A new research report, which partially documents a multi-year research project that included bridge field monitoring and numerical simulations of live load and thermal effects, is now published online. This work is funded by the Illinois Center for Transportation. Sunny Zhou and Ricardo Dorado, the Ph.D. students on the project, are recognized for their essential roles executing this complex campaign! Volume I was published earlier this year and Volume III will be published next month.
Author Archives: Larry Fahnestock
Ibrahim Receives PhD
Congratulations to Ahmed Ibrahim for being hooded and receiving his doctoral degree earlier this month during the University of Illinois commencement celebration!
Tao Passes Prelim
Congratulations to Zhuoqi Tao on passing the Ph.D. preliminary exam last week! Zhuoqi’s research on steel moment resisting frames with spines and force-limiting connections for enhanced seismic performance is partially funded by the National Science Foundation.
Ibrahim Defends Dissertation
Congratulations to Ahmed Ibrahim for defending his Ph.D. dissertation last week! Ahmed’s doctoral research, Automated Inspection and Assessment of Damaged Steel Girders Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning, was supervised by Ahmed Elbanna, Larry Fahnestock and Jim LaFave. Ahmed’s research was part of the project Strength and Serviceability of Damaged Steel Girders, which is funded by the Illinois Center for Transportation.
Ahmed Ibrahim with doctoral committee (Jim LaFave, Ahmed Elbanna, Larry Fahnestock and Mohamad Alipour) after defense.
New Paper on Point Cloud Processing for Damage Characterization
Congratulations to Limo Schissler on leading the publication of a new journal paper:
This paper documents a portion of Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT) project R27-225 (“Strength and Serviceability of Damaged Steel Girders”).
New Paper on Damaged Girder Capacity Prediction
Congratulations to Ahmed Ibrahim on leading the publication of a new journal paper:
This paper documents a portion of Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT) project R27-225 (“Strength and Serviceability of Damaged Steel Girders”).
New Research Report
A new research report, which partially documents a multi-year research project that included bridge field monitoring and numerical simulations of live load and thermal effects, is now published online. This work is funded by the Illinois Center for Transportation. Sunny Zhou and Ricardo Dorado, the Ph.D. students on the project, are recognized for their essential roles executing this complex campaign! Volumes II and III will be published in the next few months.
2026 NASCC Registration Open
2026 Illinois Structural Engineering Conference
Registration is now open for the 2026 Illinois Structural Engineering Conference, which will be held Thursday, April 9, 2026 at the I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center in Champaign, IL.
https://structures.cee.illinois.edu/illinois-structural-engineering-conference
Fahnestock Delivers Dexter Lecture
Last month Larry Fahnestock delivered a Dexter Memorial Lecture, part of the Warren Distinguished Lecture Series, in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota. The Dexter Memorial Lecture is held to honor the legacy of Prof. Robert Dexter (1956-2004). Robert is remembered for his technical expertise and contributions in steel fatigue and fracture, and for his humility, kindness, generosity and encouragement that touched so many people.
