Monthly Archives: July 2025

New Paper on E-Defense Testing

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A new open-access data paper is now available on full-scale building tests conducted at the E-Defense shake table in Miki, Japan.

Qie, Y., Astudillo, B., Duncan, J., Tao, Z., Okazaki, T., Fahnestock, L., Sause, R. Ricles, J., Simpson, B., Kurata, M., Kawamata, Y. and Hattori, K. “Data Paper: E-Defense shake-table tests on a steel moment-resisting frame supplemented with spines and force-limiting connections,” Japan Architectural Review. https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70036

This data paper corresponds to the open-access data set published in the NSF NHERI DesignSafe-CI repository.

Fahnestock, L., Y. Qie, B. Astudillo, J. Duncan, Z. Tao, T. Okazaki, R. Sause, J. Ricles, B. Simpson, M. Kurata, Y. Kawamata, K. Hattori. 2025. “E-Defense shake-table test data,” in Collaborative Research: Frame-Spine System with Force-Limiting Connections for Low-Damage Seismic Resilient Buildings. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-e159-v458

Rajaee Joins Group

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Welcome to Mohammadreza Rajaee, as he joins the Ph.D. program in structural engineering, co-advised by Mohamad Alipour and Larry Fahnestock. Mohammadreza recently completed a M.S. in Structural Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and his thesis research focused on Crashworthiness Analysis of Luminaire Poles. He has received a Jacob Karol Estate Fellowship from CEE at Illinois and he is a graduate research assistant on the project Estimation of the Load Rating of Existing Highway Bridges Based on Bridge Weigh-in-Motion Data, which is sponsored by the Illinois Center for Transportation.