Structural Engineering Seminars
Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
Spring 2014 ~ Room: CIVL 1144 ~ Tue
4:30-5:20 p.m.
Tentative Schedule – may be modified
as per speaker’s request and availability
Updated on
09/04/2013
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Week |
Seminar
Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Topic |
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1 |
Tue 14-Jan |
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2 |
Tue 21-Jan |
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3 |
Tue 28-Jan CANCELLED |
Amr Elnashai |
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Analytical Model Updating During Hybrid Simulation -
extending the realism of hybrid simulation to very large structural
systems* co-sponsored by EERI |
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4 |
Tue 04-Feb |
Bahar
Ayhan Tezer |
Istanbul Technical University |
Coupled Damage-Plasticity Modeling under the Cyclic
Loadings |
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5 |
Tue 11-Feb |
Tim Dickson |
Dickson-Schaefer, Ltd. |
Failure of Temporary Bracing in Masonry and Wood-Frame Construction |
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6 |
Tue 18-Feb |
Richard Wiebe |
Air Force Research Laboratory |
The Search for Order in Chaos: Several Experiments
in Nonlinear Dynamics of Structures |
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7 |
Tue 25-Feb |
Matthew Pavelchak |
Walter P Moore |
Case Study: Collapse of a Precast Parking Garage
During Construction * Informational Session to follow 5:30-7pm |
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8 |
Tue 04-Mar |
Mohsen Issa |
University of Illinois- Chicago |
Finite Element Analysis and Experimental Testing of
a Totally Prefabricated Precast Concrete Counterfort Retaining Wall System
for Highway Bridges |
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9 |
Tue 11- Mar |
Jared Plank |
American Structure Point President, Indiana Structural Engineers Association |
What I Wanted To Know About The Structural
Engineering Profession (but didn’t
know to ask) |
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10 |
Tue 18- Mar |
Spring Break |
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11 |
Tue 25- Mar |
Ken Zuo |
University of Alabama |
Modeling Damage in Brittle Materials Based on Crack
Mechanics |
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12 |
Tue 01-Apr |
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13 |
Tue 08-Apr |
James Swanson |
Halvorson and Partners |
*
co-sponsored by EERI |
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14 |
Tue 15-Apr |
David Friedman |
Forell/Elsesser Engineers Inc. |
*
co-sponsored by EERI |
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15 |
Tue 22-Apr |
Christopher Brown |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP |
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16 |
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 may be available at Purdue Visitor
Information Center upon request. Requests need to be submitted a week in
advance.
• Structures
group in School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University.
Contact:
Ghadir Haikal (ghaikal@purdue.edu),
Arun Prakash (arunprakash@purdue.edu)