His
areas of specialisation include computational mechanics,
structural analysis, motion based structural design,
and novel design methodologies for structural systems.
Dr. Connor served as a research engineer in the Applied
Mechanics Branch at the Army Materials Research Agency
from 1957 to 1962 where he was active in developing
analysis methods for shell structures. From 1962 to
present, he has been a member of the Faculty in the
Department of Civil Engineering at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He has taught courses in
the fields of computational mechanics and structural
engineering. He has also been active in supervising
and conducting research concerned with the application
of numerical computing to the investigation of structural
behaviour and the fatigue and fracture of structural
components used in civil infrastructure.
More
recently Dr. Connor has become involved in motion
based design and damage assessment of engineering
materials and is directing a number of projects related
to the applications of structural control to large
civil structures as well as investigating methods
to quantify damage in engineering materials. In addition
to Dr. Connor’s work at M.I.T. he has served
as a senior research scientist with Computational
Mechanics since 1982. He is currently responsible
for directing operations at Computational Mechanics
and has been active in supervising the application
of numerical modelling tools for various engineering
applications, particularly in the area of damage assessment
of structural systems. Dr. Connor is a registered
professional structural engineer in Massachusetts
and has received numerous awards and honours in the
field of numerical structural mechanics. Dr. Connor
has been the principal author of many books and served
as an editor for numerous proceedings. He has also
published an extensive list of technical papers.
