Background
Schrefler, Bernhard Aribo was born on October 4, 1942 in Merano, Italy. Son of Ludwig and Eleonora (Tirler) Schrefler.
Schrefler, Bernhard Aribo was born on October 4, 1942 in Merano, Italy. Son of Ludwig and Eleonora (Tirler) Schrefler.
Degree in civil engineering, Padova University, Italy, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wales, Swansea, 1984. Doctor of Science, University Wales, Swansea, 1992.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), St. Petersburg State Technology University, 1999. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Technology University Lodz, Poland, 2002. Doctor (honorary), Leibniz University, Hanover, 2006.
Doctor (honorary), Russian Academy of Sciences, 2008.
Assistant lecturer in construction science University Padua, 1969-1970, assistant professor structural mechanics, 1970-1980, lecturer in computational mechanics, 1973-1980, professor structural mechanics, 1980-1989, professor department construction science and transportation, since 1989. Honorary professor University of Technology Dalian, China, 2007. Director Institute Structural mechanics University Padua, 1988—1996, director department structural and transp engineering, 1996—2000.
Member science advisory board Int Ctr Numerical Methods Eng, since 1993. Secretary general International Center Mechanical Sciences, since 2000, European Mechanics Society, 2005.
Fellow: International Association Computational Mechanical (member executive council since 2000, Computational Mechanics award 2002, award 2006). Member: Istituto Lombardo Di Scienze E Lettere (coordination secretary 2005), European Mechanics Society (secretary general since 2002), International Union Theoretical and Applied Mechanical (member congress committee since 1998, member executive congress committee since 2000), Padua Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts, New York Academy Scis, Institute Veneto di Science (correspondent), Italian Academy of Sciences, Euroscience, European Community Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (member managing council 1993-1994, member bureau since 1996), Rèunion Int des Labs d'Essais et Recherches sur les Matèriaux et Constrns, Italian Group Computational Mechs (coordinator 1995—2000), Rotary.
Married Chantal Marie Madeleine Saint-Blancat, September 30, 1971. 1 child, Lorna.