Research
Research
Research Interests
Research Interests
- Performance-based earthquake engineering
- Life-cycle analysis
- Bridge engineering
- Resilient infrastructure
- Natural hazard risk assessment and mitigation
- Structural reliability analysis
Research Experience
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant (2014 - 2015)
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Advisor: Professor Homayoon E. Estekanchi
- Implemented a finite element code in OpenSees to model urban concrete bridges for seismic design purposes.
- Developed the Endurance Time method for assessment of life cycle cost of bridges under seismic hazards.
- Implemented an optimization code in MATLAB to perform value-based seismic design of bridges.