Dynamics Committee

Membership Eligibility

Applicants with less than 5 years of experience after Ph.D., should fulfill at least one out of the following three conditions:

• have presented at least one (1) abstract or organized at least one (1) minisymposium at one of the EMI annual conferences;
• have at least one (1) journal paper published, in print, or accepted for publication in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics (JEM);
• have completed at least one (1) paper review for JEM within the last five (5) years.

Applicants with more than 5 years of experience after Ph.D., should fulfill at least two out of the following three conditions:

• have participated by presenting an abstract or organizing a mini-symposium in at least two (2) EMI annual conferences (including national or international conferences) within the last five (5) years;
• have at least one (1) journal paper published, in print, or accepted for publication on JEM within the last five (5) years;
• have completed at least one (1) paper review for JEM within the last five (5) years.

Further see our Operations Manual (PDF)

Leadership

• Eleni Chatzi, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Chair
• Hamed Ebrahimian, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Vice-Chair
• Manolis Chatzis, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Secretary

Committee Past Chairs

• 2017–2020
  Michele Barbato, Ph.D., C.Eng, P.E., F.EMI, F.SEI, F.ASCE
  University of California, Davis
• 2014–2017
  Siu Kui (Ivan) Au, Ph.D., M.ASCE
  University of Liverpool
• 2012–2014
  Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Ph.D., M.ASCE
  University of Thessaly
• 2008–2012
  Lambros Katafygiotis, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
  Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
• 2007–2008
  Joel Conte, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
  University of California San Diego
• 2005–2007
  Raimondo Betti, Ph.D., M.ASCE
  Columbia University
• 1998–2005
  Nicos Makris, Ph.D., C.Eng., M.ASCE
  University of Central Florida

Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prizes

2021 Recipient

Dr. Taflanidis is recognized for "enhancing the resilience of communities to natural hazards such as hurricanes and earthquakes through decision-support tools and comprehensive risk assessment frameworks that leverage the integration of advanced statistical computing and machine learning methods."

Learn more about the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prizes.

2022 Dynamics Committee Student Paper Competition

Call for Submissions

The Dynamics Committee (DC) of ASCE-EMI is pleased to announce the 9th Annual Student Paper Competition in Dynamics. The competition is open to any student author of a contribution to the EMI 2022 conference developing and/or applying Dynamics methods to engineering problems. Students whose abstracts in this thematic area are accepted by the Conference, and retain their student status by April 1, 2021, are eligible for this paper competition.

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2021 Winners

• First Place: Aikaterini Kyprioti

  University of Notre Dame
  Paper title: "Kriging Surrogate Modeling for Approximating EDP Distributions under Stochastic Ground Motion Excitations"

• Second Place: Pu Ren

  Northeastern University
  Paper title: "PhyCRNet: Physics-informed Convolutional-Recurrent Network for Solving Spatiotemporal PDEs"

• Second Place: Fernando Gomez

  The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Paper title: "Topology optimization of tall buildings subjected to stochastic wind excitation"

• Third Place: Ehsan Osloub

  University at Buffalo
  Paper title: "Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Electrical Conductors Interconnecting High-Voltage Substation Equipment"

2021 Competition Chair

• Professor Manolis Chatzis, Ph.D., The University of Oxford, UK

Panel of Judges

• Patrick Brewick, US Naval Research Laboratory
• Scott Harvey, the University of Oklahoma
• Suparno Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
• Milad Roohi, Colorado State University
• Jia-Hua (Java) Yang, Guangxi University

Special thanks to GeoSIG Ltd as the sponsor of the 1st prize of the 2021 EMI Dynamics Student Competition.

