Giorgio Proestos

Bio

Dr. Proestos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. His expertise is in the behavior, modeling and experimental investigation of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, with particular emphasis on the shear and torsion response of members.

Before joining the department, Dr. Proestos earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Canada under a joint placement agreement with the Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia, Italy. He also holds an M.A.Sc. and a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto. Dr. Proestos has also been involved in several high-profile consulting activities providing expertise in specialized situations, as a part of litigation and dispute resolutions and in the forensic investigation of structures.

Dr. Proestos teaches Reinforced Concrete Design (CE 327), Theory and Design of Prestressed Concrete (CE 522) and Advanced Theory of Concrete Structures (CE 726).

Area(s) of Expertise

Dr. Proestos’ research in the Structural Engineering and Mechanics Group is focused on large scale experimental testing of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, the development of practical tools for the assessment of concrete structures, the development of design procedures and the development of new constitutive models and modeling techniques. His experimental research has been used to inform the development of simplified tools that can be used to rapidly model the full three-dimensional nonlinear response of entire, or large portions of, structures. The tools have been developed to capture the response of concrete beams, columns, walls, and shells subjected to all the stress resultants in three-dimensions. Dr. Proestos’ interests also include conducting research on the design and analysis of disturbed regions. Part of his vision for the future is to develop reliable techniques that can be used to directly and immediately assess the condition of structures from cracks and damage. He is also working with collaborators towards applying fundamental knowledge of concrete structures to innovate in multidisciplinary ways using new materials and technologies from across engineering fields. Dr. Proestos conducts his experimental research at the Constructed Facilities Lab where he is able test large scale structures subjected to a variety of loading conditions. He also conducts structural engineering related research in association with the Center for Nuclear Energy Facilities and Structures (CNEFS) go.ncsu.edu/cnefs_proestos.

Publications

• A Review of Strut-and-Tie Models for FRP Reinforced Deep Beams , SP-360: Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (FRPRCS-16) (2024)
• Analytical Evaluation of Deep Beams with High-Strength Headed Shear Reinforcement, Part II , ACI Structural Journal (2024)
• Behavior of External Socket Connections for the Seismic Design of Bridges , 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE) (2024)
• Behavior of Shear-Critical Concrete Deep Beams Monitored with Digital Image Correlation Equipment , ACI Structural Journal (2024)
• Crack Kinematics in Large-Scale Shear Critical Reinforced Concrete Deep Beam Experiments: Towards Improved Aggregate Interlock Constitutive Models , SMiRT-27 (2024)
• Determining Prestress Losses, Residual Capacity, and Degradation from Testing of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders after 56 Years of Service , Journal of Bridge Engineering (2024)
• Development of Optimized Bulb-Tee Girders for AKDOT , (2024)
• Development of Optimized Bulb-Tee Girders for AKDOT , (2024)
• Evaluation of the Bonner Bridge Girders: Assessing Residual Capacity, Prestress Losses and Degradation of the 56 Year Old Members , (2024)
• Evaluation of the Bonner Bridge Girders: Assessing Residual Capacity, Prestress Losses and Degradation of the 56 Year Old Members , (2024)

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