Leonard A. Lopez Faculty Office

Lopez earned his B.S. (1962) and M.S. (1963) in civil engineering from Tufts University and his Ph.D. (1966) from the University of Illinois. After a year of teaching at Lehigh University, he spent his career in CEE at Illinois, retiring in 1998. Lopez was an early leader in the use of computers for structural engineering applications. He taught, conducted research, published, consulted and lectured on computer-related topics for over 30 years. Lopez advanced the department’s capacity in the area of computer use in engineering education and his courses became the model for similar courses taught at many other universities in the United States. Software systems that resulted from his research include SCAN, POLO, FINITE and SICAD. In 2019, Lopez received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the CEE Alumni Association. Additional funding is needed to fully realize this space.