Departmental
Seminar (E9500)
Note: Attendance required for full-time graduate students
Lecture Series: The Biot Lecture, The Burmister Lecture, The Mindlin Lecture,
The DJ Memorial Lecture, Lou Silano Lecture
Past Seminars and Lectures
FALL 2011
Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 pm (Mudd 644)
Spring 2011
- Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 pm -
644 Mudd
Note: Attendance required for full-time graduate students
Lecture Series: The Biot Lecture, The Burmister Lecture, The Mindlin Lecture,
The DJ Memorial Lecture, Lou Silano Lecture
Past Seminars and Lectures
FALL 2011
Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 pm (Mudd 644)
9/27 (Tuesday) Dr. Anil Yazici, UTRC, CCNY [host: Prof. Betti]
Introducing Uncertainty in Emergency Evacuation Planning
10/4 (Tuesday, CEPSR 414) Prof. T.P. Tassios, National Technical University of Athens [host: Prof. Deodatis]
Retrofitting Insufficient Splice-Lengths by Means of FRP-Confinement
10/18 (Tuesday, Davis Auditorium) Prof. Alex Cheng, University of Mississippi
Biot Lecture: Intrinsic Material Constants of Poroelasticity
10/27 (Thursday, Mudd 825) Dr. Matthew Gilbert, University of Sheffield, UK
Advances in Computational Limit Analysis
11/1 (Tuesday) Prof. Grace Hsuan, NSF and Drexel University [host: Prof. Yin]
The Structural Materials and Mechanics Program at the National Science Foundation
and Recent Research on Long-Term Behavior of Geosynthetics
11/9 (Wednesday, Mudd 535) Prof. Ricardo Dobry, RPI
Burmister Lecture (with Tribute to Dr. Cliff Astill): An Investigation Into Why The Earthquake Liquefaction Charts Work So Well
11/15 (Tuesday) Prof. Scott T. Smith, University of Hong Kong
FRP Composites in Construction: An Overview of Research Activity at the University of Hong Kong
11/22 (Tuesday, Davis Auditorium) Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov, Eurasian National University
Dongju Lee Memorial Lecture. Geotechnical Issues of Megaprojects in Problematical Soil Ground of Kazakhstan
12/2 (Friday, 11 am-12 pm) Prof. Z. Bittnar & Prof. V. Smilauer, Czeh Technical University in Prague [host: Prof. Fish]
A Multiscale Model for Hydrating Concrete and Its Applications for Structures
12/6 (Tuesday) Prof. Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology [host: Prof. Fish]
Quantitative Structural Health Monitoring of the Civil Infrastructure
12/21 (Wednesday,CEPSR 414, 2:30-3:30 pm) Dr. Allan Zarembski, ZETA-TECH
Fundamentals and Selected Technical Issues of High Speed and Heavy Axle Load Railroad Engineering
Introducing Uncertainty in Emergency Evacuation Planning
10/4 (Tuesday, CEPSR 414) Prof. T.P. Tassios, National Technical University of Athens [host: Prof. Deodatis]
Retrofitting Insufficient Splice-Lengths by Means of FRP-Confinement
10/18 (Tuesday, Davis Auditorium) Prof. Alex Cheng, University of Mississippi
Biot Lecture: Intrinsic Material Constants of Poroelasticity
10/27 (Thursday, Mudd 825) Dr. Matthew Gilbert, University of Sheffield, UK
Advances in Computational Limit Analysis
11/1 (Tuesday) Prof. Grace Hsuan, NSF and Drexel University [host: Prof. Yin]
The Structural Materials and Mechanics Program at the National Science Foundation
and Recent Research on Long-Term Behavior of Geosynthetics
11/9 (Wednesday, Mudd 535) Prof. Ricardo Dobry, RPI
Burmister Lecture (with Tribute to Dr. Cliff Astill): An Investigation Into Why The Earthquake Liquefaction Charts Work So Well
11/15 (Tuesday) Prof. Scott T. Smith, University of Hong Kong
FRP Composites in Construction: An Overview of Research Activity at the University of Hong Kong
11/22 (Tuesday, Davis Auditorium) Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov, Eurasian National University
Dongju Lee Memorial Lecture. Geotechnical Issues of Megaprojects in Problematical Soil Ground of Kazakhstan
12/2 (Friday, 11 am-12 pm) Prof. Z. Bittnar & Prof. V. Smilauer, Czeh Technical University in Prague [host: Prof. Fish]
A Multiscale Model for Hydrating Concrete and Its Applications for Structures
12/6 (Tuesday) Prof. Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology [host: Prof. Fish]
Quantitative Structural Health Monitoring of the Civil Infrastructure
12/21 (Wednesday,CEPSR 414, 2:30-3:30 pm) Dr. Allan Zarembski, ZETA-TECH
Fundamentals and Selected Technical Issues of High Speed and Heavy Axle Load Railroad Engineering
Spring 2011
- Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 pm -
644 Mudd
| Date | Speakers | Title* | Host |
| 1/14 1100-1200 Mudd 644 |
Dr. Yiska Goldfeld & Dr. Assaf Klar Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Technion - Israel Institute of Technology |
Damage Identification - Static and Dynamic Approaches & Rational Analysis of Reinforced Earth Walls Using Kinematic Constraints |
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| 2/8 (Tue) 2:30-3:30 pm |
Prof. Anu Ramaswami Department of Civil Engineering University of Colorado-Denver |
Measuring and Mitigating Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
Prof. Culligan |
| (Note: this is an event for the ASCE Met Section held at CUNY Graduate Center) 2/15/2011 Dr. Sissy Nikolaou Recent Developments in Performance Based Seismic Design |
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| 3/7 (Mon) Mudd 227 |
Prof. Mihai Marasteanu
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Minnesota
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On the Representative Volume Element of Asphalt Concrete at Low Temperature |
Prof. Yin |
| (Note: this is an event for the ASCE Met Section held at CUNY Graduate Center) 3/15/2011 Designing excavation support systems to protect adjacent structures Professor Richard J. Finno, Northwestern University |
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| 3/21 (Mon) 11:00 am- 12:00 pm (Davis Auditorium) |
Prof. Ares J. Rosakis Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science California Institute of Technology |
Mindlin Lecture Identifying The Unique Ground Motion Signatures of Supershear Earthquakes: The One-Two Punch Effect on High-Rise Buildings |
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| 3/29 (2:30-3:30 pm) |
Prof. Urs Meier EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology |
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Cables for Suspended Bridges: Why? Why Not? What If? |
Prof. Betti |
| 4/5 (1:30-2:30) Sindeband East 414 (Schapiro) |
Prof. Suchatvee Suwansawat King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Thailand |
Mega-Infrastructure Development in Southeast Asia: Case Study of Thailand | Prof. Pena-Mora |
| 4/5 (2:30-3:30 pm) Mudd 644 Sindeband East 414 (Schapiro) |
Dr. Konstantinos (Kostas) Triantis
Program Director, Civil Infrastructure Systems Program
National Science Foundation
|
The Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) Program at the National Science Foundation |
Prof. Taylor |
| 4/8 (Friday) Interschool Lab 750 CEPSR 2:30-3:30 pm |
Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud President of ISSMGE & Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University |
Burmister Lecture Bridge Scour Predictions |
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| 4/12 (Tues) 3-4 pm Mudd 644 |
Prof. Priscilla Nelson
New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Underground, Infrastructure and the Built Environment |
Prof. Ling |
| 4/15 (Fri) 10:00-11:00 Mudd 627 |
Prof. Khaled El-Rayes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Multi-Objective Optimization of Construction and Sustainability Decisions |
Prof. Taylor |
| 4/19 (2:30-3:30 pm) |
Prof. Glaucio H. Paulino
Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
&
Program Director, National Science Foundation
|
Potential-Based Cohesive Fracture, Branching and Fragmentation |
Prof. Yin |
| 5/3 (Tues) Davis Auditorium 3:00-4:00 pm |
Mr. Matthys Levy Chairman Emeritus, Weidlinger Associates |
Silano Lecture The Limit of Structure |
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| 5/13 (Friday) 2:30-3:30 pm Mudd 644 |
Prof. Andrzej S. Nowak Dept of Civil Engineering University of Nebraska |
Security of Bridges and Tunnels |
Prof. Betti |
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5/31 (Tuesday)
3:00 pm
Mudd 644
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Prof. Yozo Fujino University of Tokyo |
March 11th, 2011: Great East Japan Earthquake M9.0: Its Disaster and Impact |
Prof. Betti |
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8/18/2011
11:00 am, Room 627
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Prof. D. Rittel Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Technion |
Is Adiabatic Shear Failure Really Adiabatic? |
Prof. Waisman |
* the link may not be available until a week before the seminar