Previous winners

• 2020 Winner - Jonathon Fagert, Carnegie Mellon University / Stanford University
  Runner Ups - Shaopeng Li, University at Buffalo and Mariyam Amir, The Pennsylvania State University
• 2019 Winner - Mostafa Mirshekari, Carnegie Mellon University
  Runner-Ups - Maria Katsidoniotaki, Columbia University and Herta Montoya, Purdue University
• 2018 Winners - Mostafa Mirshekari, Carnegie Mellon University & Ioannis Petromichelakis, Columbia University
• 2017 Winner - Ketson Roberto Maximiano dos Santos, Columbia University

EMI 2022 Symposia under the auspices of the Committee

• MS 101: The Next Frontiers in Natural Hazards Engineering: Advancing the Vision of Ahsan Kareem (by invitation only) Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Alexandros Taflanidis
• MS 225: Integration of Physics-Based Models with Data for Identification, Monitoring, Estimation, and Uncertainty Quantification Hamed Ebrahimian, Hae Young Noh, Babak Moaveni, Yang Wang
• MS 228: Mitigating Risks of Large-Scale Lithium-Ion Batteries as Energy Storage Systems or Electric Vehicles in Urban Environments Ali Ashrafi, Mahesh Bailakanavar
• MS 301: Structural Identification and Damage Detection Eleni Chatzi, Babak Moaveni, Costas Papadimitriou
• MS 305: Advances in Vibration and Control of Structures Aly Mousaad Aly, Milad Rezaee
• MS 310: Computational Methods for Stochastic Engineering Dynamics Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou, Mircea Grigoriu, Antonina Pierrotta
• MS 402: Geometries & Design: Opportunities for Sustainable Construction Jialong Zhang, Agathe Robisson, Ann Sychterz, Mija Hubler
• MS 405: Inverse Problems – Theory and Applications Loukas Kallivokas, Bojan Guzina, Ertugrul Taciroglu
• MS 503: Junction Flows, Local Scour Processes and Mitigation Strategies in Riverine and Coastal Environments Celso Castro Bolinaga, Aly Mousaad Aly, Panayiotis Diplas
• MS 602 Complex Dynamics and Vibration Control of Infrastructure Exposed to Single/Multiple Hazards Chao Sun, Mariantonieta Soto, Lin Chen
• MS 601: The Sixth Mini-Symposium on Advanced Analysis for Earthquake Engineering Ting Lin, Kevin Wong, Steven McCabe
• MS 602 Complex Dynamics and Vibration Control of Infrastructure Exposed to Single/Multiple Hazards Chao Sun, Mariantonieta Soto, Lin Chen
• MS 603: Innovations and Advances in Passive, Active, and Semi-Active Structural Control Nicholas Wierschem, P. Scott Harvey
• MS 610: Recent Advances in Computational Modeling on Tropical Cyclone Induced Multi-Hazards Chao Sun, Ning Zhang, Celalettin Ozdemir
• MS 611: Recent Advances in Experimental and Computational Wind Engineering Aly Mousaad Aly, R. Panneer Selvam
• MS 701: Advances in Computer Vision, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence for Structural Health Monitoring and Inspections Vedhus Hoskere, Jian Li, Mohammad Jahanshahi, Fernando Moreu, Wei Song, Sriram Narasimhan
• MS 705: Advances in Deep Learning-Based Infrastructure Assessment Zhilu Lai, Eleni Chatzi, Hae Young Noh, Satish Nagarajaiah
• MS 706: AI Applications for Wind Engineering Teng Wu, Yanlin Guo, Gang Hu, Xiaowei Deng
• MS 711: Recent Advances in Real-Time Hybrid Simulation Wei Song, Richard Christenson
• MS 803: Soil Dynamics and Wave Propagation in Geostructures Loukas Kallivokas, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Bojan Guzina

Other activities

Research Group Profile

• Design of Resilient, Engineered, Autonomous, and Multifunctional (DREAM) Structures,
  Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Short Technical Article

• High Fidelity Modeling, Resilience Enhancement and Smart Sensing of Critical Infrastructure exposed to Multi-Hazard, Chao Sun, Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Committee Members currently serving on the EMI Board of Governors

• Michele Barbato, Ph.D., C.Eng, P.E., F.EMI, F.SEI, M.ASCE
• Ertugrul Taciroglu, Ph.D., F.EMI, M.ASCE

EMI Fellows

• 2020 Fellow Class - Antonina Pirrotta, Ph.D., F.EMI, A.M.ASCE
• 2019 Fellow Class - Michele Barbato, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.SEI, M.ASCE
• 2018 Fellow Class - Joel P. Conte, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, M.ASCE