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Bruce R. Ellingwood publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce R. Ellingwood sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 416 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Bruce R. Ellingwood D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce R. Ellingwood sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For leadership in the use of probability and statistics in the design of structures and in the development of new design criteria.

Overview

Bruce R. Ellingwood is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and environmental science, focusing on topics related to infrastructure resilience, disaster management, and environmental impacts.

The main fields of study for Ellingwood include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

In more specific subfields, their work covers:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Sociology and Political Science

The primary topics addressed in their research are:

  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads

Recent publications demonstrate the range and application of Ellingwood's research, including:

  • "The Role of Urban Growth in Resilience of Communities Under Flood Risk" (2020), Earth's Future
  • "Post-earthquake modelling of transportation networks using an agent-based model" (2020), Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
  • "Unraveling the complexity of human behavior and urbanization on community vulnerability to floods" (2021), Scientific Reports
  • "Vulnerability of seaports to hurricanes and sea level rise in a changing climate: A case study for Mobile, AL" (2021), Coastal Engineering
  • "Shaping urbanization to achieve communities resilient to floods" (2021), Environmental Research Letters

Frequent co-authors working with Ellingwood include:

  • Hussam Mahmoud
  • Mohamed A. Abdelhafez
  • Naiyu Wang
  • Michel Ghosn
  • Mona Hemmati

Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Structural Safety
  • Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
  • Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Earth's Future
  • Scientific Reports

Bruce R. Ellingwood was recognized with membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for leadership in the use of probability and statistics in structural design and new design criteria development.

Best Publications

  • A new look at the response surface approach for reliability analysis

    Malur R. Rajashekhar;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Development of a probability based load criterion for American National Standard A58

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  • Mitigating Risk from Abnormal Loads and Progressive Collapse

    Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Reliability-Based Service-Life Assessment of Aging Concrete Structures

    Yasuhiro Mori;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Probability Based Load Criteria: Load Factors and Load Combinations

    Bruce Ellingwood;James G. MacGregor;Theodore V. Galambos;C. Allin Cornell

  • State of the research in community resilience: progress and challenges.

    Maria Koliou;John W. van de Lindt;Therese P. McAllister;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Earthquake risk assessment of building structures

    Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Fragility Assessment of Light-Frame Wood Construction Subjected to Wind and Earthquake Hazards

    Bruce R. Ellingwood;David V. Rosowsky;Yue Li;Jun Hee Kim

  • Probability Based Load Criteria: Assessment of Current Design Practice

    Theodore V. Galambos;Bruce Ellingwood;James G. MacGregor;C. Allin Cornell

  • Seismic fragilities for non-ductile reinforced concrete frames – Role of aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties

    Ozan Cem Celik;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Orthogonal Series Expansions of Random Fields in Reliability Analysis

    Jun Zhang;Bruce Ellingwood

  • Performance evaluation and damage assessment of steel frame buildings under main shock–aftershock earthquake sequences

    Quanwang Li;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Hurricane damage to residential construction in the US: Importance of uncertainty modeling in risk assessment

    Yue Li;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Risk-informed condition assessment of civil infrastructure: state of practice and research issues

    Bruce R Ellingwood

  • Wind Load Statistics for Probability-Based Structural Design

    Bruce R. Ellingwood;Paulos Beraki Tekie

  • Directional methods for structural reliability analysis

    Jinsuo Nie;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • MAINTAINING RELIABILITY OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES. I: ROLE OF INSPECTION/REPAIR

    Yasuhiro Mori;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Best Practices for Reducing the Potential for Progressive Collapse in Buildings | NIST

    Bruce R Ellingwood;Robert Smilowitz;Donald O Dusenberry;Dat Duthinh

  • Risk-Targeted versus Current Seismic Design Maps for the Conterminous United States

    Nicolas Luco;Bruce R. Ellingwood;Ronald O. Hamburger;John D. Hooper

  • Fragility assessment of building structural systems in Mid-America

    Bruce R. Ellingwood;Ozan Cem Celik;Kursat Kinali

  • Serviceability of earthquake-damaged water systems: Effects of electrical power availability and power backup systems on system vulnerability

    Takao Adachi;Bruce R. Ellingwood

  • Quantifying and communicating uncertainty in seismic risk assessment

    Bruce R. Ellingwood;Kursat Kinali

  • Seismic hazard and risk analysis

    Bruce R. Ellingwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan M. Frangopol
Dan M. Frangopol Lehigh University
George Deodatis
George Deodatis Columbia University
John W. van de Lindt
John W. van de Lindt Colorado State University
Hao Zhang
Hao Zhang University of Sydney
Kim J.R. Rasmussen
Kim J.R. Rasmussen University of Sydney
Edwin K. P. Chong
Edwin K. P. Chong Colorado State University
Paolo Gardoni
Paolo Gardoni University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel T. Cox
Daniel T. Cox Oregon State University
C. Allin Cornell
C. Allin Cornell Stanford University

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