Research
Current Projects
- Verification and Validation of High Fidelity Simulations
- Performance Based Assessment for Resiliency against Multi-Hazard Risk
- Vulnerability Assessment for Beyond Design Basis Loads
- Subdomain Modeling for Coastal Storm Surge
- Framework for Reducing Construction Cost and Improving Schedule
- Bayesian Approaches for Probabilistic Risk Assessment
- Seismic Qualification of Electrical Systems
- Fragility Assessment in Concrete Dams and Weirs for Multiple Hazards
- Modeling Uncertainties in Constitutive Material Characteristics of Reinforced Concrete
- Risk Assessment for High Winds
- Modeling the effect of high frequency seismic motions on equipment.
Past Projects
- Reliability-based Design of Piping Systems
- Rocking and Sliding Behavior of Unanchored Objects and Equipment
- Heuristic Optimization Approaches in Structural Analysis and Design
- Seismic Behavior of Coupled Building-Piping Systems
- Combination of Modal Responses in Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures
- Load Combination and Analytical Methodology for IRWST and Other Dynamic Loads in Piping Analysis
- B2 Stress Index for Piping Elbows
- Development of Advanced Technologies to Reduce Design, Fabrication and Construction Costs for Future Nuclear Power Plants
- Response of Buried Pipelines to Surface Impact Loads
- Computer Programs CREST and INCABS
- Internet-based Remote Operation and Control of Laboratory Experiments