Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970
M.Sc., University of Delaware, 1967
B.Sc., University of Leuven, Belgium, 1965
Room: E326 Engineering Quad
Phone: 609-258-5896
Email: evm@princeton.edu
Honors and Awards
- Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal, Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, 2012
- Kwang-hua Chair Visiting Professorship, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2010-12
- Chair Professorship (Visiting), National Taiwan University of Science & Technology, 2008
- Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2002
- Distinguished Alumnus for 1994, University of Delaware School of Engineering, 1994
- Elected Member (Foreign), Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Belgium, 1999
- Visiting Senior Scientist Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1991
- Shimizu Visiting Professorship, Stanford University, 1990-91
- Walter L. Huber Research Prize, ASCE, 1984
- Gilbert W. Winslow Professorship, M.I.T., 1974-1977
- Raymond C. Reese Research Award, ASCE, 1975
- 22 Keynote Lectures, since 1977, Listed in CV (see above)
Concurrent University Appointments
- Member, Faculty Affiliated with the Bendheim Center for Finance
- Member, Academic Committee of the Program in Robotics and Intelligent Systems
- Member, Faculty Affiliated with Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI)
- Member, Faculty Affiliated with Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM)
Research Areas
- Earthquake Engineering
- Mechanics, Materials & Structures
- Risk Assessment
Research Interests
Professor Vanmarcke’s research interests include: stochastic systems; random fields and random media; risk assessment and management; seismic risk and earthquake ground motions; hurricanes and related economic losses under various climate change scenarios; wind-related debris damage; geologic hazards and probabilistic site characterization; dam safety; structural reliability; random vibrations; optimum design based on reliability; modeling the energy density fluctuations in the early universe and the formation of cosmic structure.
Updated: February 6, 2013
