Webinar title: Seismic Risk and Resilience Modeling of Distributed Infrastructure Systems Speaker: Dr. Henry V. Burton Dr. Henry V. Burton is an Associate Professor and the Englekirk Presidential Chair in Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research is directed towards understanding and modeling […]
Title: Durability of Concrete Materials in Cold Regions: Emerging Challenges and Countermeasures Speaker: Dr. Xianming Shi is Director of TriDurLE and an associate professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at WSU. View the recording of this webinar
Speaker: Larry Olson, PE President and Chief Engineer Olson Engineering, Inc. About the Topic: NDE is being increasingly used to assess conditions of aging structures and infrastructure such as bridges, buildings and dams as well as forensic evaluation of such concrete problems as honeycomb, void and cracking in new structures. Specific NDE methods to be […]
All webinars are Pacific Time Webinar Title Corrosion Propagation of Carbon Steel Rebars in Concrete Speaker Francisco Presuel-Moreno, Professor and Director of Graduate Programs, Florida Atlantic University Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering Webinar Abstract There have been reports that suggest that the rebar corrosion rate (once corrosion has initiated) is lower on concrete with […]
Webinar Title EVALUATING SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE & PRIORITIZING INVESTMENT Speaker(s) Wes Marshall with Nick Coppola, University of Colorado Denver Webinar Abstract This project leverages advances in technology and increasing access to high-resolution remote sensing and spatial data to develop methods for inventorying sidewalk characteristics and static obstructions across an entire major city. In part 1 of […]
Webinar: Integrating Quality Assurance in Balance Mix Designs for Durable Asphalt Mixtures Speaker: Jenny Liu, Missouri University of Science & Technology View a recording of this webinar
Speaker: Mohamad Ashour, Ph.D., Alabama A&M University Associate Professor and Coordinator of Civil Engineering program Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Title: Modeling collapsible soil and its impact on axially […]
Webinar title: Poro-Elastic modeling and measurement of rebar corrosion and crack formation using high frequency ultrasonics Speaker: Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University Pierre-Philippe Beaujean is a Professor at the […]
Presentation Sustainability is key to building a brighter future for our families and our communities. What we do today affects tomorrow. This presentation covers the three pillars of sustainability, and provides principles of resilience to support our efforts to build a sustainable infrastructure. In terms of environmental sustainability, this means being conscious of our world […]
Presentation Post-Earthquake Assessment of Bridge Columns Using AI Enabled Computer Vision Modern seismic design codes ensure a large displacement capacity and prevent total collapse for bridges. However, this performance objective […]
Presentation Carbon-Fiber Tape Based Electrical Deicing System: Experiments, Field Performance and Application Issues In cold regions, snow and ice cause serious safety problems to the transportation system. Southcentral Alaska, particularly, […]
Presentation Recent Advances in Measuring Volume of Soil Specimen in Triaxial Testing Triaxial tests have been widely used for measuring the stress-strain behavior of both saturated and unsaturated soils. Volume/displacement measurement is an indispensable component of the triaxial testing. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review on the existing methods to measure volume change and/or displacement […]