Structural Engineering and Materials Faculty

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Structural Engineering

Faculty Member Technical Interests
Bayrak, Oguzhan
  • Behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Evaluation of structures in distress
  • Use of fiber reinforced polymers for corrosion repair and strengthening of reinforced concrete
Breen, John
  • Design and construction of structural concrete bridges and buildings
  • Structural systems
Engelhardt, Michael
  • Design and behavior of steel structures
  • Earthquake engineering
Frank, Karl
  • Fracture and fatigue behavior of metal structures
  • Welded and bolted joints
  • Design and behavior of composite plate girders
  • Fatigue strength of cables
Ghannoum, Wassim
  • Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures
  • Structural analysis
  • Structural dynamics
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Extreme loading on structures
Helwig, Todd
  • Design and behavior of steel structures
Jirsa, James
  • Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Repair and rehabilitation of structures
Kallivokas, Loukas
  • Computational mechanics
  • Wave propagation and structural dynamics
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Inverse problems in engineering
  • Acoustics
  • - Numerical methods
  • Large-scale computational modeling and visualization
Klingner, Richard
  • Experimental and analytical investigation of the response of masonry and reinforced concrete masonry structures
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Anchorage to concrete
Manuel, Lance
  • Structural reliability
  • Structural dynamics and random vibrations
  • Probabilistic methods
  • Analysis of fixed and floating offshore structures to random loading
  • Probabilistic seismic hazard and risk analyses for structures and lifelines
Tassoulas, John
  • Structural mechanics
  • Constitutive equations of materials
  • Wave propagation
  • Numerical analysis
Wheat, Dan
  • Behavior, design and mathematical modeling of wood structural systems
Williamson, Eric
  • Dynamic response of structures, including applications to blast-resistant design and seismic-resistant design
  • Static and dynamic stability
  • Failure modeling
  • Damage mechanics
Wood, Sharon
  • Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures
  • Evaluation of existing structures
  • Earthquake engineering
Zhu, Jinying
  • Non-destructive testing of concrete structures, pavements, and deep foundations
  • Structural dynamics and health monitoring
  • Wave propagation and soil dynamics
  • Advanced sensing techniques for infrastructure
   
Emeritus Faculty Technical Interests
Burns, Ned H.
  • Structural design and analysis with special interest in reinforced and prestressed concrete structures
Furlong, Richard W.
  • Composite structures
  • Analysis for inelastic behavior of structures
  • Structural design
Yura, Joseph A.
  • Design of steel structures
  • Experimental methods
  • Connections and stability
  • Offshore structures

Materials

Faculty Member Technical Interests
Ferron, Raissa
  • Rheology
  • Characterization of fresh concrete micro/nano-structure
  • Cement chemistry and aggregation mechanisms
  • Self-consolidating concrete
  • Affordable sustainable housing materials
Folliard, Kevin
  • Portland cement concrete
  • Concrete durability
  • High-performance concrete
  • Controlled low-strength materials
Fowler, David
  • Polymer-concrete materials
  • Structural building systems in wood and reinforced concrete
  • Concrete aggregates
Juenger, Maria
  • Hydration chemistry and microstructural characterization of portland cement and related materials
  • Mechanisms of chemical deterioration in concrete
  • Concrete durability
  • Reducing the environmental impact of concrete production

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