Civil Engineering Seminar Series
The Civil Engineering Seminar Series allows faculty members, researchers, and professionals both affiliated and outside of UB to present their research to students within the civil, structural, and environmental engineering field.
2024 - 2025 Civil Engineering Seminar Series
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Past Seminars
April 28, 2023
Nicos Makris, F. ASCE - Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
11:00 A.M. | Zoom
April 7, 2023
Mohammad Khosravi, PhD, M. ASCE - Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering Montana State University
11:00 A.M. | 140 Ketter Hall
March 17, 2023
Kiseok Kim, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering University of Texas at Austin
11:00 A.M. | 140 Ketter Hall
February 24, 2023
Hyong Suk Suh, PhD - Postdoctoral Research Scientist Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Columbia University
11:00 A.M. | 140 Ketter Hall
February 17, 2023
Mohsen Shahandashti, PhD, PE, M.ASCE - Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Texas at Arlingtion
11:00 A.M. | 140 Ketter Hall
October 28, 2022
Oguz K. Keskin - Project Consultant Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.
11:00 A.M. | 140 Ketter Hall
October 21, 2022
Nima Rahbar, PhD - Associate Professor Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11:00 A.M. | 140 Ketter Hall
| March 4, 2022 | Dorothy A. Reed, PhD, PE |
| 11 a.m. | Professor, |
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| Zoom | University of Washington |
| February 18, 2022 | Landolf Rhoade-Barbarigos, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
| Zoom | University of Miami |
| February 11, 2022 | Powell Draper |
| 11 a.m. | Principal |
| Zoom | Entuitive, NY |
| December 10, 2021 | Lakshmana Rao, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics |
| Zoom | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras |
| December 6, 2021 | Devki Desai |
| 1:50 p.m. | Structural Project Engineer |
| HOK, New York | |
| Zoom | Building carbon reduction methods at each stage of the design process: LCA and parametric techniques |
| December 3, 2021 | Mo Li, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Associate Professor |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering | |
| Zoom | University of California, Irvine |
| November 19, 2021 | Alastair Powell, RIBA RIAS ARB |
| 10 a.m. | Director |
| Zoom | Bryden Wood, UK |
| November 12, 2021 | Maria Garlock, PhD, PE, F.SEI |
| 11 a.m. | Professor and Department Head |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Princeton University | |
| Event Page | Aquatectural Engineering: Kinetic Umbrellas as Coastal Armor |
| November 9, 2021 | Jon Magnusson, PE, SE, Hon. AIA, Dist. M. ASCE, NAE; BSCE, MSCE |
| 4 p.m. | Senior Principal |
| 223 Ketter Hall | Magnusson Klemenic Associates |
| Event Page | Structure Becoming Architecture: Case Studies of Aesthetics, Form and Efficiency |
| November 5, 2021 | Ian G. Buckle |
| 11:00 a.m. | Foundation Professor |
| 223 Ketter Hall | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| University of Nevada, Reno |
| October 29, 2021 | Steve CS Cai, PhD, PE, F.ASCE |
| 11 a.m. | Chair Professor |
| Zoom | Department of Bridge Engineering |
| School of Transportation | |
| Southeast University, Nanjing, China |
| October 22, 2021 | Ertugrul Taciroglu |
| 11 a.m. | Professor and Department Chair |
| Zoom | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
| October 8, 2021 | MZ Nasser |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Zoom | Department of CIvilEngineering |
| Clemson University |
| October 1, 2021 | Josh Latterell, PE; Emma Rondeau |
| 11 a.m. | Design Supervisor; Design ENgineer |
| Zoom | Vulcraft |
| September 20, 2021 | John S. McCartney, PhD, PE, F.ASCE |
| 12:30 p.m. | Professor and Department Chair |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Department of Structural Engineering |
| University of California, San Diego |
| April 8, 2021 | Aaron Mazeika, PE SE AIA |
| 12:30 p.m. | Director of Structural Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Chicago, IL |
| Seminar Page | Environmentally responsible structural design |
| September 27, 2019 | Venkatesh Kodur |
| 11 a.m. | University Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Michigan State University, East Lansing |
| October 4, 2019 | Lauren Stewart, PhD, PE |
| 11 a.m. | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Seminar Page | Experimental Techniques for Quantifying Damage and Residual Capacity of Structures Subjected to Impulsive Loads |
| October 11, 2019 | Ching-Ching Yu |
| 11 a.m. | PhD Candidate |
| Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering | |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo |
| Seminar Page | Verification of Numerical Models for Seismic Fluid-Structure-Interaction Analysis of Advanced Reactors |
| October 18, 2019 | Iurie Curosu |
| 11 a.m. | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Institute of Construction Materials, Faculty of Civil Engineering | |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
| October 25, 2019 | Mohammad Modarres |
| 11 a.m. | Nicole Y. Kim Eminent Professor of Engineering and Director of Center for Risk and Reliability, |
| 140 Ketter Hall | A.J. Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park |
| Seminar Page | Reliability Science, Entropy and Applications to Corrosion-Fatigue |
