Structural Engineering Seminars
Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
Spring 2015 ~ Room: CIVL 1144 ~ Tue
4:30-5:20 p.m.
Tentative Schedule – may be
modified as per speaker’s request and availability
Updated on 03/29/2015
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Week |
Seminar
Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Topic |
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1 |
Tue 13-Jan |
Mark P Sarkisian |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Site | Structure | Environment |
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2 |
Tue 20-Jan |
Nicholas E. Wierschem |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Targeted Energy Transfer using Nonlinear Energy
Sinks for the Attenuation of Transient Loads on Building Structures |
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3 |
Tue 27-Jan |
Shalva Marjanishvili |
Hinman
Consulting Engineers, Inc. |
What Does a Blast Consultant Do? |
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4 |
Tue 03-Feb |
Christian Ravotta |
Bechtel Corporation |
What it Takes to Harness the Sun: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Facility |
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5 |
Tue 10-Feb |
Carol A. Post |
Thornton Tomasetti |
Integrated Design Approach
to the Hancher Auditorium Replacement Facility |
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6 |
Tue 17-Feb |
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6* |
Fri 20-Feb 4:30pm |
Gustavo J. Parra-Montesinos |
University of Wisconsin |
Simplification of
Reinforcement Detailing in Earthquake-Resistant Coupled Wall Systems Through Use
of High-Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete Joint EERI student chapter – CE structures seminar |
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7 |
Tue 24-Feb |
Jared Plank |
American Structurepoint
Inc. |
What I Wanted To Know
About The Structural Engineering Profession (but didn’t know to ask) |
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8 |
Tue 03-Mar |
Kenneth L. Erdmann |
Matrix PDM Engineering |
Unique Problems in the Tank and Thin Shell Structure
World |
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9 |
Tue 10- Mar |
Jonathan E. Lewis |
Wiss
Janney Elstner Associates |
Seismic Retrofit of a Bridge Structure |
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10 |
Tue 17- Mar |
Spring Break |
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11 |
Tue 24- Mar |
Amin Maghareh |
Purdue University |
Dynamic Performance Evaluation of Infrastructure Systems: Safe,
Cost-Effective, and Flexible |
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12 |
Tue 31-Mar |
Howard J. Hill |
Wiss
Janney Elstner Associates |
Structural Design
Loads: The arbitrary side of the
equation |
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13 |
Tue 07-Apr |
Didem Ozevin |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
Monitoring Structural State of Built Infrastructures using Acoustic
Emission Method |
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14 |
Tue 14-Apr |
Larry Muir |
American Institute of Steel Construction |
AISC T.R. Higgins
Lecture Designing Compact Gussets with the Uniform Force Method |
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15 |
Tue 21-Apr |
Luis Enrique García |
Proyectos
y Diseños Ltda Former president of ACI |
Collapse of the Space Building in Medellin, Colombia |
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16 |
Tue 28-Apr |
Sule Bakirci |
Kirikkale
University, Turkey |
Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Edge Beam-Column Joints |
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17 |
Tue 05-May |
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), Arun
Prakash (arunprakash@purdue.edu),
Ghadir Haikal (ghaikal@purdue.edu)