texas, 1996
M.S., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986 B.S., Civil Engineering, The Citadel, 1984 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Dr. Norbert Delatte joined the Cleveland State University faculty in December, 2003, after serving on the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the United States Military Academy. He obtained his BSCE from The Citadel in 1984, his Master's from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996, He served for eleven years on active duty as an officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
His research interests include concrete pavement performance and rehabilitation, nondestructive testing, properties of concrete including roller compacted concrete, and the integration of failure case studies into the civil engineering curriculum. He is the former chair of the American Concrete Institute (ACI)Committee 325 Concrete Pavements and of the American Society of Civil Engineers Technical Council on Forensic Engineering Executive Committee and Education Committee, and the current chair of the ACI faculty network (E803). He is a founding member of the ACI Advisory Committee for Young Members. He is the editor of the ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice - Journal web site http://www.editorialmanager.com/jrneieng/ Failure Case Studies funded by the National Science Foundation - web site http://matdl.org/failurecases/ He is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Ohio, Alabama, and Virginia. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| American Concrete Institute Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award, bestowed by the ACI Board of Direction at its fall 2007 meeting specifically for outstanding leadership of Committee 325, Concrete Pavements awarded, Sunday, March 30, 2008
Fenn College Distinguished Faculty Service Award, Cleveland State University, 2007 American Concrete Institute (ACI International), Walter P. Moore, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, awarded March 30, 2003. ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Outstanding Paper of 2002 Award, with Kevin L. Rens, for Forensics and Case Studies in Civil Engineering Education: State of the Art, Vol. 16, No. 3, August, 2002, awarded October 2003. ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Outstanding Paper of 2001 Award for Another Look at the Hartford Civic Center Coliseum Collapse, Vol. 15, No. 1, February 2001, awarded November 6, 2002. ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 2000 - 2001 best paper award for Lessons from Roman Cement and Concrete, Vol. 127, No. 3, July 2001, awarded October 13, 2001. UAB President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, May 25, 2001 American Society of Civil Engineers Certificate of Award, The Long-Term Pavement Performance DataPave Contest 2000, Faculty Category, Presented on January 9, 2001 at the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship, Spring 1998, Fall 1999, Fall 2002, Fall 2003 1998 Engineering Foundation Council (EFC) Faculty Excellence Award Nominated by student ballot for the Ellen Gregg Ingalls - UAB National Alumni Society Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, 1998 | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| His research interests include concrete pavements and overlays, roller compacted concrete, pervious concrete, high-performance/high-strength concrete, internal curing of concrete, nondestructive evaluation, and the use of failure case studies in engineering education. See funded research projects and publications for more details. | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Structural engineering, transportation engineering, engineering mechanics, construction materials, pavement design, construction, and performance | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Society of Civil Engineers
American Concrete Institute International Society for Concrete Pavements Transportation Research Board American Society for Engineering Education International Concrete Repair Institute The Masonry Society Member, January 2002 - March 2004. International Editorial Board, International Journal of Pavements, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, ISSN 1676-2797, Printed in Brazil. Journal web site http://www.olemiss.edu/pubs/ijp/ | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| Cleveland State University
Professor (August 2007 - present) Associate Professor (December 2003 - August 2007) Specialty: Transportation Engineering, Structures, Engineering Mechanics, and Construction Materials The University of Alabama at Birmingham Associate Professor (October 2002 - December 2003) Assistant Professor (September 1997 - September 2002) The University of Alabama in Huntsville Adjunct Assistant/Associate Professor (February 2002 - December 2003) United States Military Academy Assistant Professor (June 1996 - August 1997) Specialty: Structures and Engineering Mechanics University of Texas, Austin, Texas Research Assistant (1993-1996) Ph.D. Dissertation: High Early Strength Bonded Concrete Overlay Designs and Construction Methods for Rehabilitation of CRCP Dissertation Advisor: Dr. David W. Fowler. United States Army Corps of Engineers Promoted to Major, U.S. Army Reserve, 3 January 2000, honorable discharge March 2002 Fort Stewart, Georgia, Staff Officer and Company Commander (1990 - 1993) Staff officer responsible for engineer equipment maintenance for a 500-soldier engineer battalion at Fort Stewart and in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm Commander of a 130-soldier engineer company, B Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Heavy) Planned and supervised construction of light gauge steel buildings, masonry buildings, a reinforced concrete tank turning pad, and training area roads and embankments. Planned and supervised renovation of a wood frame structure. Planned and supervised deployment of 40 soldiers to the Sultanate of Oman to construct a light gauge steel building Planned and supervised deployment of an engineer company to Homestead, Florida, for Hurricane Andrew relief operations, including debris removal and emergency building renovations Camp Humphreys, Korea, Platoon Leader and Construction Officer (1986 - 1989) Direct supervisor of two different forty-soldier platoons, A and B Company, 802nd Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Heavy) Second in command of a 130-soldier engineer company Planned and supervised two earthwork and asphalt paving projects Designed and supervised construction of a 4200-foot tactical airfield Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Research Assistant (1984-1986) S.M. Thesis: Characterization of Dynamic Vehicle-Pavement Interaction Thesis Advisor: Michael Markow | ||
