James M. Nau Professor and Associate Head      for Undergraduate Programs Structural Engineering and Mechanics Office: 416 Mann Hall Phone: (919) 515-7737 Fax: (919) 515-7908 E-mail: nau@eos.ncsu.edu Personal Page: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nau/

Research Interests

Education

MS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1977

BS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1974

Representative Publications

Gordon, M., Schrage, D., Greenstein, J., Hebrank, J., Hirt, D., Mason, W., Miller, T., and Nau, J., "Early Design: Lessons and Strategies from SUCCEED," Annual Conference Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education, June 23-26, 1996, Washington, D.C., Session 3225 (proceedings published on CD ROM).

Valmundsson, E. V., and Nau, J. M., "Seismic Response of Building Frames with Vertical Structural Irregularities," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol., 123, No. 1, Jan., 1997, pp. 30-41.

Leming, M. L., Nau, J. M., and Fukuda, J., "Nondestructive Determination of the Dynamic Modulus of Concrete Disks," Materials Journal, ACI, Vol. 95, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1998, pp. 50-57.

Krstulovic-Opara, N., Nau, J., Wriggers, P., and Krstulovic-Opara, L., "Self-Actuating SMA-HPFRC Fuses for Auto-Adaptive Composite Structures," Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructural Engineering, Blackwell Publishing, Vol. 18, Issue 1, Jan. 2003, pp. 78-94.

Das, S., and Nau, J. M., "Seismic Design Aspects of Vertically Irregular Reinforced Concrete Buildings," Earthquake Spectra, EERI, Vol. 19, No. 3, Aug. 2003, pp. 455-477.

Professional Memberships

American Society for Engineering Education

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

Sigma Xi

Phi Kappa Phi

Tau Beta Pi

Chi Epsilon

Pi Tau Sigma

Professional Registrations