Structural Engineering Seminars

Purdue University, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Fall 2015 ~ Room: HAMP 1144 ~ Tue 4:30-5:20 p.m.

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

Updated on 10/22/2015

Week

Seminar Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

1

Tue 25 Aug

Introduction

2

Tue 1 Sep

3

Tue 8 Sep

 

 

 

4

Tue 15 Sep

Kenneth L. Erdmann

Matrix PDM Engineering

Unique Problems in the Tank and Thin Shell Structure World

5

Tue 22 Sep

James Swanson

Halvorson and Partners

BRB and FVD Alternatives to Conventional Steel Brace Outriggers

6

Tue 29 Sep

 

 

 

7

Tue 6 Oct

Jerome Lynch

University of Michigan

TBD

7

*Fri 9 Oct

3:30pm

at ARMS B061

Ron Klemencic

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

 

TBD

8

Tue 13 Oct

October Break

9

Tue 20 Oct

Lesley Sneed

Missouri University of Science and Technology

FRCM composites for structural strengthening applications

10

Tue 27 Oct

Chia-Ming Uang

University of California, San Diego

AISC T.R. Higgins Lecture:

What Seismic Steel Design Is All About

11

Tue 3 Nov

 

 

 

12

Tue 10 Nov

Jose G. Monarrez

M Structural Engineering Services

TBD

13

Tue 17 Nov

 

 

 

14

Tue 24 Nov

 

 

 

15

Tue  1  Dec

Vahid Keshavarzzadeh

University of Illinois

Gradient Based Design Optimization under Uncertainty via Stochastic Expansion Methods

16

Tue  8  Dec

Thomas Boothby

Pennsylvania State University

Engineering Iron and Stone

17

Tue  15  Dec

Final Exams Week

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Related Information

•       Seminar room information and photographs.

•       Directions and Lodging information.

•       Shuttle service between Indianapolis airport and West Lafayette/Purdue is provided by the 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 can be arranged upon request. Same day permits can also be purchased online from Parking Facilities office at the Purdue West Shopping Center, 1404 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906.

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

 

Contact: Sukru Guzey (guzey@purdue.edu), Chris Williams (csw@purdue.edu), Arun Prakash (arunprakash@purdue.edu), Ghadir Haikal (ghaikal@purdue.edu)