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Patrick O’Brien

BS from Virginia Tech Research Project:  Collecting, Evaluating and Characterizing the Experimental Response of Steel Deck Diaphragms

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Haseeb Tahir

BS from Virginia Tech

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Adrian Patricio Tola Tola

BS from University of Cuenca MS from Virginia Tech Research Project:  Analytical and Experimental Assessment of Ductile Fracture Due to Low-Cycle Fatigue in Steel Structural Components Earthquakes can induce large strains in structural components within a small number of cycles … Continue reading

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Alireza Farzampour

BS from Sharif University MS from Sharif University Research Project: Converting global shear deformations into local buckling resistant yielding mechanisms in metallic plates

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Eatherton Receives the NSF CAREER Award

Eatherton received the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grand for his proposal related to developing innovative structural systems for multi-hazard resistance using steel plates with cutouts.  The project will create new enhanced structural systems by strategically removing material (i.e. … Continue reading

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Buckling Restrained Brace Subassemblage Testing

Our research group teamed up with Bluescope to test an innovative all-steel buckling restrained brace that they developed.  A subassemblage test setup was used to show that the new brace satisfies the qualification criteria in the AISC Seismic Provisions. Click … Continue reading

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Nina Zheng

Lecturer at Chongqing University, Chongqing China Visiting Scholar at Virginia Tech August 2014 to August 2015

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Jessie Thangjitham

B.S. in CEE, 2013 Research Project: Evaluating Dynamic Behavior of Goodwin Hall

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Yujia Chen

B.S. in CEE from the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, May 2013 Research Project: Using Horizontal Stiffeners to Improve Ductility of Deep Beams with Non-Compact and Slender Webs

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Gage Pepin

B.S. in CEE at Washington State University, 2013 Research Project: Experimental Program for Reduced Beam Section Moment Connections with Jumbo Steel Beams

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