UH Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Thomas Hsu

Moores Professor of Civil Engineering
UH Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
N114 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
tel: 713-743-4268 | fax: 713-743-4260 | thsu@uh.edu

Education
Ph.D. Structural Engineering, Cornell University, 1962
M.S. Structural Engineering, Cornell University, 1960
B.S. Architectural Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 1957

Professional Experience
1998 – Present	Moores Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1980 – 2003	Director of Structural Research Laboratories, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1980 – 1998	Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1980 – 1984	Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1991 – 1992	Eshbach Distinguished Visiting Professor. School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinios.
1978 – 1979	Visiting Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
1974 – 1978	Chairman and Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
1973 – 1980	Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
1968 – 1973	Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
1962 – 1968	Development Engineer, Structural Laboratory, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois
1959 – 1962	Research Assisitant Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Classes Taught
CIVE 2301	Mechanics of Solids I (Statics)
CIVE 2302	Mechanics
CIVE 3307	Structural Analysis
CIVE 4363	Concrete Design
CIVE 4364	Steel Design
CIVE 6332	Advanced Structural Analysis
CIVE 6335	Advanced Concrete Design
CIVE 6353	Behavior and Design of Prestressed Concrete
CIVE 6385	Stability of Structures
CIVE 7397	Advanced Topics in Concrete
CIVE 6352	Torsion of Reinforced concrete*
CIVE 7397	Shear and Torsion in Concrete Structures
CIVE 7352	Unified Theory of Reinforced Concrete**
New course using Hsu's book "Torsion of Reinforced Concrete" as text. *New course using Hsu's book "Unified Theory of Reinforced Concrete" as text.

University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering