Fleischman Receives 2016 Pankow Award

The American Society of Civil Engineers has given the 2016 Charles H. Pankow Award for Innovation to professor Robert B. Fleischman and his co-investigators for a 10-year project that provides new ways for concrete flooring to withstand seismic forces.

“We attacked a complicated problem and conducted computer simulation and experimentation to develop a design procedure – then proved it worked in large-scale structural testing, and changed the building codes,” Fleischman said. “I think that’s why ASCE chose our project for this award.”