Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Infrastructure Innovations, Assessment and Management

 

at Washington University in St. Louis

 


Several of the REU Participants in recent years have published their research results in journals, conference proceedings, videos, internet tools, workshop proceedings or as part of a research report to a company. These are listed below and undergraduate authors are indicated by bold face and an asterisk.

Journal Papers

H. Messenger, J. Carson, Y.J. Kim, D. Machata*, and T. Harmon. CFRP, “Grid Reinforcement for Precast Concrete Structures", Submitted to the Journal of Composites in Construction.

T. Harmon, Y.J. Kim, J. Kardos, T. Johnson, and A. Stark*, “Bond of Surface-Mounted Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures,” ACI Structural Journal, ACI, Vol. 100. NO. 5 September-October 2003.

Ulfarsson, G. F., S. Kim, and E. T. Lentz*, 2006. “Factors Affecting Common Vehicle-to-Vehicle Collision Types: Road Safety Priorities in an Aging Society.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. (in press).

Booth, K. M.*, and G. F. Ulfarsson 2007. “Factors Influencing the Assignment of Fault in Pedestrian-Motor Vehicle Crashes.” Journal, Accident Analysis and Prevention (in preparation).

Conference Papers and Reports

Lentz, E. T.*, G. F. Ulfarsson, and S. Kim, 2006. Factors Affecting Common Vehicle-to-Vehicle Collision Types: Road Safety Priorities in an Aging Society. The 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., January 22-26.

R. Veto*, S.J. Dyke, L. Liu, P. Wang, F. Sun and C. Lu “Employing wireless sensing technology in smart structures,” Proceedings, 2006 4th China-US-Japan Symposium on Structural Monitoring and Control, Hangzhou, China Oct. 16-17, 2006.

R. Christenson, L. Loebach*, C. Ward*, K. Seto and S.J. Dyke, “A Hybrid Experiment for Examination of Structural Control Considering Soil-Structure Interaction,” Proceedings of the 17th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference, St. Louis, May 2006.

Dyke, S.J., Nepote, B., Caicedo, J.M., Johnson, S.M.*, Oware, E.A.* "Earthquake Engineering Education: A Modern Approach," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 18–21, 2000 (submitted).

Scott Roark, Phillip Gould, Kevin Truman, and Bryan Haverhals* Seismic Vulnerability of Airports, Mid-America Earthquake Center Report, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

S. Dyke, X. Gao and R. Veto, “Vibration Testing of a Dissolution Apparatus (DISTEK-2100A)” to the Federal Drug Administration, December 2006.

T. Harmon, A. Stack* and J. Landry*, “Transfer of Connection Moments” Research Report No. 3.2.4, The Altus Group, July 2006.

T. Harmon, A. Stack* and J. Landry*, “Strength and Stiffness of C-grid Used for Shear Transfer Using Large Laboratory Cast Specimens” Research Report No. 3.2.5, The Altus Group, Septeember 2006.

S.J. Dyke, S.M. Johnson*, R.T. Ranf*, J.M. Caicedo, and M. Soto-Fournier*, "Advancing Earthquake Engineering Education through a Cooperative Effort Based on Instructional Shake Tables," Proceedings of the 7th US National Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, EERI, July 21–25, 2002.

R.T. Ranf*, "Economic Impact and Physical Effects of Liquefaction on Locks Near the New Madrid Fault", Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2000 Annual Student Paper Competition. (AWARDED FIRST PRIZE)

Josh Tolchinsky*, "Finite Element Analysis of Northridge Connections," Proceedings of the Trilateral Earthquake Center Undergraduate Research Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 14, 2001.

A. Samuelson*, "Seismic Assessment of Aging Nuclear Power Plants", Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2001 Annual Student Paper Competition.

Euridice Oware*, "Parameter Study on the Performance of Elastomeric Bearing Pads for Seismic Loads," Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 1999 Annual Student Paper Competition.

Scott Johnson* and Shirley J. Dyke, "Control of a Moving Oscillator on a Flexible Structure", Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, June 17–22, 2001, Newport Beach, California.

Dyke, S.J., Nepote, B., Caicedo, J.M., Johnson, S.M.*, Oware, E.A.* "Earthquake Engineering Education: A Modern Approach," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 18–21, 2000.

S.J. Dyke, J.M. Caicedo, and M. Soto-Fournier*, "Fostering Cooperative Efforts in Earthquake Engineering Education through the University Consortium of Instructional Shake Tables" EERI's Spectra (submitted).

J.M. Caicedo, E.H. Clayton*, S.J. Dyke, and M. Abe, "Structural Health Monitoring Techniques for Large Structures Using Ambient Vibrations," Proceedings, 2002 International Conference on Advances and New Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research, Harbin and Hong Kong, August 15–20, 2002.

J.M. Caicedo, E.H. Clayton*, S.J. Dyke, and M. Abe, "Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges Using Ambient Vibrations," Proceedings, 18th US Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop, St. Louis, Missouri, October 22–24, 2002.

