Johns Hopkins University Department of Civil Engineering

"Application of Smart Materials in Natural Hazard Mitigation"
Reginald DesRoches, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 1:30-2:30 PM, The Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus: Hodson Hall, 3rd Floor Boardroom

The recent earthquakes in New Zealand and Chile underscore the importance of developing new approaches and technologies to increase the performance of structures during earthquakes. The presentation will highlight the application of a new class of materials, namely shape memory alloys (SMAs), in mitigating the effects of earthquakes in buildings and bridges.

Reginald DesRoches is a Professor and Associate Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His primary research interests are design of buildings and critical infrastructure under earthquake engineering, seismic risk assessment of
lifeline systems, and application of innovative materials in rehabilitation of structures. He has published over 180 articles in the general area of structural and earthquake engineering. Dr. DesRoches has served as Chair of the ASCE Seismic Effects Committee (2006-2010), and Chair
of the executive committee of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (2010).
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