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SUMMARY:Structural Engineering 2050: How Academia Can Shape the Future
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dan Kuchma\, University of Illinois\nStructural engineer
 ing practice is governed by the available tools for analysis and design. I
 t currently relies on linear elastic analysis tools to determine the distr
 ibution of demands in structures and then building codes-of-practice in an
  effort to ensure that all parts of a structure have adequate strength. Th
 is approach does not enable engineers to adequately design for performance
  under service load levels or overloads  it does not encourage the use of 
 new materials and design concepts  and it suffers from the many and varied
  shortcomings of codes-of-practice.\n\nWithin the digital era of Building 
 Information Modeling  structural engineering practice would be transformed
  by the creation of computational tools that could predict the full inelas
 tic response of structural systems with defined levels of accuracy for all
  aspects of performance. Academia is best positioned to lead this transfor
 mation  but this will require changes in how research is conducted  how st
 udents are taught  and how codes-of-practice are developed. This presentat
 ion will focus on the activities of the author  the US research community 
  and the American Concrete Institute to support the creation and use of tr
 ansformative computational tools.\n\nShort Bio: Dan Kuchma received his Ph
 D from the University of Toronto working under the direction of Michael Co
 llins on the behavior of cracked structural concrete. He joined the facult
 y at the University of Illinois in 1997 where he is currently an Associate
  Professor. He is the chair of committee 445 on Shear and Torsion of the A
 merican Concrete Institute  a consultant to the US Concrete Bridge Specifi
 cations committee  and is also active in the International Concrete Federa
 tion and the US Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. His researc
 h interests are in all things concrete  advanced testing methods  numerica
 l modeling  model validation  networked databases  and sustainability.
LOCATION:GC C330
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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