SEMM Faculty
The following is the list of faculty associated with Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Engineering.
The list is organized displaying full time tenure and tenure track faculty, research and other general faculty and faculty associates that contribute to the programs mission.
Full time Tenure and Tenure track Faculty
Baker,Nelson C - Vice Provost and Associate Professor
Research Interests: Intelligent learning environments for engineering, applications of artificial intelligence and other computer-based techniques to solve engineering problems, and robotic applications to civil engineering.
DesRoches,Reginald - Associate Chair and Professor
Research Interests: Auto-adaptive materials, earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, impact dynamics, design and analysis of bridge structures, protective systems, structural applications of smart materials.
Doyoyo,Mulalo - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Lightweight and 'Green' Technologies for the Future
Ellingwood,Bruce R - Raymond Allen Jones Chair
Research Interests: Applications of methods of probability and statistics to structural engineering; structural reliability analysis; structural load modeling and analysis of combinations of loads; development of safety and serviceability criteria for structural design; random vibration; abnormal loads and progressive collapse; response of structures exposed to fires; probabilistic risk assessment of engineered facilities; performance-based engineering
Emkin,Leroy Z - Professor
Research Interests: Matrix analysis, numerical methods, design of steel structures, structural optimization, computer applications, advanced computer programming, large-scale application software development, and computer-aided engineering.
Goodno,Barry - Professor
Research Interests: Earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, matrix structural analysis, hybrid control of structures, influence of nonstructural components on building response, vibrations, finite element analysis, mechanics of materials.
Haj-Ali,Rami M - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Computational mechanics, nonlinear structural analysis, damage mechanics, constitutive models, micromechanics of composite materials, fracture mechanics, nonlinear finite elements, and artificial neural networks in engineering applications.
Jacobs,Laurence J - Associate Dean and Professor
Research Interests: Research Interests: quantitative nondestructive evaluation of civil engineering materials; wave propagation in solids, emphasizing guided waves, nonlinear methods and heterogeneous materials; optical techniques for the generation and detection of ultrasonic waves; signal processing techniques applied to nondestructive evaluation; development of acoustic sensors for condition monitoring of structural components; and structural mechanics.
Kahn,Lawrence F - Professor
Research Interests: Structural concrete and masonry, high performance concrete for prestressed concrete bridges, self-compacting concrete, repair and rehabilitation of bridges and buildings, earthquake resistant design and retrofit.
Kurtis,Kimberly E - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Microstructure and durability of cement-based materials; development of novel methods for characterization of infrastructure materials, high performance concrete, fiber-cement composites, applications of nondestructive evaluation methods to cement-based materials.
Leon,Roberto T - Professor
Research Interests: Behavior and design of steel and composite connections, seismic design of steel braced frames and frames with partially restrained connections, seismic behavior of bridges, strength and retrofit of unreinforced masonry structures, serviceability of composite floors, high performance materials.
Lindsey,Stanley - Professor
Research Interests: Structural systems; teach and learning
Muhanna,Rafi L - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Uncertainty modeling, structural reliability, computational reliability, shell theory, and optimization of masonry building materials in structural systems.
Scott,David W - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Dr. Scott's research interests include repair and strengthening of structures using advanced materials and technology; blast response of structures strengthed using fiber-reinforced polymeric (FRP) materials; behavior and design of structures constructed using high-performance materials; long-term durability of FRP materials in civil structural applications; viscoelastic characterization of advanced materials; and maintenance and repair of FRP materials in structures.
Wang,Yang - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection, Optimal Decentralized Structural Control, Smart Materials and Structures, Wireless Sensor Network, Numerical Simulation and Advanced Computing Technologies, Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.
White,Donald W - Professor
Research Interests: Computational mechanics, numerical methods, structural stability, steel and composite steel-concrete structures, computer-aided engineering
Will,Kenneth M - Associate Chair and Associate Professor
Research Interests: Finite element analysis, structural stability, numerical techniques, computer graphics and visualization, offshore structures, and computer-aided engineering.
Yavari,Arash - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Solid mechanics in small scales, ferroelectrics, magnetoelastic and electroealstic interactions, lattice theories of solids, geometric continuum mechanics, configurational forces, and fractal fracture mechanics.
Zureick,Abdul Hamid - Professor
Research Interests: High Performance fiber-reinforced polymeric composite materials and structural systems, structural stability, design of steel structures, structural optimization, bridge structures, anisotropic elasticity.