Monday, July 20, 2020
Dan M. Frangopol, the inaugural Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture at Lehigh University, has been elected to the Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ) as a foreign associate.
EAJ comprises "leading experts from academia, industry, and government institutions who possess a wide range of knowledge and have made outstanding contributions in engineering and technological sciences, and closely related fields," according to the academy's website.
Since its establishment in 1987, the EAJ has grown to approximately 800 individual Japanese members and 14 foreign associates (nonresidents of Japan), including five from the United States.