Kostas Papakonstantinou receives bridge maintenance and safety award
Sept 2, 2026
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Kostas Papakonstantinou, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State, has received the Junior Award from the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS).
Founded in 1999, IABMAS is an international organization focused on advancing the maintenance, safety and management of bridges. Papakonstantinou is one of only three researchers from the United States to have received the IABMAS Junior Award since the organization was founded, with the previous U.S. Junior Award recipient receiving the honor in 2010.
Papakonstantinou's research focuses on probabilistic analysis, uncertainty quantification, reliability, risk analysis and decision-making under uncertainty, with applications including infrastructure resilience and asset management.
The award recognizes Papakonstantinou's contributions to the field of bridge maintenance and safety and highlights his work advancing approaches to managing the risks and uncertainties associated with aging infrastructure.
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Kostas Papakonstantinou, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State, poses for a headshot. Credit: College of Engineering directory.
