Overview

Research Centers

Research Laboratories

CSEE Research Areas

• Computational Engineering Mechanics

• Construction Engineering and Management

• Earthquake Engineering

• Electronic Packaging

• Environmental Engineering

• Hydrosystems Engineering

• Geomechanics, Geotechnical, and Geoenvironmental Engineering

• Structural Engineering

Earthquake Engineering

The goal of research in earthquake engineering is to enhance the seismic resiliency of communities through improved engineering and management tools for critical infrastructure systems.

Faculty

• Amjad Aref

• Michel Bruneau

• Stuart Chen

• Michael Constantinou

• Gary Dargush

• André Filiatrault

• George Lee

• Gilberto Mosqueda

• Andrei Reinhorn

• Tsu Teh Soong

Laboratories and research groups

• Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)

• UB node of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)

Current projects

• Seismic retrofit of steel truss braced piers (Bruneau)

• Seismic behavior of ductile diaphragms in steel skew bridges (Bruneau)

• Seismic retrofit of hospitals using special steel plate shear walls and modular infills (Bruneau)

• Formulation and operationalization of the structural fuse concept (Bruneau)

• Secondary system response in seismically isolated structures (Constantinou)

• Temporal characteristics of velocity/acceleration pulses and seismic damage (Lee)

• Localized velocity-based energy dissipation systems: advanced technologies and data for validation of integration methodologies (Reinhorn)

• Seismic retrofit of lifeline systems: shaking table tests for fragility of electric transformers (Reinhorn)

• Structural response enhancement through passive and active structural control (Soong)

• Seismic retrofit of structures using innovative technologies (Soong)

• Performance and retrofit of nonstructural components under earthquake loads (Soong)