Fred Meyer retired from active duty in the United States Army in 2021 at the rank of Brigadier General after a 37-year career culminating as Professor and Head, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He joined the Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials (SEMM) Group in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering as a Professor of the Practice teaching structural engineering and mechanics courses and working with students. He is an active member of the American Concrete Institute serving on several committees including 318 Sub A, General Concrete and Construction, 213, Lightweight Aggregate and Concrete and 363, High-strength Concrete. Dr. Meyer is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia and serves as an ABET Program Evaluator. He has been married for 41 years and has two adult children.
Dr. Meyer’s research interests include prestressed concrete, lightweight concrete, ultra-high performance concrete, sustainable building practices and engineering education.
Dr. Meyer teaches several undergraduate and graduate courses in structural engineering and mechanics in which he follows an active learning model. He has created three courses in concrete design and one course in timber and masonry design and advises all structural engineering capstone design courses. During the summer, Dr. Meyer teaches Statics and Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (DEFBODs) as part of the Georgia Tech Study Abroad Program at Oxford University.
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