Hometown: Redmond, WA
DOB: 5/2/80
School/Degree: Columbia University, B.S. Civil Engineering, Spring '03;
Reed College, B.A. Physics, Spring '03
Hometown: Redmond, WA
DOB: 5/2/80
School/Degree: Columbia University, B.S. Civil Engineering, Spring '03;
Reed College, B.A. Physics, Spring '03
Adviser: Dr. Shirley Dyke
Project Overview: My work this summer will deal with structural dynamics and the identification of structural damage via Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). Using FEM-modeled structures, I will be writing scripts in MatLab and running health monitoring simulations under dynamic loads. Specifically, for high-rise structures, I will compare the results of damage identification for shear-modeled structures and cantilever-modeled structures. Another goal is to model ambient ground vibrations and compare SHM results under different types of ground-level excitation.
•Status 6/3/02 •Symposium Presentation
On August 3-7, 2002 I traveled to the University of
British Columbia in Vancouver Canada to participate in the
ASCE
Structural Health Monitoring Task Group experiments. Over the course of three days
we tested several different structural configurations with different
levels of damage. The structure is a 2 bay by 2 bay, 4 story steel frame
that is scaled to one third of full size. Accelerometers were used for
measuring the responses of the structure. Ambient vibrations, impact
hammer tests, and forces vibration (Shaker) tests were conducted. More
details on the experiment can be found at: http://wusceel.cive.wustl.edu/asce.shm/
Some photos taken during the experiment are below:
