Professor and Associate Chair Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering | The University of Michigan
Patents
G. Voyiadjis and S. El-Tawil, Fenders for pier protection against vessel collision-Continuation, Application Number: 13/908,236 Date of Filing: June 3, 2013. Patent Approved in May 2013, Patent Number: US 8,739,343 B2 issued June 3rd, 2014.
G. Voyiadjis and S. El-Tawil, Fenders for pier protection against vessel collision; US provisional patent filed 09/2008. Full US patent filed in March 2010. Patent Approved in July 2013, Patent Number: US 8,484,787 B2, issued July 16th, 2013.
Dong Joo Kim, Sherif El-Tawil, and Antoine E. Naaman, Impact pulse generating apparatus and method using elastic strain energy, Full patent filed in South Korea in September 2009. Patent issued in March 2010. Patent number 10-1026421.
Dong Joo Kim, Sherif El-Tawil, and Antoine E. Naaman, Impact test apparatus by using energy frame, Full patent filed in South Korea on 05/09/2011. Patent issued in 12/10/2012. Patent number 10-1212646.