| November 8, 2019 | Umberto Berardi, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Associate Professor, Engineering and Architectural Science |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Ryerson University |
| Seminar Page | Smart Green Infrastructure: A Needed Path for Enhancing Urban Resilience and Sustainability |
| November 15, 2019 | Dr. Jenny SIderi |
| 11 a.m. | Project Engineer |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Topic | Career Opportunities with Thornton Tomasetti |
| May 10, 2019 | Jonathan A. Black |
| 11 a.m. | Senior Lecturer, Director |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University of Sheffield; Centre for Energy & Infrastructure Ground Research |
| April 26, 2019 | Kasian Warenycia |
| 11 a.m. | Bridge Engineer |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Arup |
| April 12, 2019 | Dr. Claudia P. Ostertag |
| 11 a.m. | T.Y. and Margaret Lin Endowed Chair of Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| University of California, Berkeley |
| April 5, 2019 | Professor John W. van de Lindt |
| 2 p.m.. | Harold H. Short Endowed Chair Professor |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Colorado State University | |
| Seminar Page | Quantitative Modeling of Community Resilience to Natural Hazards |
| March 29, 2019 | James O. Malley |
| 11 a.m. | Senior Principal |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Degenkolb Engineers |
| March 15, 2019 | Mark Bajorek, PE & Joseph Fonzi, PE |
| 11 a.m. | Supervising Structural Engineers |
| 140 Ketter Hall | WSP, Buffalo, NY |
| Seminar Page | Re-Engineering the DL&W Terminal |
| March 1, 2019 | Daniel Linzell, PhD |
| 1:30 p.m. | Associate Dean for Graduate and International Programs |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Professor of Civil Engineering |
| University of Nebraska, Lincoln | |
| Seminar Page | "Dropping and Popping" What Can (or Should) Structural Engineers Do? Collapse, Impact and Blast Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| March 1, 2019 | Tod A. Laursen, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Provost & Senior Vice Chancellor |
| 322 Clemens Hall | State University of New York System |
| Seminar Page | Mortar-Based Approaches to Contact Problems in Computational Solid and Structural Mechanics |
| December 7, 2018 | Chris S. Williams, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Purdue University |
| Seminar Page | Structural Performance of post-tensioned spliced girder bridges |
| November 30, 2018 | Jerome Lynch, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| Seminar Page | Long-term management and control of critical infrastructure systems using cyber-physical system architectures |
| November 16, 2018 | Catherine French, PhD, PE, FACI, FPCI, Dist.MASCE |
| 11 a.m. | Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University of Minnesota |
| Seminar Page | Performance of nonrectangualr RC walls subjected to multidrectional loading and development of resilient wall systems utilizing unbonded post-tensioning |
| November 9, 2018 | Aaron Mazeika |
| 11 a.m. | Associate Director |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) |
| November 2, 2018 | Katerina Genikomsou |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Civil Engineering Department |
| Queen's University |
| October 26, 2018 | Barzin Mobasher, PhD, PE |
| 11 a.m. | Professor of Strutural Materials Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment |
| Arizona State University | |
| Seminar Page | Innovations in fiber and textile reinforced concrete in support of sustainable infrastructure systems |
| October 5, 2018 | Alexandros Nikellis |
| 11 a.m. | PhD Candidate |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Major Advisor: Kallol Sett |
| University at Buffalo |
| September 28, 2018 | Dr. Kishor C. Mehta, PhD |
| 4 p.m. | SEAS Distinguished Speaker |
| 101 Davis Hall | P.W. Horn Professor of Civil Engineering |
| Texas Tech University | |
| Seminar Page | Evolution of assessment of wind speeds in tornadoes |
| September 21, 2018 | Dr. Kimberly E. Kurtis, PhD, FACI, FACerS |
| 11 a.m. | Professor of Civil Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Seminar Page | 21st Century concrete technology: Addressing sustainability through innovation |
| September 7, 2018 | Dr. Paul Gauvreau |
| 11 a.m. | Professor of Civil Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University of Toronto |
| Seminar Page | The robots are coming! The next revolution in construction and its impact on bridge design |
| April 20, 2018 | Laura N. Lowes, PhD |
| 3 p.m. | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 101 Davis Hall | University of Washington |
| Seminar Page | Earthquake behavior, design and modeling of slender reinforced concrete walls |
| April 13, 2018 | Eric Manuel, PE |
| 11 a.m. | M3 Engineering and Technology |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Tucson, Arizona |
| Seminar Page | Seismic isolation of Giant Magellan Telescope |
| April 6, 2018 | Faiz I, Makdisi, PhD, PE, DGE |
| 11 a.m. | Senior Principal Engineer |
| 140 Ketter Hall | SAGE Engineers, Inc. |
| Oakland, California | |
| Seminar Page | Seismic stability and deformation of embankment dams |
| April 4, 2018 | Gilbert Brindley |
| 10 a.m. | UHPC Solutions |
| Oakland, California |
