Structural Engineering Seminars

Purdue University, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Spring 2016 ~ Room: HAMP 1144 ~ Tue 4:30-5:20 p.m.

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

Updated on 3/14/2016

Week	Seminar Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
1	Tue 12 Jan	Introduction
2	Tue 19 Jan
3	Tue 26 Jan	Bowen Laboratory Cleanup
4	Tue 2 Feb
5	Tue 9 Feb	Kevin Fitzpatrick	Alfred Benesch & Company	Case Studies of Complex Girder Erection
6	Tue 16 Feb
7	Tue 23 Feb	Patricia Clayton	The University of Texas at Austin	Self-Centering Structures: The Answer to Enhanced Seismic Resilience?
8	Tue 1 Mar	Richard Eisner	(Joint EERI Student Chapter – CE Structures Seminar)	Preparing for the Worst Case… Because it Just Might Happen
9	Tue 8 Mar	Joseph Abruzzo	Bowman, Barrett & Associates	Do You Speak “Engineer”?
10	Tue 15 Mar	Spring Break
11	Tue 22 Mar	Mark Sarkisian	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP	Concept Design of Structures for a New Architecture
12	Tue 29 Mar	Rama Challa	Matrix PDM Engineering	Rapid Assessment of the Earthquake Effects on Aboveground Storage Tanks
13	Tue 5 Apr	Koray Tureyen	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates	Slab Strengthening at an Early 20^th Century Historic Building: A Forensic Case Study
14	Tue 12 Apr	Jared Plank	American Structurepoint	Construction Issues: How They Do It Wrong and How to Fix It
15	Tue 19 Apr	Michael Todd	University of California San Diego	A Bayesian Experimental Design Approach to Structural Health Monitoring with Specific Application to Ultrasonic Interrogation of Structures
16	Tue 26 Apr	Dave DeLong	IC Design Services, LLC	Sustainability and the Structural Engineer
17	Tue 3 May	Final Exams Week
<< Fall 2015		Current		Fall 2016 >>

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