John Bolander

John Bolander

Professor

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
He/Him/His
3121 Ghausi

Dr. Bolander’s research interests involve the effective use of high-performance materials within the civil infrastructure, with emphasis on the life-cycle performance of concrete materials and structures under various loading conditions. He has been a pioneering developer of discrete methods for the modeling concrete materials, including fiber-reinforced cement composites. Application areas include the early-age behavior of concrete bridge decks, failure analyses of structural concrete, and smart materials for structural health monitoring.

Honors and Awards
  • 2016 Fellow, International Association for Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures
  • 2015 Career Achievement Recognition, 7th RILEM Conference on High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2012 Semi-Plenary Lecture, 10th World Congress on Computational Mech., Sao Paulo
  • 2011 Fulbright Specialist, sponsored by US Department of State
  • 2008 JSPS Short-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2006 Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, College of Engineering, UC Davis
  • 1997 JSPS Short-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (US NSF co-reviewed)
  • 1990 Kajima Science Foundation Fellowship Award for Foreign Researchers
Publications
  • Development of 3-D SPH-VCLM coupling method for simulating fluid–structure interaction
    Journal Article | Hwang, Y., Bolander, J. Advances in Engineering Software, 217, 104161. 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2026.104161
  • The rate-dependent fiber-matrix interface in ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete: Interface property determination
    Journal Article | Park, J., Bolander, J., Lim, Y. Cement and Concrete Composites, 167, 106423. 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2025.106423
  • Discrete mechanical modeling of planar structures subjected to out-of-plane loading
    Journal Article | Zhang, Q., Fascetti, A., Perez-Lara, M., Bolander, J. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 314, 113321. 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113321
  • Rate effect on the pull-out load of individual fibers in concrete: A probabilistic modeling approach
    Journal Article | Kanazawa, T., Bolander, J. Cement and Concrete Research, 193, 107857. 10.1016/j.cemconres.2025.107857
  • Simulating heterogeneity within elastic and inelastic discrete mechanical models
    Journal Article | Raisinger, J., Zhang, Q., Bolander, J., Eliáš, J. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 326, 111362. 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2025.111362
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Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics