Faculty Contacts
Senior Lecturer
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
My research interest is very diverse and generally covers several fields of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Structural Dynamics, Engineering Design Sensitivity Analysis & Optimization, Parallel Computing for FEA, Efficient Sparse/Dense Linear Solvers, Non-linear Solvers, Eigen-Solvers, Branch & Bound Mixed Real-Integer Linear Programming Problems, etc....
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Lab Resources
The Structures/Earthquake Engineering Laboratory has a:
- 5' x 4' shaking table
- Reaction floor
- Servo-controlled MTS dynamic testing system with actuator capacities varying from 500 lbs. to 100 kips
- Vibration shakers
- Long column and structural model testing frames
- Compression-tension testing machines
- High-speed data acquisition systems
Research Highlights
Structural Engineering Research Laboratory
The Structural Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL) is equipped with reaction frames and equipment for conducting various structural investigations.
- Experimental and theoretical behavior and strength of steel, concrete, wood, and FRP structural members and systems subjected to multiaxial static and dynamic loads, impact loads, and high temperature;
- Retrofitting studies involving GFRP, CFRP, and BFRP materials
- Dynamic stability of structures;
- Parallel computing methods for large structures;
- Exploring effectiveness of innovative passive structural dampers.