Structural Engineering Research
Practical Research
- Students wire instrumentation for measuring deflections of a bridge during a load test.
Current research projects seek solutions to both safety and cost-related problems and have been the basis for setting industry standards and design criteria.
Specifically, their research focuses on the following areas, with the appropriate faculty member listed in parentheses:
- Bridges (Abendroth, Fanous, Greimann, Klaiber, Sritharan, Wipf)
- Composite Structures (Porter, Klaiber, Wipf)
- Condition Assessment (Greimann, Wipf)
- Buildings (Porter, Sritharan)
- Seismic Design (Sritharan)
- Masonry (Porter)
- Timber (Wipf)
- Transmission Towers (Fanous, Wipf)
Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, 394 Town Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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