Bruce R. Ellingwood

Bruce Russell Ellingwood (born October 11, 1944) is an American civil engineer and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Colorado State University.

He became a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for leadership in the use of probability and statistics in the design of structures and in the development of new design criteria. And, he is a two-time recipient of the Norman Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Society of Civil Engineers for a technical paper judged worthy of special commendation for its merit as a contribution to the Engineering Science. Ellingwood also received the Walter P. Moore Jr. Award by the ASCE.

He is a pioneer in the field of structural reliability. Provided by Wikipedia