Dr. Robert E. Efimba
Associate Professor, Full-time

Degrees:
S.B., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963
S.M., Structural Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965
C.E., Structural Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969
Sc.D., Structural Mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972

Number of Years Service:
Associate Professor: 1982-Present; Assistant Professor: 1975-July 1982; Total Service: 24 years

Other Related Experience:
Civil Engineer/Structural Designer, Burns and Roe, Inc.; Oradell, N.J., Summers 1964, 1965, 1969; Pupil Engineer (temporary title), Public Works Dept. Hqtrs., Victoria (now called Limbe), Cameroon, 1965-1966; Lecturer in Civil Engineering (Structures), University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1966-1967; Teaching Assistant, Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1963-1965, 1967-1971; Systems Analyst, Computer Applications and Structural Engineer, Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., Boston, MA, 1971-1975

Consulting:
Member, Corporation Visiting Committee for the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1993-97; Member, Advisory Board, Center for Energy Systems and Controls, Howard University, since May 1993; Past Member, Architect-Engineer Evaluation Board of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, D.C.; U.S. A.I.D./Pakistan Participant Program; Book Reviewer, John Wiley, 1993; Chief Judge, Engineering Category, Virginia Statewide Science and Engineering Fair, 1994; Gave lectures and/or made presentations about Professional Registration, respectively, to Howard University students, ASCE/NCS Younger Member Forum and to the Philippine Association of Metropolitan Washington Engineers.

Principal Publications of Last Five Years:

• Efimba, R.E. and N.H.A. Cole (1991). "Finite Element Analysis and Design of Rectangular Shear Walls," Proc. Abstr. First US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chicago, IL, p.149.
• Cole, N.H.A. and R.E. Efimba (1991). "Finite Element Analysis and Design of Plywood Shear Walls," Proc. Tenth ASCE Conf. on Electronic Computation, Indianapolis, IN, pp. 319-328.
• Taylor, O., Chairman, et al., incl., R.E. Efimba (1992). "Final Report of the Division-wide Committee on Outcomes Assessment," Division of Academic Affairs, Howard University, 48 pp. + Apps.
• Blakely, A., Chairman, et al., incl. R.E. Efimba (1992). "A Proposed Organizational Plan for the Howard University Honors Program," Report of the University-wide Ad Hoc Planning Committee, 15 pp. + apps.
• Hatsopoulos, G.N., Chairman, et al., incl. R.E. Efimba (1993). Report of the Corporation Visiting Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 2-3, 6 pp.
• Efimba, R.E. and E.M. Ahmed (1994). "Extensions of Finite Element Dental Stress Analysis," paper presented at the First ASCE Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Washington, DC, Proc. v.2, pp. 1928-1935.
• Zanganeh, S.E. and R.E. Efimba (1994). "A Computer-Integrated Approach to Teaching Engineering Mechanics," paper presented at the First ASCE Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Washington, DC, Proc. v.2, pp. 1265-1272.

Societies:
American Society of Civil Engineers: Past President, National Capital Section and Past Chairman, ASCE District 5 (DC-MD-DE) Regional Council, 1982-83 Past ASCE Delegate on the Engineering Management Committee of the American Association of Engineering Societies National Society of Professional Engineers; Northern Virginia Regional Virginia Society of Professional Engineers; Past President, Northern Virginia Chapter, 1986-87 Washington Society of Engineers, Director; 1987, 1988 and 1993; Second Vice-President, 1993-94; Elected First Vice-President, 1994-95. District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies, Inc., Vice President, 1987-88; President, 1988-89

Honors and Awards:
Co-recipient, ASCE Moisseiff Award, 1974 Listed in Who's Who in Engineering, since 1977 ASCE National Capital Section Meritorious Service Award, 1980 HU Graduate Student Council Outstanding Faculty Award, 1980 Seven ASCE Student Chapter Outstanding Instructor Awards (1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1994) DC Council of Engineering & Architectural Societies, Outstanding Service Award, 1989 Virginia Society of Professional Engineers, Distinguished Service Award, 1990 School of Engineering Nominee for University-wide Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award School of Engineering Nominee for Academic Affairs Division Community Service Award, 1993 Nominee for membership on the MIT Corporation, the University's governing body, 1988 Howard University Tennis Classic: Faculty-Staff Open Doubles, Second Place Trophy (1986, 1987 & 1992, Singles First Place Trophy, 1988) Tau Beta Pi Association Chi Epsilon Society Society of Sigma Xi

Subjects Taught This Year:
Fall Semester: Mechanics of Materials - 3 hr/wk lecture, 6 hr/wk lab (2 Sections), undergraduate, day Matrix Structural Analysis - 3 hr/wk lecture, graduate, day Spring Semester: Structures III Lecture - 3 hr/wk lecture, undergraduate, day Finite Element Analysis - 3 hr/wk lecture, graduate, day Summer Session: Dynamics - 7.5 hr/wk lecture, undergraduate, day

Other Assigned Duties:
Elected Member (1994-96), Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure Committee of the Howard University Faculty Senate - 2 hr/wk Member, Educational Policies Committee - 2 hr/wk Chief Faculty Advisor, Howard University Chapter, Tau Beta Pi Association - 2.0 hr/wk Student Academic Advisor - 4 hr/wk

Programs in Which Participated:
Attended several professional society regular and specialty meetings of the ASCE, NSPE/VSPE, WSE, and DCCEAS each year. Department of Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Seminar Speaker on Simple Finite Element Models Washington Society of Engineers, participated in Panel Discussion on Engineering Education Cameroon Student Association National Symposium on Technology Transfer National Educators Workshop on Standard Experiments, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 1988 5th ASCE Conference on Computing, Alexandria, VA, 1988 Seminar Coordinator and Moderator of Panel of Washington Metro Area Deans discussing Engineering Education, National Engineers Week Seminars sponsored by the DC Council of Engineering and Architecture Societies, Inc., February 1991