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© 1996-2008
Unified Engineering, Inc.
3056 Weber Drive
Aurora, IL 60504
630/851-4214
Mark A. Lawrence, Ph.D., P.E.
Engineering Mechanics & Reliability
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Employment
| 1995-present | Principal, Unified Engineering, Inc. |
| 1992-1995 | Director of Engineering Mechanics, Packer Engineering, Inc. |
| 1990-1992 | Manager of Engineering Mechanics, Packer Engineering, Inc. |
| 1986-1989 | Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University |
| 1985-1986 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Northwestern University |
Special courses taught
| 1991 | CE 551-Prestressed Concrete, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 1988 | CES 8841-Mechanics of Structures, Zenith Electric Corporation through arrangement with Northwestern University |
Education
| 1986 | Ph.D. in Civil
Engineering; University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis: A Basis Random Variable Approach to Stochastic Structural Analysis |
| 1982 | M.S. in Civil Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1981 | B.S. in Civil Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Continuing Education
| 1999 | Fractography, ASM International |
| 1998 | Fracture & Fatigue Control in Structures, University of Kansas |
| 1996 | Wind Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, American Society of Civil Engineers |
| 1996 | OSHA 10-Hour Course, Chicagoland Construction Safety Council |
| 1994 | Introduction to ANSYS, Swanson Service Corporation |
| 1991 | Application of Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Texas A&M University |
| 1990 | Cords, Strands, Cables, and Wire Rope: Recent Developments and Applications, University of Illinois, Urbana |
Professional societies
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- American Welding Society
- ASM International
- American Statistical Association
Professional licenses and registrations
- Professional Engineer, State of Illinois license number 062-048382
Awards
| 1988-1989 | National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award |
| 1987 | Finalist, Apple Computer's Aerospace Software Competition |
| 1982-1985 | Exxon Fellowship in Civil Engineering |
| 1981-1982 | University of Illinois Fellowship |
| 1981 | University of Illinois Bronze Tablet, University Honors |
Selected publications
"A Finite Element Solution Technique for Plates of Random Thickness," Chapter 9 in Finite Element Methods for Plate and Shell Structures (T.J.R. Hughes and E. Hinton, eds), Pineridge Press, Ltd., Swansea, UK, 1986
"Basis Random Variables In Finite Element Analysis," International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 24, no. 10, October 1987, John Wiley & Sons
"Probability-Based Tools for Interactive Computer-Aided Design," Computational Probabilistic Methods (W.K. Liu, T. Belytschko, M.A. Lawrence, and T. Cruse, eds), ASME Publication AMD-Vol. 93, 1988, pp. 37-48
"An Introduction to Reliability Methods," Chapter 1 of Computational Mechanics of Probabilistic and Reliability Analysis (W.K. Liu and T. Belytschko, eds), Elmepress International, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989, pp. 10-45
"Brittle Fracture Reliability by Probabilistic Finite Elements," (with G.H. Besterfield, W.K. Liu, and T.B. Belytschko) Chapter 15 of Computational Mechanics of Probabilistic and Reliability Analysis (W.K. Liu and T. Belytschko, eds), Elmepress International, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989, pp. 326-342
"Fatigue Crack Growth Reliability by Probabilistic Finite Elements," (with G.H. Besterfield, W.K. Liu, and T.B. Belytschko) Chapter 16 of Computational Mechanics of Probabilistic and Reliability Analysis (W.K. Liu and T. Belytschko, eds), Elmepress International, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989, pp. 344-369
"Brittle Fracture Reliability by Probabilistic Finite Elements," (with G.H. Besterfield, W.K. Liu, and T. Belytschko), Journal of Engineering Mechanics,vol. 116, no. 3, March 1990, ASCE, pp 642-659
"Fatigue Crack Growth Reliability," (with W.K. Liu, G.H. Besterfield, and T. Belytschko), Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 116, no. 3, March 1990, ASCE, pp 698-708
"Fatigue Crack Growth Reliability by Probabilistic Finite Elements," (with G.H. Besterfield, W.K. Liu, and T. Belytschko), Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 1991, pp 297-320
"Use and Abuse of Probabilistic Methods," presented at SAE International Off-Highway & Powerplant Congress & Exposition, 1992