2026 Dan M. Frangopol: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	101	141	134	51	49	1132	36992

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
2020 - Foreign Associate of the Engineering Academy of Japan
2020 - Member of the National Academy of Construction of the United States
2017 - Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy
2016 - Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
2010 - Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
2000 - Honorary Member of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania

Overview

Dan M. Frangopol is affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States. Their main field of study is engineering, with a focus on civil and structural engineering as the predominant subfield, followed by significant work in statistics, probability and uncertainty, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and global and planetary change.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

Concrete Corrosion and Durability
Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
Structural Response to Dynamic Loads

Recent publications include:

Digital technologies can enhance climate resilience of critical infrastructure, 2021, Climate Risk Management
Resilience assessment framework for critical infrastructure in a multi-hazard environment: Case study on transport assets, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
Long-term resilience and loss assessment of highway bridges under multiple natural hazards, 2020, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
Resilience of aging structures and infrastructure systems with emphasis on seismic resilience of bridges and road networks: Review, 2022, Resilient Cities and Structures
Framework for estimating the risk and resilience of road networks with bridges and embankments under both seismic and tsunami hazards, 2020, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

They have worked frequently with co-authors such as:

Mitsuyoshi Akiyama
You Dong
David Y. Yang
Xu Han
Jiyu Xin

Dan M. Frangopol has published extensively in several academic venues, including:

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
Structural Safety
Engineering Structures
Journal of Bridge Engineering
Reliability Engineering & System Safety

The scientist has received multiple recognitions including:

Member of the National Academy of Construction of the United States (2020)
Foreign Associate of the Engineering Academy of Japan (2020)
Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy (2017)
Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (2016)
Member of Academia Europaea (2015)
Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (2010)
Honorary Member of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania (2000)

Best Publications

Life-cycle cost design of deteriorating structures

Dan M. Frangopol;Kai-Yung Lin;Allen C. Estes

665
Citations
Resilience and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure: Toward a Unified Approach

Paolo Bocchini;Dan M. Frangopol;Thomas Ummenhofer;Tim Zinke

659
Citations
Maintenance and management of civil infrastructure based on condition, safety, optimization, and life-cycle cost∗

Dan M. Frangopol;Min Liu

605
Citations
RELIABILITY-BASED LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES

Dan M. Frangopol;Jung S. Kong;Emhaidy S. Gharaibeh

603
Citations
Effects of Damage and Redundancy on Structural Reliability

Dan M. Frangopol;James P. Curley

539
Citations
Probabilistic models for life‐cycle performance of deteriorating structures: review and future directions

Dan M Frangopol;Maarten-Jan Kallen;Jan M van Noortwijk

530
Citations
Probabilistic analysis of resistance degradation of reinforced concrete bridge beams under corrosion

Michael P. Enright;Dan M. Frangopol

516
Citations
Structural Health Monitoring and Reliability Estimation: Long Span Truss Bridge Application With Environmental Monitoring Data

F. Necati Catbas;Melih Susoy;Dan M. Frangopol

485
Citations
Bridge Reliability Assessment Based on Monitoring

Dan M. Frangopol;Alfred Strauss;Sunyong Kim

392
Citations
Life-cycle performance, management, and optimisation of structural systems under uncertainty: accomplishments and challenges 1

Dan M. Frangopol

389
Citations
A probabilistic approach for the prediction of seismic resilience of bridges

Alberto Decò;Paolo Bocchini;Dan M. Frangopol

367
Citations
Life-cycle reliability-based maintenance cost optimization of deteriorating structures with emphasis on bridges

Jung S. Kong;Dan M. Frangopol

361
Citations
Reliability-based design of MEMS mechanisms by topology optimization

Kurt Maute;Dan M. Frangopol

339
Citations
Service-Life Prediction of Deteriorating Concrete Bridges

Michael P. Enright;Dan M. Frangopol

321
Citations
Repair Optimization of Highway Bridges Using System Reliability Approach

Allen C. Estes;Dan M. Frangopol

318
Citations
Life-cycle performance of deteriorating structural systems under uncertainty: Review

Fabio Biondini;Dan M. Frangopol

315
Citations
Life-cycle reliability-based optimization of civil and aerospace structures

Dan M Frangopol;Kurt Maute

313
Citations
Risk and resilience assessment of bridges under mainshock and aftershocks incorporating uncertainties

You Dong;Dan M. Frangopol

291
Citations
Reliability of Reinforced Concrete Girders Under Corrosion Attack

Dan M. Frangopol;Kai-Yung Lin;Allen C. Estes

285
Citations
Life-cycle of structural systems: recent achievements and future directions

Dan M. Frangopol;Mohamed Soliman

272
Citations
Optimal Resilience- and Cost-Based Postdisaster Intervention Prioritization for Bridges along a Highway Segment

Paolo Bocchini;Dan M. Frangopol

250
Citations
Probability concepts in engineering: emphasis on applications to civil and environmental engineering

Dan M. Frangopol

193
Citations
Book reviewRandom vibration of mechanical and structural systems: by T.T. Soong and M. Grigoriu, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993, ISBN 0-13-752361-0

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