David Rosowsky

{{Short description|American civil engineer}}

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Dr. David V. Rosowsky is the current Vice President for Research at Kansas State University. Rosowsky is the former Provost and Senior Vice President at the University of Vermont.{{cite web |url=http://www.eng.rpi.edu/soe/index.php/deans-office/the-deans-page |title=The Dean's Page |author= |date=15 September 2010 |publisher=School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |accessdate=June 5, 2011}} He previously served as the Dean of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to that, he was Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M and a faculty member at Clemson.{{cite web|url=http://engineering.tufts.edu/alumni/profiles/rosowsky.htm |title=Dave Rosowsky |author=Sujata Tuladhar |publisher=Tufts University School of Engineering |accessdate=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815173720/http://engineering.tufts.edu/alumni/profiles/rosowsky.htm |archivedate=August 15, 2011 }} Widely known for his work applying probability models to building structural safety in natural hazards, he is member of the editorial board for the journal Structural Safety. He is a graduate of Tufts University, holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.