Dr. Tedesco is currently Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean of the Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston. He obtained his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame (1971), M.S. in Civil Engineering from Tufts University (1974) and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University (1982).
Professor Tedesco is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of Florida and Alabama and has over 35 years of diversified experience ranging from practical structural design to highly mission oriented research projects. He has been principal investigator on more than thirty federally funded research projects involving the dynamic response of structures and materials to high intensity, short duration impulse loadings, including blast and impact. He is a six time U.S. Air Force research fellow, and has worked in residence at several AFRL’s, including Tyndall AFB and Eglin AFB. Dr. Tedesco has been involved in research involving highly nonlinear numerical simulations of structures and materials subject to blast and impact loading, experimental research to assess the dynamic response characteristics of a variety of construction materials, and explosive tests of full-scale building structures.
Dr. Tedesco is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and is a Charter Member of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI). He is member of the ASCE Committee on Blast, Shock and Vibratory Effects and the ACI Committee on Short Duration Dynamics and Vibratory Load Effects He is also the past chairman of the ASCE Technical Administrative Committee (TAC) on Dynamic Effects. Dr. Tedesco is Managing Editor of the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Computers and Structures
Dr. Tedesco’s teaching background includes courses on structural design, structural analysis and structural dynamics. He has written more than 110 technical publications including 70 refereed articles, 4 books, 2 book chapters and 38 technical reports. He is the principal author of the internationally renowned textbook titled Structural Dynamics: Theory and Applications (Prentice Hall, 1999). I have enjoyed a distinguished academic career that spans more than thirty years at large public institutions, and have developed a deep understanding of their mission and value. Over the course of my career I have authored or co-authored more than 110 technical publications, including 70 refereed articles, 4 books, 2 book chapters and 38 technical reports. I have served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than thirty research contracts and grants totaling more than $60M, sponsored from a variety of federal and state funding agencies, as well as private industry. faculty in STEM and the social and behavioral sciences, and to promote minority participation in attaining advanced degrees in engineering.