Category Archives: Bios

This category is any staff or student bios. Use the “Eatherton” flag for Matt’s bio. You’ll also see there are sub-categories for students and staff.

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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Nonish Jain

B.E. from PEC University of Technology in Chandigarh, India, 2011 Research Project: Developing and Validating New Bolted End Plate Connection Configurations for the Metal Building Industry

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Kara Kea

B.S. in CEE at Howard University, 2013 Research Project: Development of a bio-inspired spine-like self-centering seismic force resisting system

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Michael Wood

B.S. in CEE from Virginia Tech, 2013 Project: Pretension testing of Super High Tension Bolts and Steel Crate Testing

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Adam Phillips

B.S. in CEE at Virginia Tech, 2012 Project: Ring-Shaped Steel Plate Shear Walls

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Ebrahim Abbas

PhD Candidate at Virginia Tech M.S. in CEE at Virginia Tech, 2011 B.S. in CE at Kuwait University, 2006 Project: Investigation of Low Cycle Fatigue Fracture of Steel Moment Connections with Defects

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Trevor Bruce

B.S. from Virginia Tech 2012 M.S. from Virginia Tech 2014 Thesis Title: Behavior of Post-Tensioning Strand Systems Subjected to Inelastic Cyclic Loading

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Eric Johannigmeier

Bridge Engineer, Jacobs Engineer, St. Louis, MO B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Technical Report: Johannigmeier, E., Eatherton, M.R., and Pearce, A. (2013) Prefabricated Slab Performance Analysis for Hospital Bathroom Modules, Virginia Tech Structural Engin eering and Materials Report Series, … Continue reading

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Marlin Jake Lamb

OWPR Architects and Engineers, Blacksburg, VA B.S. in Building Construction from Virginia Tech 2011 M.S. in CEE from Virginia Tech 2012 Technical Report: Lamb, M.J. (2012) Integration of Building Information Modeling in Undergraduate and Graduate Structural Engineering Curriculum, Virginia Tech … Continue reading

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