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 Winners

First Place: Kostas Kalfas
Southern Methodist University
Paper title: "Estimation of the design parameters of pressurized sand dampers from experiments"

Second Place: Daniz Teymouri
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Paper title: "Data-Driven Reduced-Order Modeling and Response Reconstruction through A Bayesian Expectation-Maximization (BEM)
Framework"

Third Place: Maria Katsidoniotaki
Columbia University
Paper title: "Data-driven parsimonious modeling and analysis of dynamic cerebral autoregulation via diffusion maps’"

2022 Competition Chair

Finals: Professor Manolis Chatzis, Ph.D., The University of Oxford, UK
Qualifying round: Professor Patrick Brewick, Ph.D, Notre Dame University, US

Reviewers

Patrick Brewick, Suparno Mukhopadhyay, Milad Roohi, Zhiming Zhang, Vahid Jahangiri, Java Yang, Elnaz Seylabi, Xiang Yuan ZHENG, Ann Sychtetz, Wei Song, and Scott Harvey

Panel of Judges for Finals

• Patrick Brewick, Notre Dame University

• Scott Harvey, University of Oklahoma

• Ann Sychterz, UIUC

• Wei Song, University of Alabama

  Special thanks to the sponsors of the three prizes for the competition for this year for a total of 1000 $: Geosig and MTS.
   

Previous Winners

• 2021 Winner - Aikaterini Kyprioti, University of Notre Dame
  Runner Ups – Pu Ren, Northeastern University, Fernando Gomez UIUC and Eshan Osloub University at Buffalo
• 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

• Bringing the Built Environment to Life via Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Game theory and its impact on Resilience, Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Penn State
• High Fidelity Modeling, Resilience Enhancement and Smart Sensing of Critical Infrastructure exposed to Multi-Hazard, Chao Sun, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, 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