Civil Engineering Seminar Series

21st Century Concrete Technology: Addressing Sustainability through Innovation

2/11/19

Georgia Institute of Technology professor Kimberly E. Kurtis discusses her research at Georgia Tech, analyzing the relationships between the composite, structure and properties of a new class of cement, portland-limestone cement

Finite Element Analysis of Punching Shear of RC Slabs

1/28/19

Katerina Genikomsou, assistant professor at Queen's University's Civil Engineering Department discusses her research on calibrating constitutive and finite elemtn models in the commercial FEA software ABAQUS to investigate punching shear behaviour of concrete slabs.

Performance of Nonrectangular RC Walls subjected to Multidirectional Loading and Development of Resilient Wall Systems Utilizing Unbonded Post-tensioning

1/28/19

Catherine French, a Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota shares her findings on research conducted at the University of Minnesota Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) laboratory enabling multidirectional loading and structural detailing on the performance of systems.

Innovations in Fiber and Textile Reinforced Concrete in Support of Sustainable Infrastructure Systems

1/28/19

Professor of Structural Materials Engineering at Arizona State University Barzin Mobasher discusses recent developments in cement-based composites such as fiber-reinforced concrete, textile reinforced concrete and UHPC as sustainable materials for the construction industry.

Environmentally Conscious Structural Design of High Rise Buildings

1/28/19

Aaron Mazeika, an associate director with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP, discusses ways engineers and designers of the built environment can design and create buildings in a more environmentally conscious manner

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Speakers and Dates

2019-2020

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

2018-2019

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 11, 2018	Dingqing Li, PhD
11 a.m.	Executive Director of Government Programs and
140 Ketter Hall	Engineering Services
	TTCI

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

2017-2018

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

2016-2017

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