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Lecture by prof. Justin Marshall will be held on May 20 at 3.00 p.m. in the remote mode on the ZOOM.us platform, as part of a series of lectures organized in cooperation between the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology and Auburn University, Alabama, USA. As part of this series, two lectures have taken place so far: Prof. Anton Schindler on February 23 this year and Prof. Barbara Klemczak, Dr. Agnieszka Jędrzejewska, Ph.D. and Dr. Aneta Żmij, Ph.D. on April 15 this year. Planned time of presentation: 45 minutes + approx. 15 min. discussion.

Data for logging in to the ZOOM.us Platform will be sent to the departments of the Faculty of Civil Engineering by e-mail. Interested persons can obtain login details independently by writing an email to the following address: tomasz.krykowski@polsl.pl

Title: Improving Low-rise Building Performance in Earthquakes and Hurricanes

Prof. Justin Marshall, PhD, PE
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Auburn University, Alabama, U.S.A.

Summary:

This presentation will provide a summary of the experimental and numerical research related to improving the resilience of low-rise structures to the effects of extreme events like earthquakes and severe wind events that has been completed at Auburn University. The research will focus on low-rise buildings and highlight damage seen in these events and the research identifying the problem in the load path and developing methods to improve the resilience of these important structures.

Bio-notes:
Dr. Justin D. Marshall, Ph.D., P.E. is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Structural Engineering at Auburn University and is the Director of the Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory (ASEL). He received his doctorate from Virginia Tech and his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 2000. Additionally, Dr. Marshall was employed as a Consulting Structural Engineer with Delta Engineers, PC in Binghamton, NY. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer (CE) in California. His research interests are Earthquake Engineering, Wind Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Large-scale Experimentation, Bridge Design and Advanced Structural Analysis Techniques. He has participates in post-earthquake reconnaissance teams in Haiti and New Zealand and post-windstorm response teams around the southeastern US and in the Bahamas. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Alabama Department of Transportation, the US Air Force, the American Institute of Steel Construction, and Industry Sponsors. Dr. Marshall is a veteran of the armed forces having served in the Marine Corps and Army reserve including a one-year tour in Iraq.