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Professor Robert Frosch serves as the Vice Provost for Academic Facilities and is a member of the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University. He specializes in Structural Engineering, focusing on the design behavior of structural concrete and the development of cost-effective bridge preservation techniques. Frosch has a distinguished academic background with a Ph.D. and master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, alongside a bachelor's degree from Tulane University. His extensive research interests include bonded and un-bonded post-tensioned concrete bridge elements, repairs and strengthening using fiber reinforced polymer systems, and concrete box beam risk assessment. Frosch has received numerous honors, including being named a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has been recognized with awards such as the Joe W. Kelly Award in 2020 from the American Concrete Institute and the Arthur J. Boase Award from the Concrete Research Council in 2014. Professor Frosch actively engages in teaching various courses related to reinforced concrete and bridge engineering.
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