Structural Engineering

Courses from the structural offerings, combined with appropriate mathematics, mechanics and other courses, provide opportunities to pursue programs ranging from theoretical mechanics and analysis to structural design and materials research. There are ample opportunities for research and project work in mechanics and analytical methods, structural design and analysis, materials testing and modeling, and construction, utilizing campus facilities and in cooperation with area consulting and contracting firms. The integration of design and construction into a cohesive master builder plan of studies is available.

Structural Engineering Classes

Structural Engineering Research

Students may pursue research in many areas of structural engineering. Some recent research topics are as follows: three-dimensional dynamic response of tall buildings to stochastic winds; the inelastic dynamic response of tall buildings to earthquakes; response of braced, framed-tube and outriggerbraced tall buildings to wind; dynamic response of tall buildings with base-isolation to seismic loads; eccentrically braced tall buildings to resist earthquakes; approximate methods of analysis and preliminary design of tall buildings; knowledge-based systems and neural networks for tall building design; structural design agents for building design; finite element methods for nonlinear analysis; finite element analysis of shell structures for dynamic and instability analysis; and box girder bridges; structural analysis and design for fire conditions; design fires for structural engineering.

Faculty

L. D. Albano - Structural engineering; structural analysis and design for fire conditions; performance based design of building structures; and integration of design and construction. ldalbano@wpi.edu +1-508-831-5492

T. El-Korchi - Carbon and oxynitride glass fiber reinforced cement composites; development of high strength composites; development of novel tensile testing techniques; reliability of fiber reinforced cement composites; freezing and thawing durability of concrete; detection of pavement surface distress using image technology; the use of imaging technology for mechanical testing of materials; fracture mechanics testing of asphalt concrete. tek@wpi.edu +1-508-831-5518

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