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Recent Research Projects

  • NCHRP Project Number 12-77: Structural Concrete Design with High-Strength Steel Reinforcement, National Academy of Sciences, 2007-2010

  • NEESR-II: Behavior and Design of Cast-in-Place Anchors under Simulated Seismic Loading, NSF, 2007-2010

  • Collaborative Research: Development of Innovative, Replaceable Coupling Beam Systems for Damage Mitigation in Coupled Core Walls, NSF, 2007-2010

  • "Field Performance Evaluation of Multiple Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck Systems Over Existing Girders-Phase II", ODOT and FHWA, 1999-2005

  • "Advanced Study in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management - Doctoral Fellows in Civil Engineering", US Department of Education GAANN Program, 2001-2005

  • "Development of a Novel Technique for Retrofitting of Existing Infrastructure", University of Cincinnati Research Council, 2002-2004

  • "Seismic Behavior of Composite Coupled Walls: Coupling Beams Including Slab and System", NSF, 1998-2004

Recent Consulting Activities

  • Development and Testing of a New Tilt-Up Bracing System, Dayton Superior, October 2008
  • Field Testing and Long-Term Monitoring of an Innovative FRP Bridge System, Defiance County Engineer's Office, July 2007-September 2008
  • Tensile Testing of Corrugated Wall Profile with Various External Supports, CONTECH Construction Products, July-December 2007
  • Evaluation and Retrofit of a Parking Garage with Double T Prestressed Girders, Al. Neyer, Inc, August-October 2007
  • Evaluation of Proposed Retrofit of Wastewater Reinforced Concrete Storage Tanks, Standard Textile, November-December 2006
  • Full scale testing of CON/SPAN bridge systems with fiber reinforced concrete, CON/SPAN Bridge Systems, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, November-December 2004 and March 2005
  • Development of the next generation of CON/SPAN Bridge systems with fiber reinforced concrete, CON/SPAN Bridge Systems, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, June-July 2003
  • Strengthening of two deficient adjacent box girder bridges with Sika Stress Head Systems, Defiance County, Ohio, June-October 2003