Pentti Keijo Mäkeläinen

Background

Mäkeläinen, Pentti Keijo was born on June 17, 1944 in Hiitola, Finland. Son of Jaako and Anna Sylvi (Pä+206kkönen) Mäkeläinen.

Education

Master of Science, Helsinki University of Technology, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Helsinki University of Technology, 1976. Doctor honoris causa, Tallinn Technology University, Estonia, 2003.

Career

Research assistant Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, 1969-1979. Senior research fellow Academy Finland, Helsinki, 1980-1984. Post-doctoral research fellow Rhinean-Westfalian Technology University, Aachen, Germany, 1977.

Associate professor structural mechanics Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, 1985-1989, professor steel structures, since 1989. Visiting professor Delft Technology University, The Netherlands, 1986-1987, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, 1992-1993, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2000-2001. Chairman 4th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures, Espoo, Finland, 1999.

Member advisory committee pan-European project Steel CAL (Computer Aided Learning in Structural Steelwork Design), 2000-2002. Chairman 9th Nordic Steel Construction Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2001.

Achievements

• Pentti Keijo Mäkeläinen has been listed as a noteworthy civil engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Tubular Structures

    ( This text examines tubular structures. These modern con...)

Membership

Sergeant Finnish Anti-aircraft Artillery, 1965-1966. Member International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (commissioner 1989-1999), Association for International Cooperation and Research in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (commissioner 1993-2006), European Convention for Constnl. Steelwork (commissioner 1981-2006).

Connections

Married Eila Marjatta, July 5, 1969. Children: Esa, Sami.

Father:

Jaakko Mäkeläinen

Mother:

Anna Sylvi (Pääkkönen) Mäkeläinen

Spouse:

Eila Marjatta

child:

Esa Mäkeläinen

child:

Sami Mäkeläinen