Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Max L. Porter

Max Porter


Professor

Voice: 515-294-7456, Fax: 294-7424

mporter@iastate.edu

Office: 416A Town

 Full vita (MS doc)


Education

PhD, 1974, Structural Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
MS, 1968, Structural Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
BS, 1965, Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

Professional Career

  • Professor, Iowa State University (ISU), 1981-present and Associate Senior Engineer for Ames Laboratory (DOE)
  • Associate Professor, ISU, 1977-’81; Assist. Prof., ISU, 1974-’77; Instructor, ISU, 1966-’74.
  • Also Engineering employment at: (1) American Bridge Div., U.S. Steel Corp (Chicago, IL) Summer 1967; (2) County of Los Angeles (L.A., CA) – Summer 1966; (3) Iowa State Highway Commission (a.k.a. Iowa DOT) (Atlantic, IA) – Summers 1965 and 1964; and (4) Frank Mallete, private Land Surveyor (Atlantic, IA) Summer 1962.
  • Served as Structural Engineering consultant to over 30 firms.
  • Over 250 structural building inspections and expert witness testimonies.

Professional Achievements

  • Registered Structural Engineer in Iowa
  • Parliamentarian
  • Principal Investigator on over 100 research projects at ISU, totaling over $4.5 million (plus $5 million, others, as Co-PI; member of US-Japan Research Team).
  • Taught 19 different engineer courses, mostly Structural Engineering at ISU.
  • Taught over 80 seminars or short courses on Engineering, mostly on  Codes and Standards.
  • Major Professor for 61 MS and 6 PhD students; served over 90 MS and PhD graduate comm.’s.
  • Positions of leadership on over 30 university committees, including e.g. Chair of University Faculty Council (aka Faculty Senate), University Committee on Committees, Parliamentarian of Faculty Senate, Chair of Governance Council of Senate, Executive Board of Faculty Senate, etc.

Engineering Activities

  • Member of 20 Professional Society organizations with over 93 positions of responsibility, e.g.:
  • President, VP, Board Mbr., Comm. Chr., and other positions of for The Masonry Society
  • President, VP, Board Mbr. and other positions of ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute (SEI).
  • Member of ASCE TAC, Exec. Comm., Board of Direction Mbr., Comm. on Geo. Units.
  • Chair of ASCE Codes and Standards Activities Committee (CSAC).
  • Chair of Masonry Standards Joint Committee for ASCE, ACI, TMS.
  • Chair of ASCE’s Structural Standards Executive Committee for Codes & Standards.
  • Chair of ASCE’s Steel Deck with Concrete Standards Committee.
  • Chair of ASCE’s Fiber Composite and Polymers Standards Committee.
  • President for Iowa Engineering Society.
  • President of Iowa-Minnesota Chapter of American Concrete Institute.

Honors and Awards

  • 67 career accomplishment awards or honors, e.g. below:
  • Distinguished Mbr. Award, The American Society of Civil Engineers (formerly Honorary Mbr.).
  • Dennis Tweksbury Award from Structural Engineering Institute
  • 2008 Joseph C. & Elizabeth A. Anderlik Faculty Award for Excellence
  • President’s Award and Scalzi Research Prize, The Masonry Society.
  • Regents Faculty Excellence Award.
  • Fellow – ASCE, ACI, and ASFE (and Diplomat of ASFE).

Publications and Research

  • 137 refereed publications or books – as primary author.
  • 244 other publications.
  • 445 technical presentations.
  • 738 reviews of papers and proposals.