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Structural Engineering Faculty

Wai-Fah Chen
Gregor Fischer
David Ma

Wai-Fah
Chen

Researcher
Office: Holmes Hall 336
Phone: (808) 956-7727
chenwf@eng.hawaii.edu

Gregor Fischer
Adjunct Professor
gf@byg.dtu.dk
David T. Ma
Assistant Professor
Office: Holmes Hall 339
Phone: (808) 956-7377
tianwei@hawaii.edu
H. Ronald Riggs
Ian Robertson
H.
Ronald Riggs

Professor
Office: Holmes Hall 384
Phone: (808) 956-6566
riggs@hawaii.edu
Ian Robertson
Professor
Office: Holmes Hall 381
Phone: (808) 956-6536
ianrob@hawaii.edu

Funded Research Projects

Damage Survey from Hurricane Katrina
P.I.: Robertson, I.
National Science Foundation 10/1/2005 ““ 9/30/2006

NEESR-SG: Development of Performance Based Tsunami Engineering,
PBTE,

P.I.: Riggs, H.R., Co-P.I.s: Robertson, I.N., Cheung, K.F., Yim, S.C.,
and Young, Y.L., NSF, September 15 2005 – August 31, 2009.

A two-module floating structure

Hurricane Katrina damage survey of Biloxi

Extension to Large Displacements of the Inverse FEM for Full-Field
Reconstruction of Deformations in Plates and Shell

P.I.: Riggs, H.R.
NASA, February 2005 – February 2006.

Development and Performance Assessment of PVA-Fiber Reinforced Cementitious
Composites for Commercial Applications

P.I: Fischer, G.
Kuraray Co, Ltd,  09/01/2004 ““ 8/31/2005

Soil Investigation & Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling of
the Kealakaha Bridge
P.I.: P.I.: Robertson, I. Co-P.I.: Brandes,
H.
Hawaii State DOT, 2004-2006.

Five-year Monitoring of Corrosion Field Specimens
P.I.: Robertson, I.
Hawaii State DOT, 2004-2009

Seismic soil-structure interaction analysis of the Kealakaha stream
bridge on parallel computers

P.I: Park, Si-Hwan

Maui High Performance Computing Center and University of Hawaii July
1, 2004 ““ June 30, 2006

Computational model for the seismic analysis
of Kealakaha Stream Bridge

t = 6.74 s
t = 6.77 s
t = 6.81 s
t = 6.84 s

Kealakaha stream bridge simulation results: displacement amplitude
contours

Seismic soil-structure interaction analysis of the Kealakaha stream
bridge on parallel computers

P.I: Park, Si-Hwan
Maui High Performance Computing Center and University of Hawaii July 1, 2004 ““ June
30, 2006

Instrumenting and Monitoring the Performance of the FRP Shear Strengthening
of the Salt Lake Boulevard Bridge

P.I.: Riggs, H.R. Co-P.I.s: Ian Robertson and Si-Hwan Park
FHWA Innovative Bridge Research and Construction program, November 2003 – October
2008.

Development and Performance Assessment of PVA-Fiber Reinforced Cementitious
Composites for Wall Panel Applications

P.I: Fischer, G.
Advanced Wall Systems, LLC, 8/25/2003 ““ 8/24/2004

Seismic Instrumentation of the Kealakaha Stream Bridge
P.I.: Robertson, I.
Hawaii-Dept of Transportation
6/1/2001 ““ 6/1/2006

H3 North Halawa Valley Viaduct: Sixth to Tenth Year Monitoring
P.I.: Robertson, I.
Hawaii-Dept of Transportation 5/17/00 ““ 9/30/2003

Viaduct Cross-section during Construction
Instruments in Stem of Box-Girder

Selected Publications

Robertson, I., Riggs, H.R., Yim, S., Young, Y.L., 2007, Lessons from
Hurricane Katrina storm surge effects on bridges and buildings, Journal
of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering,
133(6), 463-483.

Riggs, H.R., Niimi, K.M., Huang, L.L., 2007, Two benchmark problems
for three-dimensional, linear hydroelasticity, Journal
of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering,
129, pp. 1-9.

Sebastijanovic, N., Ma, T. W. and Yang, H. T. Y. (2006)
Finite Element Study of Panel Flutter Detection and Control. AIAA
Journal
(Accepted)

Ma, T. W. and Yang, H. T. Y. (2006) Sampled-data Adaptive
Structural Control with Time Delays. Journal of
Structural Engineering, ASCE
, 132 (7), 1129 ““ 1138.

Chen, W. F. with W. S. King, C. J. Chen, L. Duan, (2006)
Plastic Analysis of Frames with Tapered Member, Journal
of Architecture and Civil Engineering,
No.1/06.

Huang, L.L. and Riggs, H.R., (2005). Development of a New
Interfacing Strategy for Fluid-Structure Interaction, Engineering
for the Maritime Environment,
Vol. 219, 131-148.

Chen, W. F. with I. H. Chen (2005) Major Revisions of the
2005 AISC Seismic Code, International Journal on Advanced Steel Construction.

