Civil engineering's Maher Tadros honored as 'Titan'

Maher Tadros is a Titan -- at least according to the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. The national organization honored Tadros as one of 50 Titans, and one of just three from the academic world, at its 50th anniversary convention in October.

"I just felt grateful, happy, and mostly very surprised," said Tadros, professor of civil engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

As part of the criteria for the award, recipients must have made an industry-altering, positive contribution to the North American precast and prestressed concrete industry within the time period of 1949 to 2004. PCI Chairman Fred W. Heldenfels IV said Tadros received the honor because "He is the principal author of the PCI Bridge Design Manual, the most authoritative design guide for bridge designers. He is the developer of new precast, prestressed concrete products. Significantly, these include the industry popular NU I-girder, the Inverted Tee and, most recently, the NU Bridge Deck." Two other Huskers shared the stage at the convention: UNL graduates and Titans Leslie Martin and Norm Scott, of the Consulting Engineering Group, headquartered in Chicago. Rounding out the Nebraska group of recipients was the absent Charles Wilson, former owner of Wilson Concrete Co. of Omaha and past president of PCI.

CONTACT: Maher Tadros, 402-554-4842, Professor, Civil Engineering (Omaha campus)