PROGRAM AREAS
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS Dr. Carin Roberts-Wollmann continues influencing the long-term durability of His group is also developing innovative to conduct research in prestressed impact-resistant glazing. During the structural fuses, investigating new concrete bridges and buildings. Her year, he worked on Phase I SBIR project configurations of steel moment projects include investigations of the to investigate testing and modeling of connections, and more. behavior of fiber reinforced concrete the structural response of composites Dr. Roberto Leon continues two-way post-tensioned flat slabs, repair subjected to extreme temperatures. That his duties as associate head for of corrosion damaged prestressed beams, project has been selected for a potential undergraduate studies and coordinator and hooked bar lap splices. Dr. RobertsPhase II award. of the SEM group. Dr. Leon was Wollmann continues to serve on several Dr. Eric Jacques received an Office named as the Secretary of the National code writing committees of the American of Naval Research Young Investigator Institute of Building Science’s Building Concrete Institute, including ACI 318 – Program (YIP) Award to advance the Seismic Safety Council (NIBS/BSSC). Building Code for Structural Concrete, science of detonation-based combustion The BSSC develops seismic provisions ACI 319 – Precast/Prestressed Concrete of suspended metal particle clouds. He that are incorporated into ASCE 7 and Building Code and ACI 320 – Postwas also a recipient of the 2021 Virginia other building standards. Dr. Leon Tensioned Concrete Building Code. Tech College of Engineering Certificate continues his work on composite Dr. Maryam Shakiba’s research group of Teaching Excellence. Dr. Jacques and structures, looking at steel-concrete focuses on developing models to predict his group and collaborating with other interaction in composite beams and the degradation of civil infrastructure CEE faculty to develop design guidelines joints, and enjoying teaching on forensic materials under environmental for the retrofit of deficient reinforced engineering and construction materials. conditions, and mechanical loading. Her concrete diaphragms and accelerate Ioannis Koutromanos has continued research group is working on multiple precast concrete construction using nonworking on a research project projects including; simulations of fibercontact hooked bar lap splices. supported by NIST, aimed to provide an reinforced composites to shed light on Matthew Eatherton’s research group understanding of the performance of the delamination and failure in such focuses on developing new structural old reinforced concrete wall structures composites, funded by the Air Force Office systems with enhanced performance against earthquake loading, and develop of Scientific Research Young Investigator during extreme natural hazards and strengthening techniques for such Program (YIP) award; understand and improving resilience and sustainability structures. The specific research involves design of ceramic/metal composites for of conventional structural systems. Dr. a synergy of computational simulation energy dissipation applications, funded Eatherton’s group is currently working on and experimental testing at the Thomas by NSF; and modeling the adhesive bond multiple projects related to the design, M. Murray Structures and Materials between fiber-reinforced composites retrofit and behavior of diaphragms in Laboratory. He has also been working and corroded steel to design resilient buildings subjected to earthquakes. on describing - through computational retrofitting materials and techniques, simulation - the procedure of chloride funded by Virginia DOT. ingress and subsequent Dr. Scott Case mechanical deterioration continues to work with of prestressed bridge other COE faculty on girders due to corrosion. a $3.8M composites To enable the reliable manufacturing education simulation of multiple project. The effort physical processes combines instruction, which constitute the project design teams, focus of his research, and industrial courses. he has completed the He also is working on a creation of a new finite wood-based composites element simulation code center project to develop called FE-MultiPhys, bench-scaling screening which is currently tests to predict structural being disseminated fire performance in largeto researchers and scale ASTM E-119 tests. practicing engineers. Samuel Sherry load testing a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer bridge repair for the Virginia He also is leading an Department of Transportation investigation into factors
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