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Dr. Harry H. West
Professor Emeritus

 

		Penn State University hhw@psu.edu
		Research | Courses | Vitae

Primary Research Interests
Structures

Courses Taught at Penn State University
C E 240 Structural Analysis
C E 447, Structural Analysis by Matrix Methods
C E 539, Approximate Methods of Structural Analysis
C E 548, Structural Design for Dynamic Loads
S T S 297, Structures and Society

Vitae

Education
1967 Ph.D., University of Illinois
1961 M.S., The Pennsylvania State University
1958 B.S., The Pennsylvania State University

Experience
Professor, The Department of Civil Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University (1985)
Associate Professor, The Department of Civil Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University (1973)
Assistant Professor, The Department of Civil Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University (1967)
Instructor (1958)

Professional Registrations
Registered Engineer in Pennsylvania

Professional Memberships
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Association for Engineering Education

Honors and Awards
Member of Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Eta Sigma
Recipient of two National Science Foundation Science Faculty Fellowships (1963-65)
Recipient of National Science Foundation Research Initiation Grant (1969-70)
Co-recipient (with A. R. Robinson) of Moisseiff Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1970)
Recipient of Excellent Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society (1975)
Recipient of Western Electric Fund Award for Excellence in Teaching, American Society for Engineering Education (1977)
Recipient of Premier Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society (1986)
Recipient of Christian R. and Mary F. Lindbach Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching, The Pennsylvania State University (1990)
Recipient of Lawrence J. Perez Memorial Student Advocate Award, College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University (1993)
Recipient of Alumni Teaching Fellow Award, The Pennsylvania State University, (1996)
Listed in Engineering Joint Council Engineers of Distinction
Listed in American Association of Engineering Societies Who's Who in Engineering

Recent Publications
West, H. H. Fundamentals of Structural Analysis, 698 pp. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (1993).

West, H. H., T. P. Schweich, P. H. Mahally. Relationships Between Allowable Overload Stresses and Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Beams. Seminar Proceedings, The Behavior of Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Under Variable Loadings, Department of Civil Engineering; University of Glasgow, Scotland :60-77 (June 1994).

West, H. H., T. P. Schweich. Relationships Between Allowable Overload Stresses and Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Bridges. Proc. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, 10 pp. (May 1992).

Memari, A. M., H. H. West. Computation of Bridge Design Forces from Influence Surfaces. Computers and Structures, 38(5/6):547-556 (1991).

Memari, A. M., H. H. West, T. M. Cavalier. Optimization of Continuous Steel Plate Girder Bridges. Structural Optimization, 3:231-239 (1991).

Memari, A. M., H. H. West, A. D. Belegundu. Methodology for Automation of Continuous Highway Bridge Design. Journal of Structural Engineering, 117(9), Amer. Soc. Civil Eng. (Sept. 1991).