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Our program’s academic and research activities have earned an international reputation for excellence — a reputation strengthened by an environment that fosters learning, discovery and creativity.
That world renown comes from our work in: creative use of advanced structural materials and composite systems to improve infrastructure; earthquake engineering; cladding effects on, and hybrid control of, the response of tall buildings to earthquakes and wind; steel connection design and behavior; and structural reliability and risk assessment.
Our students learn about — and conduct advance research on — structural analysis and design, the behavior of structural systems, earthquake engineering, engineering science and mechanics, high-performance materials, computer-aided engineering, risk and reliability, and intelligent engineering learning environments.
They are encouraged to form partnerships with each other and our faculty members to develop their skills and advance our profession. And we foster a multidisciplinary environment where we’re developing solutions to engineering problems of national and international importance.
Facilities
Our School is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories and instruments for all aspects of modern structural engineering and structural mechanics and materials research. This includes:
- An 18,000-square-foot Structures and Materials Laboratory with an 8,000-square-foot strong floor, an L-shaped reaction wall with capacities of 100-300 kips, and two 30-ton-capacity cranes. More… (Learn about construction of this facility in STRUCTUREmag.)
- A broad range of universal testing machines, with capacity to 400 kips.
- Specialized facilities for mechanical testing with infrared thermography and photoelastic stress/strain analysis.
- A nondestructive evaluation/optics laboratory.
- A laser scanning confocal microscope.
- Numerous high-performance workstations equipped with state-of-the-art software in structural engineering and mechanics.
PEOPLE
![]() Dean, Professional Education & Professor |
![]() Administrative Professional III |
![]() External Adjunct Professor |
![]() Professor Emeritus |
![]() Internal Adjunct Associate Professor |
![]() Professor Emeritus |
![]() Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor |
![]() Professor Emeritus |
![]() Senior Research Engineer |
![]() Assistant Professor (Starting Fall 2022) |
![]() Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Scholarship & Professor |
![]() Administrative Professional, Sr. |
![]() Professor of the Practice |
![]() Associate Professor |
![]() Raymond Allen Jones Chair & External Adjunct Professor |
![]() External Adjunct Associate Professor |
![]() Assistant Professor |
![]() Williams Family Early-Career Professor, Director of the Structural... |
![]() Associate Professor |
![]() Williams Family Associate Professor |
![]() Professor & Group Coordinator; Adjunct Professor (ECE) |
![]() Professor Emeritus |
![]() Professor |
![]() Associate Professor Emeritus |
![]() Research Engineer II & Instructor |
![]() Professor |
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