Background
Beskos, Dimitri E. was born on January 26, 1946 in Athens, Greece. Son of Efthimios D. and Georgia Beskos.
Beskos, Dimitri E. was born on January 26, 1946 in Athens, Greece. Son of Efthimios D. and Georgia Beskos.
Diploma in civil engineering, National Technology University Athens, 1969. Master of Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1973.
Instructor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1973-1974; assistant professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1974-1979; associate professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1979-1982; professor, U. Patras, Greece, since 1981; director structural engineering, U. Patras, Greece, 1982-1983, 86-88; director structural engineering, U. Patras, Greece, 89-91, 93-95. Visiting professor University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1982-1984, 89, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,1985-1986.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers. Member American Academy Mechanics, International Association for Computational Mechanics (general county), International Association for Boundary Element Methods (vice president), International Society for Boundary Elements (steering committee), Greek Association Computational Mechanics (president).
Married Georgia D. Georga, June 30, 1984. Children: Niki, Denise, Mia.