Welcome!!

1. Welcome!! Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Department of Civil Engineering University of British Columbia

2. UBC - Vancouver, BC Whistler!!!

3. Structures Lab and Earthquake Engineering Research Facility

4. Graduate Students • Roughly 90+ students in Structural and Earthquake Engineering Program from all around the world. • Roughly equally divided between three degree types. • New students: • 13 MEng • 9 MASc • 4 PhD (+2 MASc  PhD)

5. Student Groups / Professional Organizations • CEGSS • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Chapter • Structural Engineers Association of BC • Free membership! • Institution of Structural Engineers • Free membership! • American Concrete Institute • Free membership!

7. Course planning • Discuss courses with your supervisor • For M.Eng. and new MASc students without a supervisor see Group Leader • Most should now be registered in at least three of: • CIVL 507 - Dynamics • CIVL 511 - Steel • CIVL 518 - Reliability • CIVL 537 - Computational Mechanics • Other popular options: • CIVL 580 – Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering • CIVL 529 – Condition assessment and rehabilitation • MECH 561 – Linear elasticity • Directed studies or project courses

8. Selecting a supervisor (MASc/Phd) • No rush! • Talk to the faculty members to learn about projects they are working on. • Try to find a good “dance partner”. • Frequently MASc and PhD students find a supervisor by early in Term 2.

9. Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Ken Elwood (Group Leader) • Seismic design, existing reinforced concrete and masonry structures, seismic retrofit, nonlinear structural analysis. • CIVL 505 – Seismic Response of Structures

10. Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Reza Vaziri (Department Head) • Mechanics of composite materials, impact dynamics, nonlinear finite element analysis, damage mechanics. • CIVL 537 – Computational Mechanics I

11. Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Perry Adebar • Concrete structures: seismic design, high-rise buildings, and shear design. • CIVL 513 – Concrete Structures

12. Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Terje Haukaas • Structural safety, probabilistic methods in civil engineering, timber design, software development, performance-based earthquake engineering. • CIVL 518 – Reliability and Structural Safety • CIVL 539 – Advanced Theory of Structures

13. Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Sigi Stiemer • Steel design, adaptive structures, knowledge management, composite designs. • CIVL 510 - Behaviour of Steel Structures (not offered 2011/12)

14. Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Thomas Tannert • Probabilistic Design of Timber Joints; Mechanical Characterization of Timber; Assessment and Monitoring of Timber Structures • CIVL 516 – Behaviour of Timber Structures

15. Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Carlos Ventura • Earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, instrumentation and testing of structures, experimental mechanics. • CIVL 507 – Dynamics of Structures I • CIVL 507 – Dynamics of Structures II

16. Structural and Earthquake Engineering Group Tony Yang • Performance-based earthquake engineering, hybrid testing, seismic response of steel structures, innovative protective systems. • CIVL 511 – Steel Structures (Seismic)

17. Emeritus Faculty • Don Anderson • Seismic design and nonlinear analysis • Ricardo Foschi • Reliability and structural safety • Liam Finn • Seismicity and geotechnical earthquake engineering (CIVL 504)

18. Structures Seminars • Required attendance • Every week same place and time unless otherwise noted. • Who? • MASc students must present once during program • PhD students must present twice during program • Occasional special seminar by visitors • Organized by graduate student committee with the assistance of Dr. Stiemer. • More on this next Thursday! • http://www.sigi.ca/seminar/seminar_schedule.htm • Coffee and cookies – volunteer needed.