Plenary Debate #4 1 Hour 15 Minutes
7:45 am – 9:00 am (CDT), UTC -5
Multiscale models are not quantitative
Moderator: Franz-Josef Ulm
Roberto Ballarini
“For” the Argument
Roberto Ballarini obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University (1985). He is currently Thomas and Laura Hsu Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Houston. Ballarini previously served as James L. Record Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Minnesota, and Leonard Case Professor of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University.
Christian Hellmich
“Against” the Argument
Dr. Christian Hellmich, Fellow of EMI-ASCE and corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, is Full Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and director of the Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). There he obtained all his academic degrees, having spent the years 2000 to 2002 as postdoctoral fellow at M.I.T.