October 19, 2006

Rizkalla to Receive IIFC Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Rizkalla (Photo: submitted)

In recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of FRP composites for construction, the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) will recognize Dr. Sami H. Rizkalla with the IIFC Lifetime Achievement Award. Rizkalla, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction, is director of the Constructed Facilities Laboratory in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University.

The IIFC was established in 2003 to advance the understanding and the application of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites in the civil infrastructure, in the service of the engineering profession and society. The Award will be presented at The Third International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering in December 2006.

The IIFC had named Rizkalla as Fellow in 2005.  He is also a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, the American Society of Civil Engineering, the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He is the immediate past president of the Canadian Network of Center of Excellence “Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures” ISIS–Canada.

Rizkalla received his master's and doctoral degrees from NC State in 1974 and 1976, respectively.

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