Alexandros Taflanidis

About

Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Alexandros Taflanidis is Professor and Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Chair in Structural Engineering. Taflanidis received his Ph.D. in 2008 in Civil Engineering with a minor in Control and Dynamical Systems from the California Institute of Technology. Subsequently he conducted postdoctoral research at Duke University. He joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 2008. Dr. Taflanidis currently oversees the operation of the High Performance system Analysis and Design (HIPAD) laboratory. He is also part of the University of Notre Dame team (Engineering2Empower) that is committed to scholarship and service for Haiti following the devastating January 2010 earthquake.

Thematic Interests

Natural hazard risk assessment, civil infrastructure maintenance, and post-disaster recovery in developing countries; simulation-based engineering science for disaster risk reduction (DRR)

Current Research

Challenges for natural hazard risk assessment and mitigation in megacities and developing countries; empowerment models for residential housing in the developing world.

Countries

Regions

Journal Articles

Coauthors. "The Haitian housing dilemma: can sustainability and hazard-resilience be achieved?" Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 10, 3 (2012)

Coauthors. "Empowerment Model for Sustainable Residential Reconstruction in Léogâne, Haiti, after the January 2010 Earthquake" (with Mix, D., and Kavanagh, R. ) Leadership Manage. Eng. 12, 4 (2012)

Coauthors, "Assessment of Residential Housing in Léogâne, Haiti, and Identification of Needs for Rebuilding after the January 2010 Earthquake" (with Dustin Mix), Earthquake Spectra 27, 1 (2011)

Book Chapters

“Soft computing applications in simulation based natural hazard risk assessment” in Tsompanakis, Y, and B.H.V. Topping eds., Soft Computing Methods for Civil and Structural Engineering (Saxe-Coburg Publications, 2011)

Other Accomplishments & Recognitions

Kellogg Institute's Undergraduate Mentoring Award - 2019-20

Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, CSC, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate teaching - 2014

Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, CSC, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching - 2018-19

Grant Year: 2018-2019 Toward a Global Inventory of Climate Adaptations Based on Local Ways of Knowing: A Study of Adaptive Capacity Among Vulnerable Populations in Bangladesh and Haiti Grants to Support Faculty Fellows' Research

Grant Year: 2014-2015 Retrofitting “The Bridge to Nowhere”: Redefining Post-Disaster Sheltering Programs for the Developing World Grants to Support Faculty Fellows' Research

Grant Year: 2012-2013 In-Situ Technology Incubators to Accelerate Sustainable Development Solutions: Can the Communities We Serve Become Their Own Engines of Innovation? Grants to Support Faculty Fellows' Research

Feb 15 to 16, 2021

Kellogg International Scholars Program Research Night (VIRTUAL)

Undergraduate Programs

Marie BondLisa HuangAlexander LewisTrevor LwerePatrick McCabeTerence McDonnellClaire MitchellMarisel MorenoAlexandros TaflanidisMonica TurnerHind Zahour

Wed, Feb 5, 2020

Kellogg International Scholars Program Research Night

Undergraduate Programs

Christian Abraham AregaMichael CoppedgeHannah GillespieLisa HuangTracy L. Kijewski-CorreaNicholas OttoneMaría Luisa Paúl RangelMita RamaniMary SolokasAlexandros Taflanidis

News

Taflanidis Wins Award for Using Scientific Computing to Improve Community Resilience Against Hurricanes and Earthquakes

Apr 27, 2021

Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Alexandros Taflanidis, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, has been awarded the 2021 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the America Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

News

Schierling Receives President's Award

Jun 4, 2020

Sharon Schierling, the longtime managing director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, has been awarded the prestigious 2020 President’s Award by the University of Notre Dame in recognition of her role as the Institute’s “unsung hero.” Schierling was one of more than a dozen members of the Kellogg community recognized by Notre Dame this spring for faculty promotions, milestone anniversaries, and campus-wide awards.