Pol D. Spanos

About

Pol D. Spanos is the Lewis B. Ryon Professor in Mechanical & Civil Engineering and a Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University. His research focuses on the dynamics and vibrations of structural and mechanical systems under various loads, with particular attention to systems exhibiting nonlinear behavior and those exposed to hazard or risk-inducing conditions. His group is also interested in the mechanical properties and fatigue/fracture issues of modern materials such as nanocomposites, as well as signal processing algorithms for dynamic effects in biomedical applications. Professor Spanos develops analytic and numerical methods involving deterministic and stochastic differential equations, finite element models, Monte Carlo simulations, and advanced signal processing techniques, applying these to diverse themes including vehicle and robot dynamics, seismic spectrum estimation, flow-induced vibrations, space payload certification, offshore rig stability, wind load simulation, and biomedical signal analysis. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, the ASME T.K. Caughey Medal, the ASCE Theodore Von Karman Medal, and the ASME Gold Medal, among others. He has published over 400 technical papers, authored or edited more than 20 books, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics and as editor of the Journal of Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. With…

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Applied mathematics
• Mathematics
• Mathematical analysis
• Statistics
• Physics
• Mathematical optimization
• Engineering
• Acoustics
• Pure mathematics

Selected publications

• Elucidating appealing features of differentiable auto-correlation functions: A study on the modified exponential kernel

  Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics · 2022 · 43 citations

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• Nonlinear vibrations of beams and plates with fractional derivative elements subject to combined harmonic and random excitations

  Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics · 2020 · 41 citations

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• A linearization scheme for vibrations due to combined deterministic and stochastic loads

  Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics · 2020 · 23 citations

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• Path Integrals in Stochastic Engineering Dynamics

  2024-01-01 · 22 citations

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  If disposing of this product, please recycle the paper.To my family, Katerina and Thanos, for their "functional" and "integral" roles in enhancing my life.

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• An extrapolation approach within the Wiener path integral technique for efficient stochastic response determination of nonlinear systems

  International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics · 2024-01-11 · 20 citations

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Recent grants

• Wavelets Based Response of Structural / Mechanical Systems to Evolutionary Earthquake & Wind

  NSF · $242k · 2003–2008

• Versatile Modeling of Smart Materials Performance in Infrastructure Applications via Distributed Hysterons

  NSF · $283k · 2008–2012

Frequent coauthors

• Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  Columbia University

  43 shared

• Roger Ghanem

  25 shared

• Giovanni Malara

  25 shared

• Michael Beer

  22 shared

• Agathoklis Giaralis

  Khalifa University of Science and Technology

  19 shared

• B. A. Zeldin

  Vignet (United States)

  18 shared

• Marc P. Mignolet

  Arizona State University

  17 shared

• Y.Z. Pappas

  16 shared

Awards & honors

• NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
• Richards Investigator Award from NSF
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pi Tau Sigma…
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Larson Medal
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Richards Med…

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