Segmental Concrete Bridge Team Member Profile

Shri B. Bhide, PE, SE, PhD
Program Manager, Bridges

PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION, Skokie, Illinois

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT POSITION

• Promote use of High Performance Concrete for bridges
• Provide technical support to bridge engineers
• Train bridge engineers in LRFD design of concrete bridges
• Develop bridge design aids
• Educate bridge engineers through seminars
• Assist professors with introducing bridge design courses
• Conduct bridge design competitions for students and consultants
• Perform bridge market share analysis and evaluate performance of bridges
• Disseminate information on concrete bridges
• Perform preliminary bridge designs
• Recommend and conduct concrete bridge research
• Participate in AASHTO, TRB, PCI, ASBI, and ACI committee activities

SUMMARY OF POSITIONS HELD

• Program Manager, Bridges, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois, - May 98 to present
• Senior Structural Engineer, Beling Consultants, Chicago, - 1991 to 1998
• Structural Engineer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, - 1987 to 1991
• Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, - 1979 to 1987

EDUCATION

• B.Tech., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1979
• M.A.Sc., Structural Engineering, University of Toronto, 1981
• Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of Toronto, 1987

Professional Affiliations and Registrations

• American Segmental Bridge Institute, ASBI-PCI Joint Committee
• Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Bridges Committee
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Concrete Institute, Service Life Prediction Committee 365
• Registered Structural Engineer, State of Illinois
• Registered Professional Engineer, States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana
• Member, Editorial Committee, HPC Bridge Views, FHWA-NCBC newsletter