Structural Engineering Seminars

Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering

Fall 2012 ~ Room: CIVL 1144 ~ Tue 4:30-5:20 p.m.

Tentative Schedule – may be modified as per speaker’s request and availability

Updated on 08/21/2012

Week

Seminar Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

1

Tues 21-Aug

Dr. Arun Prakash

Purdue

Introduction

2

Tues 28-Aug

 

 

3

Tues 4-Sept

4pm-5pm AT BOWEN

Kevin Brower

Purdue

BOWEN LAB SAFETY TRAINING

(only students working at the Bowen Lab should attend)

4

Tues 11-Sept

5

Tues 18-Sept

Dr. Xiaoyun Shao

Western Michigan University

A Unified Approach for Real Time Hybrid Simulation

6

Tues 25-Sept

7

Tues 2-Oct

8

Tues 9-Oct

October Break

9

Tues 16-Oct

Dr. James Eric Dietz

Purdue University

Purdue Homeland Security Institute: Applications

10

Tues 23-Oct

Jeffrey Simkins

Acrow Corporation of America

Acrow: The progression of the Bailey style through truss bridge

12

Tues 30-Oct

13

Tues 6-Nov

14

Tues 13-Nov

15

Tues 20-Nov*

16

Tues 27-Nov

John F. Duntemann

Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. 

Roof Failures Due to Environmental Loads

17

Tues 4-Dec

Dr. Arturo Schultz

University of Minnesota

Joint NEEScomm – EERI student chapter – CE structures seminar

18

Dec 10-15

Final Exams Week

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* Thanksgiving week

Related Information

•       Seminar room information and photographs.

•       Directions and Lodging information.

•       Shuttle service between Indianapolis airport and West Lafayette/Purdue is provided by the Star of America and Lafayette Limo.

•       Shuttle service between Chicago O'Hare and West Lafayette/Purdue is provided by the Express Air Coach.

•       Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research and Bowen webcam.

•       Free Parking is available at the Bowen Lab (Address: 1040 S. River Road, West Lafayette, IN 47907). Conveyance from the Lab to the seminar room is also available.

•       Complementary Parking Permits available at Purdue Visitor Information Center at Northwestern Garage.

•       Structures group in School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University.

 

Contact: Arun Prakash (arunprakash@purdue.edu), Ghadir Haikal (ghaikal@purdue.edu)