Professor Ross B. Corotis
Professor of Civil Engineering
Dean of the College
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0422
Office: ECAD 136; (303) 492-7006
Fax: (303) 492-0353
Email: corotis@colorado.edu
Education:
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Area:
structural reliability, probabilistic code formulation, system reliability and optimization, natural hazard evaluation, structural analysis and design, random vibrations, life cycle costs
Current Focus:
application of extreme value statistics to design wind speed analysis, nonlinear reanalysis of structures, optimal inspection and maintenance strategies for structures
Awards:
- Walter L. Huber Research Prize, ASCE
- Civil Engineer of the Year, ASCE Maryland Section
- Engineer of the Year, NSPE Baltimore Engineers Week Council
- Outstanding Engineering Educator, ASCE Maryland Section
Selected Publications:
"Application of Mathematical Programming to System Reliability," R. Corotis and A. Nafday, Structural Safety, 1990, Vol. 7, Nos. 2-4, pp. 149-154.
"Dynamic Response of Tall Buildings to Stochastic Wind Load," M. Islam, B. Ellingwood and R. Corotis, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 116, No. 11, November, 1990, pp. 2982-3002.
"Critical Base Excitations of Structural Systems," M. Srinivasan, B. Ellingwood and R. Corotis, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 117, No. 6, June, 1991, pp. 1403-1422.
"Generation of Critical Stochastic Earthquakes," M. Srinivasan, R. Corotis and B. Ellingwood, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 21, No. 4, 1992, pp. 275-288.
"Stochastic Optimization Models for Structural Reliability Analysis," J. Zimmerman, J.H. Ellis and R. Corotis, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 119, No. 1, January, 1993, pp. 223-239.
"Assessing the Cost of Dam Failure," B. Ellingwood, R. Corotis, J. Boland, and N.P. Jones, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 119, No. 1, January/February, 1993, pp. 64-82.
"Limit States of Load Path-Dependent Structures in Basic Variable Space," W. Wang, R. Corotis and M.R. Ramirez, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 2, February, 1995, pp. 299-308.
"Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair with Partial Observability," J.H. Ellis, M. Jiang and R. Corotis, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, Vol. 1, No. 2, June, 1995, pp. 92-99.
"Reliability-Based Structural Design with Markov Decision Processes," Z. Tao, R. Corotis and J.H. Ellis, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 6, June, 1995, pp. 971-980.
"Dominant Failure Modes for Structures with Stochastic Load Processes," W. Wang, R. Corotis, and M.R. Ramirez, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 11, November, 1995, pp. 1252-1260.
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder.