Fulvio Tonon
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Phone: (512) 475-8196
Fax: (512) 471-6548
E-mail: tonon@mail.utexas.edu
Web site: www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/tonon
Dr. Fulvio Tonon earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2000. He joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He will direct the International Tunneling Consortium, which will encourage academic research in response to industrial needs, after its official launch in fall 2007. In 2006, Tonon won the Award for Applied Rock Mechanics from the American Rock Mechanics Association for his paper entitled: “Stresses in anisotropic rock masses: an engineering perspective building on geological knowledge.”
Dr. Tonon works in the areas of geomechanics. His research emphasizes rock mechanics and engineering, underground excavations and uncertainty modeling with generalized theories of probability. In addition to organizing the International Tunneling Consortium, Tonon has established a new rock mechanics laboratory for the characterization of intact rock and fractures as well as index tests for estimating the penetration rate of tunnel boring machines. He has more than nine years of professional experience working on projects in the Americas, Europe and Africa.
Research Interests:
- Rock mechanics and rock engineering
- Underground excavations
- Uncertainty modeling and reliability (with both probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods)
- Engineering design and information sciences