The Faculty

Introduction:

Dr. Kwon joined the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor in December 2010. He became an Associate Professor in 2015. He has also served as the Director of structures laboratory from 2015 to 2016. He is currently the editorial manager of journal of earthquake engineering. Dr. Kwon earned his BSc and MS degrees from Hanyang University, Korea. Thereafter, he received his MS and PhD degrees from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) in the filed on earthquake engineering. His research interest is focused on development and application of advanced simulation methods for the seismic performance assessment of structural systems. He is very well known for his contributions in the field of hybrid simulation technique by integrating various experimental elements that are geographically distributed around the world and numerical elements that are modelled with specialized analysis tools. His research projects have been funded by various agencies that include (i) the National Science Foundation, (ii) NSERC, (iii) Transportation Departments in Canada, (iv) non-profit institutions, and (v) private industry. Prof. Kwon has received numerous awards and recognitions for his research and education activities in the field of hybrid simulation and seismic performance assessment of structures.

Complete profile: http://civmin.utoronto.ca/home/aboutus/directory/professors/oh-sung-kwon/

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Dr. Arun Menon earned his M-Tech from IIT Madras and MSc, PhD degrees in earthquake engineering from University of Pavia, Italy. He has more than 15 years of exposure to the field of seismic engineering and his research interests include seismic behaviour of masonry structures, restoration of heritage structures and seismic risk assessment. He is currently coordinating the efforts of National Centre for Safety of Heritage Structures (NCSHS), IIT Madras. He is member of Bureau of Indian Standards Panel for Masonry, CED 46: P7 and Convener, Working Group for Draft Code: “Seismic Retrofit of Structures: Masonry Buildings” in CED 39: Earthquake Engineering Sectional Committee

Complete profile: http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/?q=arun_edu

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Prof. K.V.L. Subramaniam is a professor in Department of Civil Engineering, IITH, His research expertise is in the areas of material characterization using destructive and non-destructive methods, health monitoring and strengthening of structures. He has published several papers on condition assessment and repair of concrete structures. He has also served as a consultant on various projects related to condition assessment and strengthening. He is a fellow of ASCE and ACI, USA and serves on several international committees on concrete structures.

Complete profile: http://civil.iith.ac.in/dr-k-v-l-subramaniam-profile/

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Dr. Surendra Nath Somala is an Assistant Professor in department of civil engineering at IIT Hyderabad. He received his Ph.D from California Institute of Technology, USA. His research expertise includes Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Inversion and Imaging of Seismic Source & Structure, Probabilistic Seismic & Tsunami Hazard Assessment, Seismology, Computational Fracture Mechanics, Reservoir Induced Microseismicity, Structural Health Monitoring, Performance Based Seismic Design, Earthquake Early Warning, Perturbation in Gravity field due to Seismic Activity .

Complete profile: http://civil.iith.ac.in/surendra/#about

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Dr. Suriya Prakash received his MS from IIT Madras and PhD from University of Missouri Rolla. His research expertise is on seismic behaviour, design and retrofit of concrete structures. He worked with Structural Group Inc., a renowned firm in seismic strengthening design and construction using advanced construction materials. He has authored more than thirty journal papers on the behaviour of reinforced concrete/ prestressed concrete structural elements under static and cyclic loading. He has also extensively worked on assessment of structural components under seismic loading through large scale testing. He is a member of ASCE and ACI, USA.

Complete profile: http://civil.iith.ac.in/suriya-prakash-s-profile/

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Dr. Shawn Gao is an Industrial expert working at System Integration Engineer at MTS Systems Coorporation, USA. He did his Ph.D in structural Engineering from Purdue University, USA. His specializations include Structural dynamics, Vibration analysis and Motion control and Finite Element Analysis.

Complete profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiuyu-shawn-gao-2684061a/?trk=public-profile-join-page