PI Information
Bridge Engineering Center Director, Institute for Transportation
brief bio/resume
Division Leader and Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Projects
In Progress
- Evaluation of a Single-Span Steel-Girder Bridge Using a Steel-Free Deck System in Tama County
- Evaluation of a Three-Span, Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridge Constructed with FRP Components
- Evaluation of a Timber Bridge for the Secondary Road System Using FRP Reinforced Glulam Girders
- Evaluation of a Prestressed Concrete Bridge Constructed using Ultra High-Performance Concrete
- Evaluation of FRP Temporary Bypass Bridge
- Development and Implementation of Design Recommendations for the Minimization of Timber Deck Panel Differential Deflection
- Monitoring Wind-Induced Vibrations/Stresses in a High Mast Lighting Tower (TR-518)
- Remote Monitoring of Historic Covered Timber Bridges in Madison County for the Prevention of Arson and Vandalism
- Evaluation of a Precast, Post-Tensioned Bridge Paving Notch
- Development and Demonstration of Fleet Management Strategies for Timber Bridges
- Development of a 5 Year Research Plan for the Development of a Smart Glued-Laminated Timber Bridge
- Needs Assessment for Advancing Timber Utilization in Mainline and Shortline Railroad Applications
- Evaluation of a Bridge Constructed Using Accelerated Construction Practices
- Madison County Bridge Evaluation
- Testing and Long-Term Monitoring of 9th Street Bridge Over I-235 in Des Moines: Integral Abutments Supported on Steel Pile/Concrete Drilled Shaft in Glacial Clay
- Feasibility Investigation of Segmentally Precast Bridge Piers for Accelerated Construction
- Laboratory and Field Testing and Evaluation of Precast Bridge Elements
- Implementation and Evaluation of Smart Timber Bridge Concepts to Provide Continuous Structural Condition Assessment
- Evaluation of a Bridge Constructed with Ultra High Performance Concrete
- Field Evaluation of Methods to Minimize Transverse Glulam Deck Deflection, Phase 2
- Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal
- Establishing a Dynamic Formula for Pile Design and Construction Control of Pile Driving (TR-584)
- Field Monitoring of Curved Girder Bridges with Integral Abutments
- Preservation of Covered Bridges
- Structural Characterization of a UHPC Waffle Bridge Deck and Its Connections
- Study of the Impacts of Implements of Animal Husbandry on Iowa Bridges, TR-613
- Design of UHPC Waffle Deck Panel System for Broader Bridge Applications
Complete
- Preventing Cracking at Diaphragm/Plate Girder Connections in Steel Bridges (TR-393)
- Retrofit Methods of Distortion Cracking Problems in Plate Girder Bridges (TR-436)
- Development of Bridge Load Testing for Load Evaluation (TR-445)
- Evaluation of a Post-tension Strengthened Steel Girder Bridge Using FRP Rods/Strands
- Monitoring and Evaluation of the Westbound Roadway of the Iowa River Bridge
- Development of Acceptable Live Load Deflection Criteria for Various Timber Superstructure and Deck Types
- Evaluation of Corrosion Resistant Steel Reinforcing in the Deck Slab of a Three Span Prestressed Girder Bridge
- Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Glued Laminated Helper Stringers
- Evaluation of a Steel Girder Bridge Strengthened Using Fiber Reinforced Polymer Plates
- Evaluation of a Bridge Constructed Using High Peformance Steel
- Performance Evaluation of Steel Bridges, Phase II (TR-493)
- Field Testing of Railroad Flatcar Bridges (TR-498)
- Enhancement of Wisconsin DOT NDE Capabilities
- Health Monitoring of Bridge Structures and Components Using Smart-Structure Technology
- Impacts of Overweight Implements of Husbandry on Minnesota Roads and Bridges
- Investigation of Steel Stringer Bridges: Superstructures and Substructures, Vol II (TR-522)
- Design and Evaluation of a Single-Span Bridge Using Ultra-High Performance Concrete
- Development of Fatigue Design Procedures for Slender, Tapered Support Structures for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals Subjected to Wind-Induced Excitation from Vortex Shedding and Buffeting
- Field Evaluation of Timber Preservation Treatments for Iowa Highway Applications (IHRB-05-10)
- Evaluation of the 24th Street Bridge, Interstate 80/29, Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Design, Construction, and Field Testing of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete Pi-Girder Bridge
- An Experimental Validation of a Statistical-Based Damage Detection Approach
- Evaluation of the Buena Vista IBRD Bridge: A Furthering of Accelerated Bridge Construction in Iowa
- Evaluation of Various Methods for Deflecting Debris from Bridge Piers
- Laboratory and Field Testing of an Accelerated Bridge Construction Demonstration Bridge: US Highway 6 Bridge over Keg Creek