NEESRCR - Key Persons
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- Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant / Civil and Environmental
Role in project: NEES-REU 2013. Learning from testing setting and data processing.
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- Visiting Graduate Research Assistant / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Blaine Jacob Fuselier
Visiting Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Houston, TX 77005
bfusel2@rice.edu
Expertise: Probabilistic seismic performance and retrofit assessment.
Role in Project: Fragility modeling, cost-benefit studies and LCC analysis.
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- Visiting Graduate Research Assistant / Civil and Environmental
Expertise: Structural engineering
Role in project: Numerical analysis of framed structures with shape memory alloy based devices.
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- Assistant Professor, Howard University
Expertise: Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics.
Role in Project: Nonlinear simulations, validation of models with tests data.
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- Graduate Research Assistant / School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Wireless and mobile sensing networks for structural health monitoring.
Role in Project: Testing, advanced instrumentation, damage detection algorithms.
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- Adjunct Professor
- Principal Investigator / Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology / School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Seismic retrofit, applications of shape memory alloys (SMA), nonlinear analysis.
Role in Project: Project coordination, development of analytical models, directs education, outreach, and training (EOT).
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Professor
Expertise: Structural health monitoring and damage detection, decentralized structural control, smart materials and structures, wireless sensor networks.
Role in Project: Testing, advanced instrumentation, damage detection algorithms.
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- Visiting Graduate Research Assistant / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Expertise: Probabilistic assessment, retrofit of reinforced concrete frames.
Role in Project: Fragility modeling, cost-benefit studies and LCC analysis.
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- Assistant Professor, Rice University
Expertise: Application of reliability and probabilistic methods for risk assessment of structures and lifeline systems, earthquake engineering including seismic design, analysis, and retrofit of bridges.
Role in Project: Fragility modeling, cost-benefit studies and LCC analysis.
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- Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Expertise: Seismic behavior and design of steel and composite structures, building code provisions.
Role in Project: Planning, design, and execution of experimental tests.
Job Titles:
- Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant / Civil and Environmental
Role in project: NEES-REU 2013. Learning from testing setting and data processing.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant / School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Earthquake engineering, seismic retrofit.
Role in Project: Shape memory alloy device design and experiments, planning and design of field testing.