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Leroy Z. Emkin

Professor

Affinity Group: Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Office: Mason 427
Swing Space: BILTMORE M105E
Phone: 404/894-2260
Email: leroy.emkin@ce.gatech.edu

Biography

Dr. Emkin is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia He received the B.S.C.E. degree in 1965, and the M.S.C.E. degree in 1966, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Ph.D. degree in 1970 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Emkin's primary research interests are in the areas of structural [Read More]

Research Interests

  • Matrix analysis
  • Numerical methods
  • Design of steel structures
  • Structural optimization
  • Computer applications
  • Advanced computer programming
  • Large-scale application software development
  • Computer-aided engineering

Education

  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Structural Systems Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 1970
  • M.S.C.E. Civil Engineering (Structures), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1967
  • B.C.E. Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1965