Vitae

Education
1972 Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada
1966 B.S., University of Glasgow, UK

Experience
Professor of Civil Engineering, The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department,
The Pennsylvania State University (1987 - present)
Department Head, The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department,
The Pennsylvania State University (2002 - 2006)
Associate Director, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, The Pennsylvania State University ( 1999 - 2002)
Director, Transportation Infrastructure Program, The Pennsylvania State University (1999 - Present)
Director, Transportation Structures Program, PA Transp Inst., The Pennsylvania State University (1993 - 1999)
Acting Head of Department of Civil Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University (1991)
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (1983 - 1987)
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (1982 - 1983)
Manager, Analytical Design Section, Portland Cement Association, Skokie IL (1980 - 1982)
Senior Structural Engineer, Structural Evaluation Section, Portland Cement Association, Skokie IL (1978 - 1980)
Structural Division Head, Reid, Crowther and Partners Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta (1973 - 1978)
Structural Design Engineer, Duthie Newby and Associates, Edmonton, Alberta (1971 - 1973)
Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (1968 - 1971)

Professional Memberships
American Concrete Institute Committee 348: Structural Safety (Former Chairman)
Committee 435: Deflections (Chairman)
Committee 224: Cracking (Member)
Committee 437: Strength Evaluation (Associate Member)
Nominating Committee (Member)

American Society of Civil Engineers Standards Committee: ASCE-7, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (Former Member) Standards Committee: Loads During Construction (Former Member)

Honors and Awards
2011 Delmar L. Bloem Award, American Concrete Institute
2003 Elected ASCE Fellow
1998 Elected Fellow of the American Concrete Institute
1992 - 1993 Faculty Associate, Penn State Leonhard Center for Innovation and Enhancement of Engineering Education
1990 P. J. Pratley Award of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering for Best Paper in Bridge Engineering, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.
1969 - 1971 National Research Council of Canada Graduate Scholarship
1968 - 1969 Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship

Recent Publications
Scanlon, A., and Lee, Y. H. (2006) Unified Span-to-Depth Ratio Equation for Nonprestressed Concrete Beams and Slabs, ACI Structural Journal, V. 103, No. S16, pp .

Memari, A. M., Harris, H. G., Hamid, A. A., and Scanlon, A. (2005). Ductility Evaluation for Typical Existing R/C Bridge Columns in the Eastern U. S. A. Engineering Structures, Elsevier, V. 27, pp 203-2212.

Scanlon, A. (2005). Deflection Control by Design. Proceedings of Serviceability of Concrete – A Symposium Honoring Dr. Edward G. Nawy, ACI Symposium Publication 225, American Concrete Institute, pp .

Scanlon, A., Schokker, A. J., and Lee, Y. H. (2005). Design Considerations for Long-Span Concrete Floors. Proceedings of International Congress 2005 – Global Construction, Dundee, UK, pp 701-706.

Memari, A. M., and Scanlon, A. (2004). Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers under Low to Moderate Seismic Induced Loads. Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, V. 6, No. 2, pp 57 – 64.

Choi, B-S, Scanlon, A., and Johnson, P. A. (2004). Monte Carlo Simulation of Immediate and Time-dependent Deflections of Reinforced Concrete Beams and Slabs. ACI Structural Journal, V. 101, No. 5, pp. 633 -641.

Memari, A. M., and Scanlon, A. (2004). Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers under Low to Moderate Seismic Induced Loads. Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, V. 6, No. 2, pp 57 – 64.

Choi, B-S, Oh, B. H., and Scanlon, A. (2002). Probabilistic Assessment of ACI 318 Minimum Thickness Requirements for One-way Members. ACI Structural Journal, V. 99, No. 3, pp344-351.

Scanlon, A. (2002). Design of Two-way Slabs for Strength and Serviceability. Proceedings of International Seminar, Challenges of Concrete Construction: Concrete Floors and Slabs (Keynote Paper), Dundee, UK, pp 15-24.

Schokker, A. J., Lee, S. C., and Scanlon, A. (2002). Effect of Tendon Layout on Stresses and Deflections in Post-tensioned Slabs. Proceedings of International Seminar, Challenges of Concrete Construction: Floors and Slabs, Dundee, UK, pp 141-150.