David H. Sanders
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1990
M.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1986
B.S., Iowa State University, 1984
Inducted, 2018
David Sanders is the Greenwood Department Chair and a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University. He came to Iowa State University as chair in 2018 after being at the University of Nevada, Reno, for 28 years in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His teaching and research focus has been on the behavior and design of structures in structural concrete, with emphasis on bridges and connections, especially in seismic regions. Much of his work involved large-scale experiments on the shake-table facility at the University of Nevada, Reno.
He loves teaching and research. As sole or co-adviser, he has graduated 23 Ph.D. and 38 M.S. students. He has over 300 research publications and received research grants totaling approximately $8 million as a principal investigator and $7 million as a co-principal investigator.
Examples of awards he has received include the Iowa State University Outstanding Young Alumnus Award and a Professional Progress in Engineering Award, the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Joe W. Kelly Award and the ACI Henry L. Kennedy Award, member of the Mexican National Academy of Engineering, and University of Nevada Foundation Professor Award. He is a fellow in ACI, ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineering) and SEI (Structural Engineering Institute).
He has been very active in service, especially within the American Concrete Institute, where he has served on the board and numerous committees, including chair of ACI 318E Sectional and Member Strength, ACI-ASCE/SEI Coordination Task Group, ASCE/SEI Committee on Concrete and Masonry Structures (CCMS), ACI-ASCE Committee 445 Shear and Torsion, ACI 445A Strut-and-Tie Model and ACI 341 Earthquake-Resistant Concrete Bridges. He has also been a member of the ACI 318-19 Building Code and Commentary and the ACI 318-19 Steering Committee. He has been president of the Iowa Chapter Board, American Concrete Institute, chair of the Iowa Highway Research Board, editorial board member of ACI Structural Journal and president of the ASCE Truckee Meadows Branch. He has held numerous positions at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Iowa State University, including chair of the Faculty Senate.
