Dr. Richard Bennett, Professor

University of Tennessee

Tennessee Forest Products Center

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Head

221 Perkins Hall

1506 Middle Drive

Knoxville, TN 37996-2010

Phone: 865-974-7540

Fax 865-974-2669

Email rbennet2@utk.edu

 

Professor: B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cleveland State University in 1979; M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1981 and 1983, respectively; became a member of the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Tennessee in 1983.

 

Research interests: Inspection methods for timber bridges; behavior of old wooden trusses; structural safety and reliability.