Congratulations to Shitao Shi for presenting a lightning talk, “Innovative Research Workflow for Seismic Design Provisions Development,” at the NHERI Computational Symposium! This talk highlighted a computational framework that Shitao has developed to support his Ph.D. research on seismic stability, which is partially funded by the American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Science Foundation.
Shitao Shi at the NHERI Computational Symposium.
Congratulations to Aradhana Agarwal for defending her Ph.D. dissertation! Aradhana’s doctoral research, Seismic Design and Performance of Multitiered Ordinary Concentrically Braced Frames, was supervised by Larry Fahnestock and partially funded by the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Aradhana Agarwal with doctoral committee (Frank Lombardo, Larry Fahnestock and Jim LaFave; Ahmed Elbanna not pictured) after defense.
A new paper that documents a portion of Aradhana Agarwal’s Ph.D. research is now published in the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. Congratulations Aradhana!
Agarwal, A. and Fahnestock, L. “Seismic Collapse Performance of Multitiered Ordinary Concentrically-Braced Frames,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 2025, 151 (3): 04025008. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-13635
Congratulations to Shitao Shi on passing the Ph.D. preliminary exam! Shitao’s research on seismic stability design and assessment of buildings is partially funded by the American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Science Foundation.
Shitao Shi presents Ph.D. research proposal.
Registration is now open for the 2025 Illinois Structural Engineering Conference, which will be held Thursday, April 17, 2025 at the I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center in Champaign, IL.
https://structures.cee.illinois.edu/2025-illinois-structural-engineering-conference
For the second time (first was in 2022), Marissa Miller, CEE Office Manager, received the CEE Staff Award for Excellence. Marissa joined CEE in spring of 2018, and since that time, she has provided outstanding support to the Structures Group. Congratulations Marissa!
An interim report on Illinois Center for Transportation Project R27-225 is now available online:
Schissler, L.R., Ahershinge, S., Ibrahim, A.E., Fahnestock, L.A., LaFave, J.M. and Elbanna, A.E. “Report on Agency Survey and National Bridge Inventory Analysis for Damaged Steel Girders,” University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Research Report No. FHWA-ICT-24-021, Illinois Center for Transportation, November 2024. https://doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/24-024
Congratulations to Prof. Siang (Sunny) Zhou on a new paper, Parametric Study of Skewed Steel I-Girder Bridge Truck Live Load Response, based on her PhD research and now published in the ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering! Sunny is an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Last week Jerome Hajjar, University Distinguished Professor, CDM Smith Professor, and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University, delivered the 2024 Newmark Distinguished Lecture, “Urban Engineering: New Strategies for a Resilient and Sustainable Future.” Congratulations to Jerry!
Prof. Jerry Hajjar with CEE Structures Faculty.