CEE - Linzell Students

Students

Graduate Students Supervised

Pennsylvania State University:

  • Timothy Nicholson (M Eng, 2001), “McAlister Building Steel Coupon Testing.”
  • Hathairat Maneetes (MS, 2002), “The Effects of Cross Frames and Lateral Bracing on the Dynamic Response of Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges During Construction.”
  • Tapan Sabuwala (MS, 2002), “Finite Element Analysis of Steel Beam-to-Column Connections Subjected to Blast Loads.”
  • Tze-Wei Choo (M Eng, 2003), “The Response of a Continuous Skewed Steel Bridge Superstructure under Various Deck Placement Methods during Construction.”
  • Jose Colon (M Eng, 2003), “Finite Element Analysis of Lenticular Truss Bridges.”
  • John Lobo (MS, 2003), “Effects of Geometric Imperfections on Horizontally Curved Steel Girder Bridges.”
  • Panit Vanachayangkul (M Eng, 2003), “Effective Methods for Replication of Crossframe Stiffness in Bridge Grillage Models.”
  • Deanna Nevling (MS, 2003), “Evaluation of Level of Analysis Methodologies for Horizontally Curved I-Bridge through Comparisons with Measured Response of an In-Service Structure.”
  • Bradley Bell (MS, 2004), “Effects of Erection Procedures on the Response of Horizontally Curved I-Girder Bridges.”
  • Aaron Bennett (MS, 2004), “Analysis of Lateral Bending and Torsional Stresses in a Skewed Composite Prestressed Bridge during Construction.”
  • David DePolo (MS 2004), “Evaluation of Lateral Flange Bending for a Horizontally Curved I-Girder Bridge.”
  • Amir Ahmad Hedayati (M Eng, 2004), “Comparison of Finite Element Modeling and Grillage Modeling of a Bridge Deck with Cross Bracings.”
  • Matthew Kostick (MS, Fall 2004), “Evaluation Of Design Code Prestress Loss Prediction Methods For Use With Pennsylvania High Strength Concrete.”
  • Joseph Fleishmann (M Eng, Spring 2005), “A Study of the Effects of Changes in Unbraced Length on Bending and Warping Stress Distribution in a Horizontally Curved, Steel, I-Girder Bridge.”
  • Jason Shura (MS, Spring 2005), “The Effects of Horizontal Curvature on Warping during Construction of a Plate Girder Bridge with Large Radii.”
  • Richard Myers, (M Eng, Fall 2007), “Kontek Barrier Evaluation”. (Co-supervised w/ A. Schokker)
  • Andrew Kubic, (M Eng, Fall 2007), “Simple Span Made Continuous Bridge Performance Evaluation”.
  • Andrew Coughlin, (MS, Summer 2008), “Contact Charge Blast Performance of Fiber Reinforced and Polyurea Coated Concrete Vehicle Barriers.” (Co- supervised w/ A. Schokker)
  • Venkata Nadakuditi, (MS, Summer 2008), “Effects of Cross Frames and Diaphragms on Forced Excitation of a Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girder Bridge.”
  • Deanna Nevling, (PhD, Fall 2008), “Development of Guidelines for Erection Procedures for Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges through Analysis of a Parametric Group of Bridges.”
  • Chien-Chung Chen, (PhD, Summer 2009), “A Study of Blast Effects on Elastomer Coated Steel Components.”
  • Junwon, (PhD, Summer 2009), “Seismic Fragility Curves of a Family of Curved Steel Bridges.”
  • Lynsey Reese (MS, Summer 2009), “Critical Member Removal and Load Redistribution of Deteriorated Truss Bridges.”
  • Gaby Issa-El-Khoury (PhD, Architectural Engineering, Summer 2010), “Optimization of Longitudinal Web Stiffener Location in Horizontally Curved Plate Girders.” (Co-supervised w/ L. Geschwindner)
  • Omar Ashour (Integrated BS/MS, Fall 2010), “Effects of Replacing Cross Frames with Diaphragms on Curved Bridge Construction Response.”
  • Edward O’Hare (MS, Summer 2011), “Computational Assessment of Steel-Jacketed Bridge Pier Column Performance under Blast Loads.”
  • Shane Murphy (MS, Summer 2012), “Skewed Steel Bridge Cross-Frame Response to Truck Loading.”
  • Mohammad Sharafbayani, (PhD, Fall 2012), “Evaluation Of Bracing Systems In Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges”
  • Chris Noveral (Integrated BS/MS, Summer 2013), “Investigation of a Basic HSS Connection for Load Sharing in Anti-Ram Vehicle Barriers.”
  • Scott Kinney (MS, Summer 2013), “Assessment of Load Sharing Members in an Anti-Ram Bollard System Subjected to Vehicle Impacts.”
  • Kendra Jones (MS, Summer 2013), “Blast Response of Polyurea Coated Stone Cladding.”
  • Edward O’Hare (PhD Summer 2015 - Co- Advisor Doctoral Committee Special Member) “Behavior of Concrete-Filled Tube Through-Beam Connections Subjected to Varying Load Rates.”
  • Tanit Jaissa-Ard (PhD Summer 2015 - Co- Advisor Doctoral Committee Special Member) “Statistically-Based Air Blast Load Factors Based on Imprecise Parameter Statistics for Reinforced Concrete Wall.”
  • Lynsey Reese (PhD Fall 2015 - Co- Advisor Doctoral Committee Special Member) “Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling of Geomaterials Interacting with Rigid Bodies Under Impact Loading.”

