The Grainger College of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Franklin T. Lombardo

Franklin T. Lombardo
Franklin T. Lombardo
  • Associate Professor
(217) 265-7556
3110 Newmark Civil Engineering Building

Primary Research Area

  • Structural Engineering

Research Areas

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Education

  • Ph.D., Wind Science and Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2009
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Tri-State University (now Trine), 2002

Academic Positions

  • Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Aug. 2023 - Present

Research Interests

  • Wind Engineering
  • Extreme Wind Characterization
  • Bluff Body Aerodynamics
  • Resilience
  • Damage Characterization

Primary Research Area

  • Structural Engineering

Research Areas

Reports

  • Kuligowski, E.D., Lombardo, F.T., Phan, L.T., Levitan, M.L., Jorgensen, D.P. (2014). “Technical Investigation of the May 22, 2011 Tornado in Joplin, Missouri”, Final Report, NIST NCSTAR 3, 492 pp.

Teaching Honors

  • CEE Teaching Excellence Award (2023)
  • ASCE Outstanding Instructor Award (2017)

Research Honors

  • International Association for Wind Engineering Junior Award (2019)
  • Department of Commerce Gold Medal (2014)