Jeffrey W. Berman
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Assistant Professor Structural Engineering & Mechanics 214C More Hall, Box 352700 |
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Jeffrey Berman joined the department over the summer of 2006 after completing his Ph.D. and a short Post-Doctoral period at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has worked on numerous large scale destructive experimental investigations involving steel structures and sub assemblages. His research strives to blend experimental and analytical investigations to help develop the tools and understanding necessary for practicing engineers to design structures to resist the forces of earthquakes, blasts, and other hazards.
Jeff currently has two NSF funded research projects to develop new steel seismic load resisting systems that are aimed at minimizing post-earthquake repair costs and downtime. He is also collaborating with University of Washington colleagues with the support WSDOT and FHWA to investigate the strength of gusset plates in older steel truss bridges, common in Washington State. He received the 2008 Faculty Fellowship Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction, a combined research grant and accolade, to investigate the structural robustness of common steel framing systems when critical structural elements lose their load carrying capacity. He has also conducted research on the fatigue life of GFRP bridge decks and steel luminaires poles. Jeffrey was co-awarded the 2005 ASCE J. James Croes Medal for the paper “Plastic Analysis and Design of Steel Plate Shear Walls” and some of his previous work on steel plate shear walls is used in the AISC Seismic Design Provisions for Steel Buildings.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, June, 2006
M.S. in Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, February, 2003
B.S. in Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, June, 2000
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Seismic Design of Steel Structures
Blast Considerations for Steel Structures
Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Infrastructure Design
Destructive and Nondestructive Testing
Code Application of Steel Structure Research
Structural Control and Passive Energy Dissipation
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
Weigand, J.W.1, and Berman, J.W. (2009) “Connection Demands in Gravity Floor Systems Subject to Large Vertical Displacements” Engineering Structures (in preparation, anticipated submission 10/09).
Berman, J.W., and Brown, D.L. (2009) “Field Monitoring of a Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck.” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, (in press, accepted 9/09).
Berman, J.W. (2009) “Column Demands in Multistory Steel Plate Shear Walls” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, (submitted 4/09).
Berman, J.W., Hauksdottir, H.O., and Okazaki, T. (2009) “Reduced Link Sections for Improving the Ductility of Eccentrically Braced Frame Link-to-Column Connections” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, (submitted 6/09).
Brown, D.L., and Berman, J.W. (2009) “Fatigue and Strength Evaluation of Two Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Decks” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, (in press, accepted 12/08).
Berman, J.W., and Bruneau, M (2009) “Cyclic Testing of Buckling Restrained Braced Frame with Novel Gusset Connection” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE (in press, accepted 2/09).
Berman, J.W., and Bruneau, M. (2008) “Capacity Design of Vertical Boundary Elements in Steel Plate Shear Walls” Engineering Journal, AISC, Vol 45, No. 1, pp. 55-71.
Berman, J.W., and Bruneau, M. (2008) “Tubular Links for Eccentrically Braced Frames Part 2: Experimental Verification” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 5, pp. 702-712.
Berman, J.W., and Bruneau, M. (2008) “Tubular Links for Eccentrically Braced Frames Part 1: Finite Element Parametric Study” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 5, pp. 692-701.
Berman, J.W., and Bruneau, M. (2007) “Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Tubular Links for Eccentrically Braced Frames” Engineering Structures, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 1929–1938.
Berman, J.W., and Bruneau, M. (2006) “Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Tubular Links for Eccentrically Braced Frames” Engineering Structures (submitted for review 5/06).
Bruneau, M., Berman, J.W., Lopez-Garcia, D., and Vian, D. (2007) “A Review of Steel Plate Shear Wall Design Requirements and Research” Engineering Journal, AISC, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 27-34.
Berman, J.W., and Bruneau, M. (2005) “Supplemental System Retrofit Considerations for Braced Steel Bridge Piers” Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics – Special Issue on Transportation Structures, Vol. 34, No. 4-5, pp. 497-517.
Berman, J.W., Celik, O.C., and Bruneau, M. (2005) “Comparing Hysteretic Behavior of Light-Gauge Steel Plate Shear Walls and Braced Frames” Engineering Structures, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 475-485.
Celik, O. C., Berman, J. W., and Bruneau, M. (2005) “Cyclic Testing of Braces Laterally Restrained by Steel Studs,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE Vol. 131, No. 7, pp. 1114-1124.
Berman, J. W., and Bruneau, M. (2005) “Experimental Investigation of Light-Gauge Steel Plate Shear Walls,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 131, No. 2, pp. 259-267.
Berman, J. W., and Bruneau, M. (2004) “Steel Plate Shear Walls are Not Plate Girders,” Engineering Journal, AISC, Vol.41, No.3, pp.95-106.
Berman, J., and Bruneau, M. (2003) “Plastic Analysis and Design of Steel Plate Shear Walls,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 129, No. 11, pp. 1148-1156.
2005 J. James Croes Medal awarded by ASCE.
Warn, G., Berman, J., Whittaker, A., and Bruneau, M. (2003) “Reconnaissance and Preliminary Analysis of a Damaged Building Near Ground Zero,” Journal of Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, Vol. 12, pp 371-391.