Dr. Amir Shirkhani
Visiting Professor, UBC Smart Structure Laboratory, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Research Collaboration in Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Structural Control and Seismic Retrofit
Collaboration on writing papers/book chapters/books
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Structural engineering is the science and art of designing, analyzing, and constructing structures. Traditional civil engineering structures include buildings, bridges, towers, and dams designed to resist seismic, wind, and gravity forces. The analytical tools developed by structural engineers, e.g., numerical analysis methods, non-linear material models, reliability theory, can be applied to a much wider range of "structure" types.
Several areas of the world are prone to high seismic activity. Research has led to modern design methods that significantly reduce the seismic risk for new structures. Unfortunately, many structures which exist today were constructed prior to these new methods being implemented and are thus deficient. In order to reduce the seismic risk to an acceptable level, many of these structures require extensive rehabilitation.