University of Nebraska:

  • Bernard Frankl (Ph.D., Summer 2017), “Buckling and Shear Capacity of Horizontally Curved Steel Plate Girders.”
  • Nicole Jaber (Non-Thesis MS, Summer 2014).
  • Kevin Williams (Non-Thesis MS, Summer 2014).
  • Corbin Mundt (Non-Thesis MS, Fall 2014).
  • Chandana Balakrishna (MS, Summer 2018), “Examination of Steel Pin and Hanger Options - Retrofit to Replacement.”
    Chandana Balakrishna
  • Ahmed Rageh (Ph.D., Spring 2018), “Cost-Effective Structural Health Monitoring Instrumentation Plans for Steel Railway Bridge.”
    Ahmed
  • Chen Fang (Ph.D., Spring 2019), “Structural Hardening/Resilience of Bridge Pier against Vehicle Impact and Explosion Loads.”
    Cheng

Undergraduate Students Supervised

Pennsylvania State University(Honors):

  • Victoria Christini (BSCE, 2003)
  • Nathan Myers (BSCE, 2004)
  • Nicholas Cervo (BSCE, 2006)
  • Nathan Myers (BSCE, 2004)
  • Daniel Reynolds (BSCE 2009)
  • Tyler Goodman (BSCE 2013)

University of Nebraska (NSF REU):

  • Samantha Lopez, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Summer 2018.
  • Samuel Lozano, Oregon Institute of Technology, undergraduate researcher, Summer 2016 REU program.
  • Trey Seibel, Nebraska Wesleyan University, undergraduate researcher, Summer 2017.

Undergraduate Research Supervised

  • Murtaza Nalwala, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, undergraduate researcher, Fall 2016-present.

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Pennsylvania State University:

  • Dr. Jason Sanchez (DTRA Fellow Faculty Mentor), Spring 2010 – Fall 2012.
  • Dr. Chien-Chung Chen, Fall 2009 – Fall 2010.

University of Nebraska

  • Saeed Eftekhar Azam, 2017 – present
  • Dr. Yashar Eftekhar Azam, Spring 2017-present
  • Dr. Easa Khan, Summer 2015– Summer 2016

Visiting Scholars

Pennsylvania State University:

  • Dr. Guochang Li, Shenyang Jianzhu University, January 2018- May 2018.
  • Dr. Sanghun Lee, Tohoku Gakuin University, March 2011 – May 2012.
  • Jian Xia, Fujian Academy of Building Research, September 2010 – March 2011.
  • Dr. Song Zhensen, Shanghai-Jiaotong University, Fall 2009 – February 2011.

University of Nebraska

  • Prof. Guochang Li, School of Civil Engineering, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Spring 2018
A. Rageh, S. Azam, C. Fang and G Li
Left to Right: A. Rageh, S. Azam, D. Linzell, C. Fang, and G. Li; Spring 2018