| University Service: | ||
| Member of Provost search committee, 2006
Elected to 2006 AAUP bargaining council, at large Reviewer for The Gorgas Scholarship Program, sponsored by the Alabama Power Foundation, Inc., administered by the Alabama Academy of Science, 2000-2001. Research Project Judge for the National Science Foundation Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation and Alabama Minority Graduate Education Program, summer 1999 Member of School of Engineering Research Advisory and Space Resources Committee, 1997 - present Member of School of Engineering Academic Misconduct Committee, spring term 1998 Member of School of Engineering Depuis Scholarship Interview Committee, 1998 Organized department presentations for visit by Alabama School of Fine Arts students to School of Engineering, 20 February 1998. Chair of department open house committee, 8-10 February 1998, member of School of Engineering open house committee 2000. Organized department presentations for Faraday Lecture, 28 January 1998. Chair for UA Systems Joint Ph.D. working group on admissions and transfer, fall 1997. | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| American Society of Civil Engineers
President, The Citadel ASCE Student Chapter, 1983 - 1984 Advisor, UAB Student Chapter, 2000 - 2003 Editor, formerly Associate Editor and Corresponding Editor, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice, and Chair, Education and Practice Publications Committee Member of Editorial Board for Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities Chair of Executive Committee, Technical Council on Forensic Engineering Former Chair and Secretary, Education Committee, and Member, Committee for the Dissemination of Failure Information, Technical Council on Forensic Engineering also Member of 3rd and 4th Forensic Congress Steering Committee Member, International Contest on LTPP Data Analysis, ASCE LTPP Task Group, ASCE Pavement Committee Member of ASCE delegation to International Conference on Forensic Engineering: Failure Diagnosis and Problem Solving, Mumbai, India, December 6 9, 2007, also presenter and session moderator American Concrete Institute Founding member Advisory Committee for Young Members (2007 - present) Chair (2001 - 2007) and Secretary (1999 - 2001) of Committee 325 (Concrete Pavements), former chair of Task Force 325.31 (Design of Concrete Overlays), Member of Committees 327 Roller Compacted Concrete Pavements, 330 Parking Lots and Site Paving, 435 Deflection of Concrete Building Structures, 522 Pervious Concrete, and E802 Teaching Methods and Educational Materials. Chair of E803 Faculty Network Coordinating Committee. International Society for Concrete Pavements, former Chair of Editorial Board and Member of 8th International Conference on Concrete Pavements steering committee Transportation Research Board University Representative for Cleveland State University Member of Committee AFN40, Concrete Materials and Placement Techniques (2006 - present) Member of Committee AFN20, Properties of Concrete (2007 - present) | ||
| Community Service: | ||
| Ambassador for ASCE Birmingham Branch 150th Anniversary Celebration Building Big Program to St. Barnabas School, Birmingham, 85 5th through 8th graders, May 22, 2001
Ambassador for ASCE Birmingham Branch Coloring Book competition to Tuxedo and C.J. Donald schools, spring 2000 | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Assessing the Impact of Case Studies on the Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Curriculum, National Science Foundation Project DUE-0536666, $ 125,000, July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2009, Principle Investigator, with co-investigators William Beasley, Joshua Bagaka's, and Rosemary Sutton, Education.
Portland Cement Pervious Concrete Pavement: Field Performance Investigation on Parking Lot and Roadway Pavements, $ 100,000, National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA) Research Foundation, January 1, 2006 - August 31, 2007, Principle Investigator. Effect of Partial Layer Bonding on Design of Layered RCC Pavements, $ 20,000, Portland Cement Association Education Foundation Fellowship, awarded May 10, 2005. Evaluation of High Absorptive Materials to Improve Internal Curing of Low Permeability Concrete, State Job No. 134227, Federal Contract Number 20809, $ 98,702.79, Ohio Department of Transportation, April 1, 2005, 24 months, Principle Investigator. Laboratory Evaluation of Thin Bonded Overlays on Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavements, $ 20,000, Portland Cement Association Education Foundation Fellowship, awarded June 25, 2004. Optimized Mix Design for Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavements, $ 20,000, Portland Cement Association Education Foundation Fellowship, awarded August 16, 2002. Developing Case Studies in Failures and Ethics for Engineering Educators, $ 74,999, National Science Foundation project number DUE 0127419, 1 March 2002 - 29 February 2004. Great Cities Universities Coalition Transportation Initiative Task 008 Maintenance and Management of Transit Infrastructure, with CCNY/CUNY, Cleveland State University, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Cincinnati, USDOT Federal Transit Administration, $204,996 in FTA funds and $210,543 in matching funds, August 2001 - August 2002. Principal Investigator. 1 year. Improving Field Predictions of Helical Anchor Capacity, Phase III, with Shen-en Chen. Investigator. Alabama Power Company and Southern Company. $ 199,534. June 30, 2001 - December 31, 2002. Improved Management of RCC Pavement Technology. The University Transportation Center for Alabama Project 01-231. $ 100,000. Principal Investigator. August 1, 2001 - July 31, 2002. | ||