Liu, Y.J. and Riggs, H.R., (2005). The MIN-N Family of
Triangular Mindlin Plate Elements with Application to a 6-Node Triangle,
Structural Engineering and Mechanics Journal, Vol. 19(5), pp. 297-320.

Ma, T. W, Yang, H. T. Y. and Chang, C. C, (2005) Structural
Component Damage Diagnosis Under Seismic Excitations. Journal
of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE
131(10) 1036 ““ 1045.

Ma, T. W. and Yang, H. T. Y., (2004) Adaptive Feedback-Feedforward
Control of Building Structures. Journal of Engineering
Mechanics, ASCE.
130 (7), 786 – 793.

Wrobleski, M. S., Ma, T. W. and Yang, H. T. Y. (2004) Modeling
of Structural Accelerations and Application to Controller Design. Journal
of Earthquake Engineering,
8(6), 947-961.

Chen, W. F. with K. M. Abdalla, (2004). Effect of Control
Fluid and Surface Treatments of High Strength Bolts, International
Journal of Applied Science and Engineering,
Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1-15.

Johnson, G., and Robertson, I. N., (2004) Repair of Slab-Column
Connections Using Epoxy and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer, ASCE
Composites in Construction Journal,
Vol. 8, No. 5, Sept-Oct, pp. 376-383.

Park, S.-H. (2004).A posteriori evaluation of wave reflection
for adaptive analysis of wave propagation in unbounded domains. Computer
Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,
193(45-47), 4947-4959.

Park, S.-H. and Antin, N. (2004).A discontinuous Galerkin
method for seismic soil-structure interaction analysis in the time domain.
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 33(2), 285-293.

Kim, A. S., Park, C., and Park, S.-H. (2003). Development
of web-based engineering numerical software (WENS) using MATLAB: applications
to linear algebra. Computer Applications in Engineering
Education,
11(2),
67-74.

Chen, W. F. with Y. M. Lan, E. D. Sotelino (2003) The Strain-Space
Consistent Tangent Operator and Return Mapping Algorithm for Constitutive
Modeling of Confined Concrete, International Journal
of Applied Science and Engineering,
Vol.1, No.1,17-29.

Chen, W. F. with M. H. Teng, E. D. Sotelino (2003) Performance
Evaluation of RC Bridge Columns Wrapped with FRP, ASCE
Journal of Composite for Construction,
Vol.7, No. 2, 83-92.

Chen, W. F. with L. Duan (2003) Basic Design Criteria for
Bridge Crossing, Open Sea and Bay Area, Marine Georesources
and Geotechnology,
Vol. 21, 289-305.

Kim, Y.Y., Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2003) Performance
of Bridge Deck Link Slabs Designed with Ductile ECC, ACI Structural Journal.

Kim, Y.Y., Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2003) Mechanical
Performance of Sprayed Engineered Cementitious Composite Using Wet-Mix
Shotcreting Process for Repair Applications, ACI
Materials Journal,
Vol.101,
No.1, Jan.-Feb., pp 42-49.

Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2003), Intrinsic response control
of moment resisting frames utilizing advanced composite materials and
structural elements, ACI Structural Journal, V.100, No.2, Mar.-Apr.,
pp. 166-176.

Fischer, G., (2003), Summary of findings and recommendations
of the JCI international workshop on ductile fiber reinforced cementitious
composites (DFRCC), JCI Journal, Vol. 41, No.2, pp. 56-59.

Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2003) Deformation behavior
of FRP reinforced flexural members under reversed cyclic loading conditions,
ACI Structural Journal, V.100, No.1, Jan.-Feb., pp. 25-35.

Robertson, I. N., Kawai, T., Lee, J., and Enomoto, B. (2002),
Cyclic Testing of Slab-Column Connections with Shear Reinforcement, ACI
Structural Journal,
Vol. 99, No. 5, 605-613.

Park, S.-H. and Tassoulas, J. L. (2002). A discontinuous
Galerkin method for transient analysis of wave propagation in unbounded
domains. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and
Engineering,
191(36),
3983-4011.

Park, S.-H. and Tassoulas, J. L. (2002). Time-harmonic
analysis of wave propagation in unbounded layered strata with zigzag
boundaries. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 128(3), 359-368.

Chen, W. F. with K. Wongkaew (2002) Consideration of Out-of-Plane
Buckling in Advanced Analysis for Planar Steel Frame Design, Journal
of Constructional Steel Research,
Vol. 58, No. 5-8, 943-965.

Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2002), Effect of matrix ductility
on deformation behavior of steel reinforced ECC flexural members under
reversed cyclic loading conditions, ACI Structural
Journal,
V.99, No.6,
Nov.-Dec., pp. 781-790.

Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2002), Influence of matrix
ductility on tension-stiffening behavior of steel reinforced engineered
cementitious composites (ECC), ACI Structural Journal, V.99, No.1, Jan.-Feb.,
pp. 104-111.

Robertson, Ian Nicol, (2002) Survey of Education and License
Requirements for Structural Engineers, ASCE Journal
of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice,
Vol. 128, No. 3, 120-124.

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