ICARO Award - 2011

Jiri Strasky

Education

  • Master Sciences Brno University of Technology
  • Ph. D Brno University of Technology
  • DSc. Czech Academy of Sciences

Academic Experience

  • 1994-pres. - Professor at Brno University of Technology
  • Invited lecturer at: Berkeley, Bratislava, Darmstadt, Hannover, London, Madrid, Omaha, Osaka, Prague, Rome, San Diego, Stuttgart, Taipei, Tokyo.

Professional History

  • 1969-1973 - Junior Design Engineer, Dopravni Stavby, Brno (Czech Republic)
  • 1973-1983 - Senior Design Engineer, Dopravni Stavby, Brno (Czech Republic)
  • 1984-1991 - Chief Design Engineer and Vice Manager, Dopravni Stavby, Brno (Czech Republic)
  • 1991-1994 - Senior Project Engineer in T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco (USA)
  • 1991-pres. - Technical Director of Strasky, Husty and Partners, Brno (Czech Republic)
  • 1994-pres. - Consulting Engineer, USA
  • Design experience in many bridge typologies: Arch, cable stayed, suspension, concrete slabs
  • Creator of the stress ribbon bridge type

Publications

  • "Stress Ribbon and Cable-supported Pedestrian Bridges", Thomas Telford Publishing (1 de Enero, 2005)
  • About 115 papers and presentations in international conferences

Design Awards

  • 1976 - Best design of the year, Competition organized by Maldy Svet (Czechoslovakia), for the DS-L stress ribbon pedestrian bridges
  • 1990 - Award for outstanding structures. fib., for the cable stayed bridge over the Elbe at Podebrady
  • 1990 - Award of Excellence, Portland Cement Association, for the Sacramento River trail pedestrian bridge
  • 1994 - Honor Award, ACEC Excellence Awards Competition, for the Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct
  • 1994 - Award for outstanding structures. fib., for the pedestrian bridge across the Vranov Lake
  • 1997 - Award for outstanding structures, Czech Concrete Society and Czech Ministry of Public Roads, for the arch bridge crossing Brno-Vienna expressway
  • 1999 - Design Award, PCI Design Competition, for the Golf Cart bridge
  • 2000 - Award of Excellence, Portland Cement Association, for the Golf Cart bridge
  • 2001 - Grand Prize from Oregon Consulting, Engineers Council (CECO), for the Willamette River pedestrian bridge
  • 2001 - National Recognition Award, American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC), for the Willamette River pedestrian bridge
  • 2001 - Design Award, PCI Design Competition, for the bridge across the Rough River in Grants Pass
  • 2002 - Award of Excellence, Portland Cement Association, for the bridge across the Rough River in Grants Pass
  • 2002 - Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects, for the Kent Messenger Millenium bridge
  • 2004 - Award of Excellence, Portland Cement Association, for the Mckenzie River bridge
  • 2007 - Steel Bridge Award - Merit, National Steel Bridge Alliance, for the Springwater trail pedestrian bridge
  • 2007 - Steel Bridge Award - Reconstructed-Prize, National Steel Bridge Alliance, for the St. Johns bridge
  • 2008 - Award of Excellence, Portland Cement Association, for the Maple Avenue viaduct
  • 2008 - Footbridge Award, for the pedestrian bridge across the Svratka River
  • 2010 - Award for outstanding structures. fib., for the pedestrian bridge across the Svratka River
  • 2010 - Award of Excellence, Portland Cement Association, for the pedestrian bridge over Interstate 5
  • Awards for technical papers:
    • 1994 - Robert J.Lyman Award (Prestressed Concrete Institute, USA), for the paper: Design and Construction of Cable Stayed Bridges in the Czech Republic
    • 1996 - Telford Premium (The Institution of Civil Engineers, UK), for the paper: Pedestrian bridge at Lake Vranov, Czech Republic
    • 1998 - Robert J.Lyman Award (Prestressed Concrete Institute, USA), for the paper: Design-Construction of Vranov Lake Pedestrian Bridge, Czech Republic
    • 2000 - Webb Prize (The Institution of Civil Engineers, UK), for the paper: Arch bridge crossing the Brno-Vienna Expressway
  • Universities and Societies Awards:
    • 1990 - University of Hannover (Alemania): for design of bridges built in Czechoslovakia, specially for the design of stress ribbon bridges
    • 1999 - fib. International federation for structural concrete: Medal of Merit
    • 2003 - University of Dundee (UK) - CTU Award, for outstanding contributions in the field of concrete bridge design
    • 2010 - fib. International federation for structural concrete: Freyssinet Medal, for outstanding technical contributions in the field of structural concrete
ICARO Award - 2011
ICARO Award - 2011