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