Structural Engineering

Faculty Research Interests/Publications

Structural Engineering

Robert J. Connor

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Fatigue and fracture of steel structures, field testing and remote monitoring of structures, fatigue and behavior of sign, signal, and high-mast lighting structures, load distribution and dynamic response of highway and railroad bridge structures, robust sensing and data acquisition systems, large scale structural testing in real time, bridge expansion joint system, and historic structures and materials.

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Shirley J. Dyke

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Structural Dynamics and Control; Damage Detection and Structural Condition Monitoring; Cyber-physical Systems; Real-time Hybrid Simulation; Machine Vision

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Robert J. Frosch

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Design and Behavior of Structural Concrete

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Ayhan Irfanoglu

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Earthquake and blast engineering, performance-based structural engineering frameworks, modal testing and analysis, structural health-monitoring, large-scale structural analysis and simulation, and engineering seismology.

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Mohammad Reza Jahanshahi

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Research interests include autonomous sensing, data interpretation and intelligent condition assessment of structures. He has been working in the field of computer vision and machine learning to develop robust systems for health monitoring of civil infrastructures.

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Arun Prakash

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Computational Mechanics, Structural Dynamics, Finite Element & Meshfree methods; Multi-scale mechanics, Cellular and heterogeneous material modeling; Multi-physics, Fluid-Structure, Soil-structure, Coupled problems; Structures under extreme loads, Fracture, Fragmentation, Impact, Blast

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Julio A. Ramirez

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Structural analysis and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, with emphasis on seismic performance of concrete buildings and infrastructure, structural models and experimental methods, and design codes for structural concrete

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Akanshu Sharma

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Performance assessment and strengthening of reinforced concrete structures against natural and man-made hazards. Advanced and innovative solutions for anchorage and bond in concrete under normal and extreme loads.
Sharma Research Group

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Sayed M. Soleimani

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Engineering education, low-energy buildings, high performance cement-based materials, repair and retrofit of existing structures, structural health monitoring

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Amit H. Varma

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Seismic and fire behavior, analysis, and design of steel-concrete composite structures. Repair and retrofit of deterioration and damaged infrastructure.

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