Research Interests

  • Advanced Nonlinear Finite Modelling
  • Earthquakes and human behavior towards resilient communities
  • Seismic performance of nonstructural component and systems
  • Large scale structural testing

Active Research Projects

NSF Award Abstract # 2301691

ERI: Developing Ductility through Replaceable Concrete Anchorage Connections for Improved Seismic Performance of Mass Timber Structures

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Poster presented at the NATURAL HAZARDS RESEARCH SUMMIT 2024, RESEARCH-TO-IMPACT: BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
May 14–15, 2024   |   College Park, MD   |   #NatHazSummit24

Simulated seismic response of GFRP-reinforced concrete columns

Past Research Projects

Behavior of post-installed anchors in reinforced concrete shear walls of different aspect ratios subjected to simulated seismic loads

Poster presented at the 2020 National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Diego, CA

Machine learning prediction of optimal cement content for sustainable constructions

Simulating seismic risk scenarios in San Diego

Poster presented at the 2024 NHERI Computational Symposium
Poster presented at the 2024 EERI Annual Meeting

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Explore Structural Engineering research

  • Have you ever seen a wall cyclic shear test? We tested three full-scale reinforced concrete walls at UCSD with post-installed anchors to understand anchorage seismic performance in mixed-mode cracked concrete, with the support of Hilti.
  • Wonder how concrete wall specimens are built? Look at this video, when we built two low aspect ratio reinforces concrete shear walls at UCSD. All those cables are that you see are the strain gauges, sensors used to measure the strain in the reinforcement.