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Two researchers in Lehigh University’s Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS) Engineering Research Center will take on new leadership roles effective July 1, 2024.

Early-Career Researcher Alia Amer is all about Resilience – in Large-Scale Structures and in the Engineering Profession.

Registration is now open for the NHERI Lehigh Researcher Workshop: Mitigation of Natural Hazards Through Component Testing, Advanced Simulation, and Large-Scale Multi-Directional Experiments on November 17th and 18th at the ATLSS Center

Professor Dan M. Frangopol is the winner of the EuroStruct2023 International Award of Merit presented by the EuroStruct Executive Committee in recognition of outstanding contributions to bridge and structural asset management and structural engineering.

Tests of a rolling-pendulum base-isolation system were performed as part of NSF award CAREER: Mitigation of Seismic Risk to Critical Building Contents via Optimum Nonlinear 3D Isolation (PI- Scott Harvey, University of Oklahoma, award #1943917). The work involved multi-directional real-time hybrid simulations (RTHS) of a rolling pendulum system for seismically isolating equipment in mission-critical buildings.

Lehigh researchers co-organize and host a collaborative workshop to demonstrate advancements in hybrid simulation to investigate how high winds impact the structural integrity of a 40-story building.

ATLSS Professor Dan Frangopol, Lehigh’s inaugural Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture, recently completed research projects focused on the use of corrosion-resistant steel in bridge repair and maintenance. These projects were featured in the January 2023 UTC Spotlight newsletter by the United States Department of Transportation.

A Lehigh civil engineering student team, guided by faculty mentor Prof. Clay Naito, won the Best Video Award in the 2022 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Engineering Design Competition. PCI’s “Big Beam competition,” now in its 22nd year, teaches college students from across the United States structural engineering skills in an applied learning environment.

ASCE has honored the writing team of Joseph Saunders, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; Yixin Chen, S.M.ASCE; Jayne A. Marks, P.E., M.ASCE; Ian C. Hodgson, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE; Richard Sause, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; and Brian M. Kozy, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2022 Collingwood Prize for the paper “Finite-Element Fatigue Analysis of a New Rib-to-Floor Beam Connection for Orthotropic Steel Decks,” Journal of Bridge Engineering, Feb. 2021.

The NHERI Lehigh University Experimental Facility recently unveiled expanded lab space and new equipment for conducting cyber-physical experiments. The enlarged facility opens the door wide for natural hazards researchers to explore structural mitigation solutions for windstorms and earthquakes. Part of the National Science Foundation-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, the NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility specializes in cyber-physical testing, a broad term that encompasses hybrid simulation, including real-time, multi-directional hybrid simulation experiments. READ MORE >>