Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

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Welcome!!

• Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group
• Department of Civil Engineering
• University of British Columbia

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UBC - Vancouver, BC
Whistler!!!
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Structures Lab and Earthquake Engineering
Research Facility
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Graduate Students

• Roughly 90 students in Structural and Earthquake
  Engineering Program from all around the world.
• Roughly equally divided between three degree
  types.
• New students
• 13 MEng
• 9 MASc
• 4 PhD (2 MASc ? PhD)

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Student Groups / Professional Organizations

• CEGSS
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student
  Chapter
• Structural Engineers Association of BC
• Free membership!
• Institution of Structural Engineers
• Free membership!
• American Concrete Institute
• Free membership!

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Course planning

• Discuss courses with your supervisor
• For M.Eng. and new MASc students without a
  supervisor see Group Leader
• Most should now be registered in at least three
  of
• CIVL 507 - Dynamics
• CIVL 511 - Steel
• CIVL 518 - Reliability
• CIVL 537 - Computational Mechanics
• Other popular options
• CIVL 580 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
• CIVL 529 Condition assessment and
  rehabilitation
• MECH 561 Linear elasticity
• Directed studies or project courses

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Selecting a supervisor (MASc/Phd)

• No rush!
• Talk to the faculty members to learn about
  projects they are working on.
• Try to find a good dance partner.
• Frequently MASc and PhD students find a
  supervisor by early in Term 2.

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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

• Ken Elwood (Group Leader)
• Seismic design, existing reinforced concrete and
  masonry structures, seismic retrofit, nonlinear
  structural analysis.
• CIVL 505 Seismic Response of Structures

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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

• Reza Vaziri (Department Head)
• Mechanics of composite materials, impact
  dynamics, nonlinear finite element analysis,
  damage mechanics.
• CIVL 537 Computational Mechanics I

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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

• Perry Adebar
• Concrete structures seismic design, high-rise
  buildings, and shear design.
• CIVL 513 Concrete Structures

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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

• Terje Haukaas
• Structural safety, probabilistic methods in civil
  engineering, timber design, software development,
  performance-based earthquake engineering.
• CIVL 518 Reliability and Structural Safety
• CIVL 539 Advanced Theory of Structures

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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

• Sigi Stiemer
• Steel design, adaptive structures, knowledge
  management, composite designs.
• CIVL 510 - Behaviour of Steel Structures (not
  offered 2011/12)

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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

• Thomas Tannert
• Probabilistic Design of Timber Joints Mechanical
  Characterization of Timber Assessment and
  Monitoring of Timber Structures
• CIVL 516 Behaviour of Timber Structures

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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

• Carlos Ventura
• Earthquake engineering, structural dynamics,
  instrumentation and testing of structures,
  experimental mechanics.
• CIVL 507 Dynamics of Structures I
• CIVL 507 Dynamics of Structures II

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Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group

• Tony Yang
• Performance-based earthquake engineering, hybrid
  testing, seismic response of steel structures,
  innovative protective systems.
• CIVL 511 Steel Structures (Seismic)

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Emeritus Faculty

• Don Anderson
• Seismic design and nonlinear analysis
• Ricardo Foschi
• Reliability and structural safety
• Liam Finn
• Seismicity and geotechnical earthquake
  engineering (CIVL 504)

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Structures Seminars

• Required attendance
• Every week same place and time unless otherwise
  noted.
• Who?
• MASc students must present once during program
• PhD students must present twice during program
• Occasional special seminar by visitors
• Organized by graduate student committee with the
  assistance of Dr. Stiemer.
• More on this next Thursday!
• http//www.sigi.ca/seminar/seminar_schedule.htm
• Coffee and cookies volunteer needed.