Education

Years of Service on this Faculty

2001-Present Professor
1994-2001   Associate Professor
1989-1994   Assistant Professor 

Professional Registration

Previous Academic Employment

Research Assistant, Phil M. Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, September 1986 - July 1989.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Fall Quarter 1982 - Spring Quarter 1986.

Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Winter Quarter 1985 - Summer Quarter 1985.

Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Winter Quarter 1975 - Fall Quarter, 1975.

Previous Industry Employment

Consulting Structural Engineer, Cook & Caldwell, Incorporated, Knoxville, Tennessee, December 1981 - August 1986

Technical Supervisor, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 1982 - December 1984.

Civil Engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, January 1976 - September 1982.

Project Engineer, B & S Contractors, Incorporated, Nashville, Tennessee, December 1973 - August 1974.

Assistant Construction Superintendent, Fischer and Short Construction Company, Nashville, Tennessee, December 1971 - November 1973.

Professional Committee Membership

International Committees

• American Concrete Institute (an international organization with chapters in 34 countries)
  • Chairman, ACI 355, “Anchorage to Concrete”
  • ACI 318-B, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, Reinforcement and Development”
  • ACI 349, “Building Code Requirements for Concrete Nuclear Structures”
• International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (representing 100 countries)
  • Working Commission on Concrete Structures
  • Scientific Committee for 2005 conference “Structures and Extreme Events,” in Lisbon, Portugal
• International Federation for Structural Concrete (representing 60 countries)
  • Special Activity Group, “Fastenings to Structural Concrete and Masonry
    

National Committees

• American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ASCE 7, “Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures - Wind Load Committee”
• American Society for Testing and Materials
  • ASTM E06.13, “Structural Performance of Connections in Building Construction”
• Concrete Anchor Manufacturers Association
  • Task group on testing and design standards for bonded anchors
    

Principal Publications

Books, Sole Author

• Cook, R.A., Strength Design of Anchorage to Concrete, Portland Cement Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1999, ISBN 0-89312-2025, First Edition, 87 pages.

Books, Contributor of Chapter

• Notes on ACI 318-02 Building Code Requirement for Structural Concrete with Design Applications, Chapter 34 Anchoring to Concrete, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois, October 2002, Library of Congress 96-67472, ISBN 0-89312-201-7, pp. 34-1 – 34-81.

Design Standards (the publications listed below are design standards that Dr. Cook has contributed to writing)

• “Appendix D - Anchoring to Concrete,” Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-02), American Concrete Institute (ACI), Farmington Hills, Michigan, 28 pages.
• “Qualification of Post-Installed Mechanical Anchors in Concrete,” ACI 355.2-01, American Concrete Institute (ACI), Farmington Hills, Michigan, 122 pages.
• Section 1913, “Anchorage to Concrete,” International Building Code 2000 (IBC 2000), International Building Code Council, Falls Church, Virginia, May, 2000, 13 pages.

• Subramanian, N. and Cook, R. A., “Behavior of Grouted Anchors,” The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 78, No. 2, April 2004, pp. 25-33.
• Lybas, J. M., Hoffman, V. L., and Cook, R. A., “Effects of Strand Anchorage devices on Shear Strength of Pretensioned Concrete Beams,” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), V. 48, No. 6, November/December 2003, pp. 106-115.
• Zamora, N. A., Cook, R. A., Konz, R., and Consolazio, G. R., “Behavior and Design of Single, Headed and Unheaded, Grouted Anchors,” ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, V. 100, No. 2, March-April 2003, pp. 222-230.
• Subramanian, N. and Cook, R. A., “Installation, Behavior and Design of Bonded Anchors,” Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 47-56.
• Cook, R. A., Bloomquist, D., Richard, D. S., and Kalajian, M. A., “Damping of Cantilevered Traffic Signal Structures,” Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, V. 127, No. 12, December 2001, pp. 1476-1483.
• Cook, R. A., and Konz, R., “Factors Influencing the Bond Strength of Adhesive Anchors,” ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute (ACI), V. 98, No. 1, January-February 2001, pp. 76-86.

• Cook, R. A., and Konz, R. C., “Anchoring with Bonded Fasteners,” Proceedings of the International RILEM Symposium on Connections Between Steel and Concrete, Stuttgart, Germany, September 2001, Edited by R. Eligehausen, pp. 361-369.
• Cook, R. A., Zamora, N. A. and Konz, R. C., “Behavior of Grouted Anchors,” Proceedings of the International RILEM Symposium on Connections Between Steel and Concrete, Stuttgart, Germany, September 2001, Edited by R. Eligehausen, pp. 381-389.
• Cook, R. A., Bloomquist, D., and Kalajian, M. A., “Mechanical Damping System for Mast Arm Traffic Signal Structures,” Proceedings, 1999 New Orleans Structures Congress, “Structural Engineering in the 21st Century,” R. Richard Avent and Mohamed Alawady, eds., ASCE, New York, 1999, pp. 1099-1102.

Honors and Awards 

Teaching Improvement Program Award, February 7, 1994
Outstanding Performance and Achievement Award, University of Florida, October, 1991
Award of Merit, Florida East Coast Chapter, Associated General Contractors of America, May 1, 1991
Tau Beta Pi Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Engineering Education, April 5, 1991
Phil M. Ferguson Endowed Presidential Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin, 1988-1989
Tau Beta Pi, December 3, 1988
Phi Kappa Phi, December 8, 1987
University Fellowship, Unversity of Texas at Austin, September 1986-August 1987