December 11 (Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 pm) Mudd 327
Prof. Luca Deseri
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento, Italy

First estimates of the representative volume element size (RVE)  in random elastic composites with
residual stresses through nonlocal micromechanics-based models 

November 13 (Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 pm) Davis Auditorium
Prof. Amr Salah Elnashai
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Earthquake Impact on the Built Environment Using Advanced Hazard Estimation and Structural Hybrid Simulation  


November 19 (Monday, 6:30-7:30 pm) Mudd 825
Prof. A.P.S. Selvadurai
Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
McGill University, Canada
Contact and Inclusion Problems in Poromechanics

September 5 (Wednesday, 2:00-3:00 pm) Davis Auditorium
Professor Michael C R Davies
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Geotechnical implications of the M 7.1, M 6.3 AND M 6.0 Canterbury Earthquakes of 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011 and 13 June 2011

September 11 (Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 pm) Mudd 327
Prof. Masanobu Shinozuka
University of California, Irvine
Remote Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure Systems 

1/26 (Thursday) Dr. Vitomir Racic, University of Sheffield, UK [host: Prof. Smyth]
Dynamic Performance of Civil Engineering Structures under Human-Induced Excitation

1/31 Prof. P. Ladevèze [host: Prof. Fish]
*PGD Approximation in Multiscale Structural Mechanics: Basic Features and Verification  

2/7 Prof. Alexander Ketov, Perm State Technical University, Russia [host: Prof. Meyer]
Technologies of Waste Glass Reuse: New View for the Old Material

2/14 Dr. Ben Leshchinsky, Columbia University
Enhancing Ballast Performance using Geocell Confinement

3/20 Prof. Young Sang Cho, Hanyang University [host: Prof. Yin]
Development of Structural Assessment System using Nondestructive Tests & Artificial Neural Network
Development of Add-on Program for Re-bar Placement in the Building Information Model(BIM) Environment

3/21 (Wed, 2:30-3:30 pm, Davis Auditorium)
Mr. Richard Coackley
President, Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom
Harnessing the Energy

4/3 Dr. Ryan Karkkainen, Army Research Lab, MD [host: Prof. Waisman]
Micromechanical Finite Element Analysis for Development of Composite Material Design Capabilities

4/4 (Wed, 2:30-3:30 pm, Davis Auditorium)
Dr. Tim Ingham, T.Y. Lin International
Silano Lecture: Innovation in Bridge Design -- Some Examples

4/12 (Thurs, 6:30-7:30 pm, Davis Auditorium)
Prof. Yannis F. Dafalias, University of California at Davis and National Technical University at Athens
Mindlin Lecture. Challenging the Paradigm of Critical State Soil Mechanics: The Role of Fabric

4/17 Dr. Sissy Nikolaou [host: Prof. Deodatis]
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
Earthquake Ground Motion in New York City: What Makes Us Different?

4/24
(10:00 am - 2:30 pm, Davis Auditorium)
Workshop: Global Energy and Ecology Initiatives
The Workshop is sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
Registration: free (coffee and lunch will be served)

(2:30-3:30 pm, 644 Mudd)
Dr. Badri Hiriyur, Columbia University [host: Prof. Waisman]
Development and Parallel Implementation of Algebraic Multigrid Algorithms for XFEM to Model 3D Crack Problems

4/30 (Monday, 2:30-3:30 pm, Mudd 834) [host: Prof. Betti]
Prof. Paolo Gaudenzi, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Smart Structures: Engineering an Innovative Technology

5/1
Dr. Arturo Montoya, Columbia University
A Validated Methodology to Estimate The Reliability and Safety of Suspension Bridge Cables

other seminar/conferences
ASCE Met Section Geo-Institute Chapter Specialty Seminar, May  9, 2012
Bologna Conference, 14-16 October, 2013

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* cross listed with ASCE Met Section Engineering Mechanics Committee Seminar