Post on 26-Dec-2015
Welcome!!Welcome!!Structural and Earthquake Engineering GroupDepartment of Civil EngineeringUniversity of British Columbia
UBC - Vancouver, BC
Whistler!!!
Structures Lab and Earthquake Engineering Research Facility Structures Lab and Earthquake Engineering Research Facility
Graduate StudentsRoughly 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)
Student Groups / Professional Organizations
CEGSSEarthquake Engineering Research Institute Student ChapterStructural Engineers Association of BC Free membership!
Institution of Structural Engineers Free membership!
American Concrete Institute Free membership!
Course planningDiscuss 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
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.
Ken Elwood (Group Leader) Seismic design, existing
reinforced concrete and masonry structures, seismic retrofit, nonlinear structural analysis.
CIVL 505 – Seismic Response of Structures
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
Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group
Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group
Perry Adebar Concrete structures:
seismic design, high-rise buildings, and shear design.
CIVL 513 – Concrete Structures
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
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)
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
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
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)
Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group
Emeritus FacultyDon Anderson
Seismic design and nonlinear analysis
Ricardo Foschi Reliability and structural safety
Liam Finn Seismicity and geotechnical earthquake
engineering (CIVL 504)
Structures SeminarsRequired attendanceEvery 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.