Overview
Athol J. Carr graduated
from the University of Canterbury with a
Bachelor in Engineering (First Class Honours) (Civil) in May 1964.
After working as a design engineer in New Zealand he went to the
University of California, Berkeley, and completed a Master of Science
in Engineering (in Structural Engineering) in May 1966 and a Doctor
of Philosophy (in Structural Engineering) in May 1967. Both degrees
were under the supervision of Professor Ray W. Clough.
Dr. Carr joined the Department
of Civil Engineering at the University
of Canterbury in January 1968. Here he has pursued research and teaching
interests in structural engineering, with an emphasis on computer
based methods of analysis, structural dynamics and in finite element
analyses. Since the early 1970s he has been actively involved in
earthquake engineering, non-linear dynamic analyses and in software
engineering.
