Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Faculty

• John W. Baugh Jr., Professor
  Computer-aided engineering, mathematical modeling, optimization, and support for engineering design

• William L. Bingham, Associate Professor Emeritus
  Structural models, experimental stress analysis, structural dynamics

• Robert A. Douglas, Professor Emeritus
  Mechanics of solids, wave propagation and digital signal processing

• John F. Ely, Professor Emeritus
  Structures, statics, dynamics, solid mechanics, computers, and optimization

• Murthy N. Guddati, Assistant Professor
  Computational mechanics, solid mechanics, wave propagation, scientific computing

• Abhinav Gupta, Associate Professor
  Modeling experimental and analytical behavior of structures, nonclassically damped primary-secondary systems, earthquake behavior of electrical instruments and control panels, buried pipelines, computer-aided engineering

• Ajaya K. Gupta, Professor
  Structural analysis and design, finite element method, plates and shells, earthquake engineering

• Edward D. Gurley, Associate Professor Emeritus
  Solid mechanics, shells, elastic stability

• John M. Hanson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus
  Behavior, condition assessment and repair of structures

• Tasnim Hassan, Associate Professor
  Low- and high-cycle fatigue of metallic and welded materials and structures, concrete and asphalt concrete; constitutive modeling; experimental, numerical and analytical studies of materials and structures

• Kerry S. Havner, Professor Emeritus
  Mechanics of solids, crystal mechanics, theory of plasticity of polycrystalline metals (particularly at finite strain), limit analysis

• Yasuyuki Horie, Professor Emeritus
  Mechanics, shock physics, blast loading of structures, high-pressure processing of powders

• Mervyn J. Kowalsky, Associate Professor
  Earthquake engineering design and analysis, behavior of reinforced and pre-stressed concrete structures, development of alternative performance-based seismic design procedures

• Vernon C. Matzen, Professor
  Experimental structural mechanics, finite element analysis, structural vibrations, system identification

• Patrick H. McDonald, Harrelson Professor Emeritus
  Engineering mechanics, hydraulics, systems engineering

• James M. Nau, Professor
  Structural analysis and design, structural dynamics, earthquake engineering

• Sami H. Rizkalla, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction and Director of the CFL
  Structural engineering, reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and bridges, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) material for construction, repair and strengthening of structures, large scale laboratory testing, fiber optic sensing, field testing and monitoring of bridges and structures

• J. C. Smith, Associate Professor Emeritus
  Structural analysis and design; computer applications

• Emmett A. Sumner, Assistant Professor
  Structural engineering and mechanics

• C. C. Tung, Professor Emeritus
  Structures, earthquake engineering, ocean engineering, water waves

• Paul Zia, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
  Structures, reinforced and prestressed concrete, high strength concrete, bridge engineering