H. Messenger, J. Carson, Y.J. Kim, D. Machata*, and T. Harmon.CFRP, "Grid Reinforcement for Precast Concrete Structures", Submitted to the Journal of Composites in Construction.

T. Harmon, Y.J. Kim, J. Kardos, T. Johnson, and A. Stark*, "Bond of Surface-Mounted Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures," ACI Structural Journal, ACI, Vol. 100. NO. 5 September-October 2003.

J.M. Caicedo, S.J. Dyke, and G. Burrell*, "Experimental Evaluation of Structural Health Monitoring Techniques for Flexible Structures," Proc. of the Workshop on Advanced Sensors, Structural Health Monitoring and Smart Structure, Nov. 10-11, 2003.

Presentations

Tyler Ranf*, "Development and Status of the University Consortium on Instructional Shake Tables," University of Tokyo, JAPAN, June 13, 2001.

Josh Tolchinsky*, "Finite Element Analysis of Northridge Connections," Trilateral Earthquake Center Undergraduate Research Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 14, 2001.

Cuyler Smith*, "Bond Development Between Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers and Concrete" 11th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Argonne National Laboratories, Chicago IL, November 3–4, 2000.

Rudy Gauthier* and David Gillespie, "Acceptable Consequences- Financial Impact on Seismic Retrofit Policies," Mid-America Earthquake Center Annual Meeting, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, June 2002.

Manuel Soto-Fournier*, "Damage Detection Using ERA by Detecting Changes in Modal Parameters," US-Japan Young Researcher’s Symposium, Tokyo, JAPAN, July 12, 2002.

Erik Clayton*, "Modal Identification of a Full-Scale Bridge Using NExT/ERA," US-Japan Young Researcher’s Symposium, Tokyo, JAPAN, July 12, 2002.

Video Publications

Euridice Oware* and Tyler Ranf*, Kobe Earthquake Simulation of the Instructional Shake Tables, Video Publication, October 2000.

Tyler Ranf* and Euridice Oware*, Capabilities of the Instructional Shake Table: Increasing Amplitude Sine Wave, Video Publication, October 2000.

Juan Caicedo, Ellen Beckmann*, Suzy Hyun and Shirley J. Dyke. Experimental Testing of the UBC Structure, Video Publication.

Anthony Mizumori*, Juan Caicedo, and Shirley J. Dyke. "Phase II Structural Health Monitoring Experiments of the UBC Structure," August 2002.

Sundiata Marcelin*, Makola Abdullah, and Shirley J. Dyke. "The 2002 Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program," September 2002.

Juan Caicedo, Geoff Burrell*, and Shirley J. Dyke. "Construction of a Lab Scale Cable Stayed Bridge Model," August 2003.

Internet Tools or Web Publications

Keenan Bull*, UCIST Instructional Shake Table Operator’s Guide, interactive program located at http://ucist.cive.wustl.edu/.

Manuel Soto-Fournier*, Virtual Structural Dynamics Laboratory, interactive program located at http:/ /ucist.cive.wustl.edu/.

Tyler Ranf*, Juan Caicedo, and Shirley J. Dyke, Transfer Function Iteration program located at http:// ucist.cive.wustl.edu/.

Reports to Companies

Suzy Hyun, Shirley J. Dyke, and Laura Emerick*, Development of an Effective Semi-Active Control System for Avionics Systems, Report Submitted to Boeing Corporation, Spring 2000.

Shirley J. Dyke and Laura Emerick*, Experimental Behavior of the 25 lb Shear-Mode Magnetorheological Damper, Report Submitted to The Lord Corporation, December 1999.

Thomas Harmon, John Kardos, Deborah Bohot*, Andrew Stark*, Victoria Winn, and Guzmann, CFRP Laminates for Strengthening Reinforced Concrete Structures, Report Submitted to Zoltec Corporation, September 1999.

Thomas Harmon, Cuyler Smith*, and Andrew Stark*, Composite Reinforcement Systems, Report Submitted to Zoltec Corporation, Fall 2000.

Nianti Bird-Ortiz*, Audra Bandy*, and Tom Harmon, Bond Behavior of Surface Mounted FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures - Comparison of Fiber-Resin Systems, submitted to Tech-Fab, September 2002.

Natalie Fowler*, Joan Hanson*, Emily Mitchell*, and Tom Harmon, Title, submitted to ..., September 2002.

D. Machata*, N Fowler*, J Hansen*, E Mitchell*, N Vivar*, and T. Harmon, "Effect of Temperature on the Reinforcement Value of C-Grid", Research Report No. 1, Carbon-Cast Manufacturer's Association, July, 2003

N. Vivar*, E Mitchell*, J Hanson*, N. Fowler*, D. Machata*, and T. Harmon, "Strength of C-Grid used for Shear Transfer in Composite Panels," Research Report No. 2, Carbon-Cast Manufacturer's Association, August, 2003.

D. Machata*, and T. Harmon, "Splice Length of C-Grid used for Normal and Light Weight Concrete," Research Report No. 3, Carbon-Cast Manufacturer's Association, August, 2003.

 

The Washington University REU Program is supported in part by the
National Science Foundation.