Dr. David G. Pollock, P.E.Associate Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-2910
Phone: (509) 335-4922
FAX: (509) 335-7632
Email: dpollock@wsu.edu
TECHNICAL INTERESTS
- Nondestructive evaluation
- Performance of connections
- Design provisions for wood structures
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1997 - Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
- M.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1984 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
- B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1981 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2003 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- 1997 - 2003, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- 1996 - 1997, Research Associate, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- 1994 - 1995, Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- 1991 - 1994, Director of Engineering, American Forest & Paper Association, Washington, DC
- 1989 - 1991, Manager of Structural Engineering, American Forest & Paper Association
- 1987 - 1989, Structural Engineer, American Forest & Paper Association
- 1983 - 1987, Mechanical Engineer, Belvoir Research, Development & Engineering Center, U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir, VA
- 1986, Instructor (part-time), Northern Virginia Community College
- 1982 - 1983, Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
- 1981 - 1982, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
AWARDS
- Leon Luck Award, most effective faculty member, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, WSU, 2002
- Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, WSU, 2000
- ASCE 1998 Collingwood Prize (co-recipient with Joseph Bracci and Rebecca Stromatt Cook, for the paper "Seismic Performance of Confined Sill Plate Connections," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering)
- Certificate of Appreciation (for effectiveness in implementing research in wood engineering design), U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, 1994
- Merit Award (for service to the wood engineering community in rewriting the National Design Specification for Wood Construction), Virginia Section of the ASAE, 1992
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Yadama, V., M.P. Wolcott and D.G. Pollock. 2007. Out-of-plane strand deviation in oriented strand composites. Wood and Fiber Science. 39(4):603-613.
- Fabrello-Streufert, A.M., D.G. Pollock and D.I. McLean. 2003. Anchor bolts in concrete masonry under combined tension and shear loading. The Masonry Society Journal 21(1):13-30.
- Peterson, S.T., D.I. McLean and D.G. Pollock. 2003. Application of dynamic system identification to timber bridges. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 129(1), 116-124.
- Peterson, S.T., D.I. McLean, M. Anderson and D.G. Pollock. 2003. Measurement and evaluation of mooring cable forces during storm events on the Evergreen Point floating bridge. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), No. 1845, 28-36.
- Tucker, B.J., D.A. Bender, D.G. Pollock and M.P. Wolcott. 2003. Ultrasonic plate wave evaluation of natural fiber composite panels. Wood and Fiber Science 35(2), 266-281.
- Emerson, R.N., D.G. Pollock, D.I. McLean, K.J. Fridley, R.F. Pellerin and R.J. Ross. 2002. Ultrasonic inspection of large bridge timbers. Forest Products Journal 52(9), 88-95.
- Henson, A.B., K.J. Fridley, D.G. Pollock and C.J. Brahler. 2002. Efficacy of interactive internet-based education in structural timber design. ASEE Journal of Engineering Education 91(4), 371-378.
- Pollock, D.G., D.A. Bender, D.E. Bray, and J.T.P. Yao. 2001. Ultrasonic detection of a plastic hinge in bolted timber connections. ASNT Materials Evaluation, 59(5), 625-631.