Henri P. Gavin

Civil and Environmental Engineering

W.H. Gardner Jr. Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor in the Department of CEE

Henri P. Gavin Profile Photo
Henri P. Gavin Profile Photo

Research Themes

Computational Mechanics & Scientific Computing, Geomechanics & Geophysics for Energy and the Environment, Risk & Resilient Systems

Education

  • B.S.E. Princeton University, 1986
  • M.Sc.Eng. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988
  • Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994

Positions

  • Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • W. H. Gardner, Jr. Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Bass Fellow

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • Bass Connections Award for Outstanding Leadership. Bass Connections. 2023
  • Earl I Brown II Outstanding Civil Engineering Faculty Award. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. 2013
  • Yoh Family Bass Professor. Duke University. 2013
  • President's Award. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 2010
  • Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (ADUTA). Duke University. 2008
  • ASEE Southeast Mid-Career Teaching Award. American Society for Engineering Education. 2007
  • W.H. Gardner Bass Professor. Duke University. 2006
  • Klein Family Teaching Award. School of Engineering. 2006
  • Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize. American Society of Civil Engineers. 2005
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, fellowship. JSPS. 2002
  • Packard Grant Finalist. Packard Foundation. 1997
  • Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. Oak Ridge Associated Universities. 1996
  • Early CAREER award. National Science Foundation. 1996

Courses Taught

  • ISS 796T: Bass Connections Information, Society & Culture Research Team
  • ISS 795T: Bass Connections Information, Society & Culture Research Team
  • ISS 396T: Bass Connections Information, Society & Culture Research Team
  • ISS 395T: Bass Connections Information, Society & Culture Research Team
  • CEE 201L: Uncertainty Design and Optimization

Publications