| March 30, 2018 | Shoma Kitayama, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Postdoctoral Associate |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| University at Buffalo | |
| Seminar Page | Seismic performance assessment of seismically isolated buildings designed by the procedures of ASCE/SEI 7 |
| March 16, 2018 | Mark Bajorek, PE & Joseph Fonzi, PE |
| 11 a.m. | Supervising Structural Engineers |
| 140 Ketter Hall | WSP, Buffalo, NY |
| Seminar Page | The Maid of the Mist docking facility |
| March 9, 2018 | Paul Anderson, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| University of California, Berkley | |
| Seminar Page | Conditional signal priority: Its effect on transit, reilability, transfers and traffic |
| February 23, 2018 | Andrew Cushing, P.Eng. |
| 11 a.m. | Senior Engineer - Tunneling and Geotechnics |
| 140 Ketter Hall | ARUP, Toronto, Canada |
| Seminar Page | Case histories in geotechnical design & construction: Embankments on soft ground and tunneling in weak rock |
| February 16, 2018 | Mohammed Alnaggar, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 140 Ketter Hall | |
| Seminar Page | Reinforced concrete aging, deterioration and the environment: Can we predict that? |
| February 7, 2018 | Radomir Slavchov, PhD |
| 4 p.m. | Research Fellow |
| 140 Ketter Hall | BP-International Centre of Advanced Materials |
| Seminar Page | Capillary forces in patch clamping: Creep under the action of pressure, adhesion and voltage |
| December 1, 2017 | Michel Bruneau |
| 11 a.m. | Professor |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| November 17, 2017 | Kallol Sett |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| November 13, 2017 | Troy Morgan, PE |
| 11 a.m. | Exponent |
| 140 Ketter Hall |
| November 10, 2017 | Jianming Hao, Haifeng Wang, Reda Snaiki and Assistant Professor Teng Wu |
| 11 a.m. | University at Buffalo Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall |
| November 3, 2017 | Jongmin Shim and ABM Tahidul Haque |
| 11 a.m. | University at Buffalo Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall |
| October 27, 2017 | M.V. Sivaselvan |
| 11 a.m. | Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Civil Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| October 20, 2017 | Professor Kenneth H. Stokoe, II |
| 11 a.m. | Jennie C. and Milton T. Graves Chair |
| 140 Ketter Hall | Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering |
| University of Texas at Austin |
| October 13, 2017 | Negar Elhami Khorasani, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| October 6, 2017 | Andre Filiatrault, PhD, PE |
| 11 a.m. | Professor of Structural Engineering |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| September 29, 2017 | Ravi Ranade, PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| September 22, 2017 | Cemal Basaran PhD |
| 11 a.m. | Professor |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| September 15, 2017 | Anthony F. Tessari, PhD, PE |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor and Student |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| September 8, 2017 | Andreas Stavridis and Xuan Gao |
| 11 a.m. | Assistant Professor and Student |
| 140 Ketter Hall | University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering |
| August 14, 2017 | Dr. Oren Lavan |
| 11 a.m. | Associate Professor |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Technion |
| Israel Institute of Technology Israel |
| May 5, 2017 | Gregory G. Deierlein |
| 2:00 p.m. | John A Blume Professor of Engineering |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| Stanford University | |
| Seminar Page | From performance based engineering to earthquake resilience |
| April 28, 2017 | Sissy Nikolaou, PE, F. ASCE |
| 11:00 a.m. | Principlal, Multi-Hazard & Geotechnical & Tunneling |
| WSP Technical Fellow of Earthquake Engineering |
| April 21, 2017 | Dr. Chris Letchford |
| 11:00 a.m. | Professor and Head of Department of Civil and |
| Environmental Engineering | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| April 14, 2017 | Dr. George Lee |
| 11:00 a.m. | Research Professor and |
| SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus |
| April 7, 2017 | Siddharth S. Parida |
| 11:00 a.m. | Doctoral Student |
| Advised by Professors Kallol Sett and Puneet Singla |
| March 31, 2017 | Yonggang Huang |
| 12:45 p.m. | Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil & Environmental |
| Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and | |
| Materials Science and Engineering | |
| Northwestern University | |
| Seminar Page | Mechanically guided deterministic three-dimensional assembly |
| March 15, 2017 | Professor Xinzhong Chen |
| 11:00 a.m. | National Wind Institute |
| Department of Civil, Environmental and | |
| Construction Engineering | |
| Texas Tech University |
| March 10, 2017 | Andrei M Reinhorn, PhD, PE |
| 11:00 a.m. | Emeritus - Clifford C. Furnas Eminent Professor |
| University at Buffalo | |
| Seminar Page | Passive Control of structures using apparent weakening and damping for seismic protection |
| March 3, 2017 | Dr. Andreas Stavridis, Sina Yousefian, Supratik Bose |
| 11:00 a.m. | University at Buffalo |
| February 24, 2017 | Pinar Okumus, Maurizio Diaz Arancibia and |
| 11:00 a.m. | Cancan Yang |
| University at Buffalo |
| February 17, 2017 | Mark S. Adams and Edward G. Szpala |
| 11:00 a.m. | Current and Past President of NY State Society of |
| Professional Engineers - Erie Niagara Chapter |