Dr. Bruce Ellingwood was awarded the 2016 Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal from the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, “For the unique role that he has played in introducing concepts of probability, statistics and structural reliability to structural engineering and for transforming structural reliability from academic research specialty into a mainstream of structural engineering practice.”

Alfred Freudenthal is generally viewed as the father of structural reliability as an academic discipline in the United States and worldwide.