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- Analytical/Experimental Hybrid Simulation
- Quasi-static and pseudo-dynamic testing and hybrid simulation of full and scaled-structural components, and systems.
- Development of control algorithms, instrumentation, and advanced measurement techniques.
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- Sustainable construction
- Life-cycle analysis of lifeline structures and buildings as influenced by aging and deterioration under repeated natural hazards.
- Development of sustainability metrics for civil infrastructure.
- Use of advanced materials and structural optimization tools for sustainable construction.
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- Advanced materials in civil engineering
- Material response characterization through testing.
- Development of constitutive models.
- Implementation of complicated material models in numerical tools for computer simulation.
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- Structural health monitoring
- Response monitoring of existing bridges and buildings.
- In-service evaluation of structures.
 
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- Vulnerability assessment of structures
- Development of vulnerability curves for special and populations of structures under extreme loading conditions.
- Development of loss estimation and mitigation strategies.
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- Structural stability and design of steel and composite steel/concrete structures
- Establishment of numerical models that incorporate material and geometrical non-linearities and consider structure stability under monotonic, cyclic and earthquake motions.
- Progressive collapse of steel buildings.
 
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