Professor Nicos Makris, an internationally recognized expert in structural-earthquake engineering and structural mechanics-dynamics, is the Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Makris received his Ph.D (1992) and Master of Science (1990) from the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA; while he holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University, Athens, Greece (1988). He has previously served on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana (1992-1996); the University of California, Berkeley (1996-2005); the University of Patras, Greece (2003-2014) and the University of Central Florida (2014-2018). Makris is known for his contribution on (a) the application of fractional calculus in modeling fading memory in mechanics, (b) the dynamics of rocking and articulated structures, (c) the limit equilibrium analysis of masonry arches, (d) the reconstruction of the North-East corner of the Temple of Zeus in Ancient Nemea; and more recently, (e) for the quantification of urban and community resilience to natural hazards with an analysis framework that is rooted in statistical mechanics and the quantitative theory of Brownian motion.
He has published more than 140 papers in archival journals, 125 papers in conference proceedings and 30 technical research reports and monographs. His citation index is more than 15000, while his H-index=70. He has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, and the Chair of the Dynamics Committee on the same Journal. He is a member of Academia Europaea “The Academy of Europe”, a foreign member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, a distinguished visiting fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, a member of the Congress Committee and General Assembly of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM); while, he has been honored with several international prizes and awards including the George Housner Medal and the J. James R. Croes Medal (2 times) from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from ASCE, the T. K. Hsieh Award from the Institution of Civil Engineers, U.K, the Shah Family Innovation Prize from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA and the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, USA.