Gregor Fischer

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
On leave of absence at Technological University of Denmark
E-mail: GF@byg.dtu.dk

Areas of Specialty and Research Interest:

  • Behavior, design, and application of fiber reinforced cementitious composite materials
  • Utilization of waste materials in cementitious composites
  • Test specifications and evaluation of composite materials
  • Prefabricated structural elements
  • Damage evaluation

Education:

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 1998
  • B.S. (Vordiplom), Technische Universit”t Berlin, 1996

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor - Conducting research and teaching in the field of Materials and Structural Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2002 - present
  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow - Coordinated research project on application of advanced composite materials in bridge structures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 2002 - July 2002.
  • Visiting Research Engineer - Conducted collaborative research project; presented and facilitated information exchange on composite technology, Building Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, November 2000 - February 2002.

Courses Taught:

  • CEE 370: Mechanics of Materials
  • CEE 485: Reinforced Concrete Design
  • CEE 696: Mechanics and Design of Composite Materials

Awards and Honors:

  • Hi Chang Chai Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003.

Selected Publications:

  1. Kim, Y.Y., Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., ìPerformance of Bridge Deck Link Slabs Designed with Ductile ECCî, ACI Structural Journal, accepted June 2003.
  2. Kim, Y.Y., Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., ìMechanical Performance of Sprayed Engineered Cementitious Composite Using Wet-Mix Shotcreting Process for Repair Applicationsî, ACI Materials Journal, Vol.101, No.1, Jan.-Feb., pp 42-49.
  3. Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., 2003, ìIntrinsic response control of moment resisting frames utilizing advanced composite materials and structural elementsî, ACI Structural Journal, V.100, No.2, Mar.-Apr., pp. 166-176.
  4. Fischer, G., 2003, ìSummary of findings and recommendations of the JCI international workshop on ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composites (DFRCC)î, JCI Journal, Vol. 41, No.2, pp. 56-59.
  5. Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., 2003 ìDeformation behavior of FRP reinforced flexural members under reversed cyclic loading conditionsî, ACI Structural Journal, V.100, No.1, Jan.-Feb., pp. 25-35.
  6. Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., 2002, ìEffect of matrix ductility on deformation behavior of steel reinforced ECC flexural members under reversed cyclic loading conditions,î ACI Structural Journal, V.99, No.6, Nov.-Dec., pp. 781-790.
  7. Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., 2002, ìInfluence of matrix ductility on tension-stiffening behavior of steel reinforced engineered cementitious composites (ECC),î ACI Structural Journal, V.99, No.1, Jan.-Feb., pp. 104-111.

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Fischer, G. and Li, V.C., "Effect of Fiber Reinforcement on the Response of Structural Members," paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS 5), Vail, Colorado, April 2004.
  2. Fischer, G., Wang, S., and Li, V.C., ìDesign of engineered cementitious composites (ECC) for processing and workability requirementsî, paper presented at the BMC-7 Conference in Warsaw, Poland, October 2003.
  3. Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., ìUltra-ductile Engineered Cementitious Composites for seismic resistant structuresî, paper presented at the fib2003 Symposium, Athens, Greece, May 2003
  4. Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., ìAdvanced Composite Materials in Flexural Members for Auto-adaptive Structural Response Modification,î paper presented at the First fib2002 Congress, Osaka, Japan, October 2002.
  5. Li, V.C., and Fischer, G., ìReinforced ECC ñ An Evolution from Materials to Structures,î in Proceedings of the First fib2002 Congress, Osaka, Japan, October 2002.
  6. Fischer, G., Fukuyama, H., and Li, V.C., ìEffect of Matrix Ductility on the Performance of Reinforced ECC Column Members under Reversed Cyclic Loading Conditions,î paper presented at the JCI International Workshop on Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites (DFRCC), Takayama, Japan, October 2002.
  7. Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., ìAuto-adaptive response modification in moment resisting frame structures,î paper presented at SPIEís 9th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, March 2002.
  8. Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., ìStructural composites with ECC,ì paper presented at the Sixth ASCCS International Conference on Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000.

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