Stephen A. Mahin (born

Lodi, California Lodi ( ) is a city in San Joaquin County, California, United States, in the center portion of California's Central Valley (California), Central Valley. The population was 66,348 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History When a gro ...

; October 18, 1946 – February 10, 2018) was an American

structural engineer Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research List of structural elements, structural components and structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants. Their work takes account mainly of ...

. Mahin was a graduate of the

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. Following his high school graduation, he attended the

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, earning his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in

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there. Upon earning his Ph.D, Mahin became an assistant research

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at Berkeley before joining the faculty in 1974. In 2014,

Tongji University Tongji University is a public university located in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. Tongji is one of the ...

of Shanghai, China named Steve Mahin a Master Academician, a title which is given to the top 100 professors internationally in all fields by the

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. Mahin later became the Byron L. and Elvira E. Nishkian

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of Structural Engineering, and led the Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials Program, as well as the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center.

Awards

*Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (1983) *

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(1987) *American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Lifetime Achievement Award (2013) *Structural Engineers Association of Northern California Helmut Krawinkler Award (2017)

References

1946 births 2018 deaths American structural engineers UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty People from Lodi, California Engineers from California People from Pacific Grove, California {{US-engineer-stub