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Infrastructure Resilience

NSF-funded research hub to enhance resilience in underrepresented coastal communitiesTexas A&M University researchers will lead a Focused Coastline and People Research Hub, funded by the National Science Foundation, to minimize the socio-economic impact of coastal hazards to historically underrepresented communities along the Northern Gulf Coast.

Computational Mechanics of Structural Failure

Sideris awarded NSF grant to research reinforced concrete under extreme eventsDr. Petros Sideris, assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to advance the fundamental understanding and computational simulation of the damage and failure mechanisms of reinforced concrete structures under these extreme natural events.

Hybrid Sliding-Rocking Bridge Columns

Researchers Reinvent How Bridges Withstand Earthquakes With New Support Column DesignTexas A&M is leading a collaborative NSF funded research effort to investigate the performance of hybrid sliding-rocking (HSR) columns.

Researchers reinvent how bridges withstand earthquakes with new support column designTexas A&M researchers are testing a new hybrid sliding-rocking column design for bridge support columns that are more earthquake resistant.

Lab Work: Research at Texas A&MVeterinarians save Sybil the camel; engineers study earthquake-resistant bridge designs and human-robot interactions; researcher explains what makes us hangry.

Researchers reinvent how bridges withstand earthquakes with new support column designTexas A&M researchers are testing a new hybrid sliding-rocking column design for bridge support columns that are more earthquake resistant.

New columns will help bridges withstand earthquakesNew columns will help bridges withstand earthquakes Today's Video of the Day from the National Science Foundation describes a collaborative

New way for bridges to withstand earthquakes: support column designBridges make travel faster and more convenient, but, in an earthquake, these structures are subject to forces that can cause extensive damage and make them…

Polyurethane-Enhanced Bridge Columns

Designing earthquake proof bridgesMohammad Taghi Nikoukalam, a civil engineering doctoral student, is designing an enhanced damage resistant bridge system using advanced materials at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal.

Very happy to share a video from our work on Polyurethane-enhanced rocking columns for accelerated bridge construction. | Petros SiderisVery happy to share a video from our work on Polyurethane-enhanced rocking columns for accelerated bridge construction. This work is part of Mohammad Taghi Nikoukalam’s recently completed dissertation, which pursued integration of high strength polymers in structural engineering applications as a means of mitigating earthquake damage. Many thanks to BASF, especially Patrick Webster and Staci Wegener, for their help and guidance throughout this effort. | 16 comments on LinkedIn

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