February 1
ASCE Organization
February 15
Prof. Robert (Tony) Dalrymple, Dept. of Civil Engineering
The
Sumatra Tsunami in Thailand
February 22
ASCE, ASCE Conference Planning
Friday, March 4
11am - 12pm, Ames 234
Professor
Andrew Smyth, Columbia University
Structural Health Monitoring
March 15
Spring Break!!!
March 22
Hugh Ellis, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chairman
A
Tuesday Twofer
March 29
Delong Zuo, Thesis Defense; JHU - Graduate Student, Advisor:
Nicholas P. Jones
Understanding
Wind and Rain Induced Stay Cable Vibrations
March 30, Special Guest
Prof. Sharif Rahman, University of Iowa
New
Dimension-Reduction Methods for Computational, Stochastic
Mechanics
April 4, Special Guest
Suren Chen, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Dynamic
performance of bridges and vehicles under wind
April 5
Deborah Goodings, University of MD
Two
New Initiatives at the University of MD
April 8, Special Guest
Lijuan (Dawn) Cheng, University of California, San Diego
Analytical
and Experimental Investigation of a Free FRP-Concrete Slab-on
Girder Modular Bridge System
Special Day!
Wednesday, April 13
Richard
J. Carroll Memorial Lecture, Dr. Zdenek Bažant, Northwestern
University
Size Effect and Need for Reform of Reliability Concepts for
Quasibrittle Structures
April 19
Hiroshi Katsuchi
Yokohama National University
Long-span bridge aerodynamics
in Japan and Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
May 3
TBA
May 6, Special Guest
Jannette Frandsen, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University
Fluid-Structure Interactions
May 8, Special Guest
James (Jamie) Guest, Ph.D.
Princeton University
Design of Structures and
Materials using Topology Optimization
May 12, Special Guest
Jeffrey Scruggs
California Institute of Technology
Structural Control Using
Regenerative Force Actuation Networks
