Leslie D. Martin Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, August 1999, The Georgia Institute of Technology
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, December 1995, The Georgia Institute of Technology
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, December 1990, The Ohio State University
Curriculum Vitae (CV):
Areas of Research and Professional Interest
Structural Health Monitoring, Laboratory and Field-Testing of Structures Force Protection: improving steel and cementitious structural component resistance to blast and impact loads Curved and skewed concrete and steel bridges: response to service and construction loads Advanced Materials for Structural Engineering: application of high-performance steel and fiber-reinforced polymer materials to bridges and buildings Advanced Finite Element ModelingResearch Profiles:
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Courses Taught
- CIVE 439/839 - Introduction to Bridge Engineering
Funding
(January 2022 – February 2023), “Protecting Critical Civil Infrastructure Against Impact from Commercial Vehicles, Phase III, A Systems Based Approach,” Mid-American Transportation Research Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, $185,904 (Principal Investigator)
(October 2021 – December 2022), “Multilevel Analytics and Data Sharing for OPerations Planning (MADS-OPP),” Subaward from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Omaha, Prime Sponsor: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-ERDC, Award #W912HZ-20-BAA-01, $1,392,384 (Principal Investigator)
(July 2021 – May 2023), “Truck Platooning Effects on Girder Bridges – Phase 2,” Nebraska Department of Transportation, Project SG-14, $120,843 (Co-Principal Investigator)
(July 2020 – December 2021), “Protecting Critical Civil Infrastructure Against Impact from Commercial Vehicles, Phase II, A Systems Based Approach,” Mid-American Transportation Research Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, $335,764 (Principal Investigator)
(March 2020 – February 2023), “REU Site: Sustainability of Horizontal Civil Networks in Rural Areas,” National Science Foundation, $445,241 (Co-Principal Investigator)
(August 2019 – September 2019), “Niobrara River Bridge Testing,” Subaward from Bridge Diagnostics, Inc., Prime Sponsor: Nebraska Department of Transportation, $10,000 (Principal Investigator)
(July 2019 – March 2021), “Low-Cost Modal Identification Sensors for Bridge Field Testing,” Nebraska Department of Transportation, Project SB-08, $142,519 (Principal Investigator)
(July 2019 – December 2020), “Truck Platooning Effects on Girder Bridges,” Nebraska Department of Transportation, Project SPR-P1(20) M030, $114,363 (Co-Principal Investigator)
(July 2019 – December 2021), “Outdoor Laboratory and Testbed for Bridge Health,” Nebraska Department of Transportation, Project SPR-P1(20) M030, $115,074 (Co-Principal Investigator)
(June 2019 – June 2022), “31-in. Midwest Guardrail System (MGS) and Curb Combination Guidelines for MASH TL-3,” National Cooperative Highway Research Program, $600,000 (Co-Principal Investigator)
(February 2019 – December 2019), “Protecting Critical Civil Infrastructure Against Impact from Commercial Vehicles, Phase II,” Mid-American Transportation Research Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, $238,568 (Principal Investigator)
(September 2018 – August 2022), “BD Spokes Medium: Midwest - Big Data Innovations for Bridge Health,” Subaward from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Omaha, Prime Sponsor: The National Science Foundation, Award #1636805, $476,933 (Co-Principal Investigator)
(June 2018 – March 2021), “Load Rating of Existing Continuous Stringers on Louisiana’s Bridges,” Louisiana Tech University, Prime Sponsor Louisiana State University-LTRC, $81,945 (Principal Investigator)
(May 2018 – August 2019), “STTR: Non-Destructive Concrete Interrogator and Strength of Materials Correlator, Phase 1” Karagozian & Case Inc., Prime Sponsor STTR: Navy, $81,893 (Co-Principal Investigator)
(January 2018 – June 2019), “Protecting Critical Civil Infrastructure Against Impact from Commercial Vehicles, Phase I,” Mid-American Transportation Research Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, $121,906 (Principal Investigator)
(March 2017 – February 2020), “REU Site: Sustainability of Horizontal Civil Networks in Rural Areas,” National Science Foundation, $352,698 (Co-Principal Investigator)
(September 2016 – August 2018), “BD Spokes Planning: Midwest - Big Data Innovations for Bridge Health,” Subaward from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Omaha, Prime Sponsor: The National Science Foundation, $12,662 (Principal Investigator)
(July 2015 – October 2018), “Protocol to Evaluate and Load Rate Existing Bridges,” Supplemental Award, Nebraska Department of Transportation, $18,924 (Principal Investigator)
(July 2015 – December 2016), “Steel Pin and Hanger Assembly Replacement Options,” Nebraska Department of Roads, $20,257 (Principal Investigator)
(July 2013 – December 2014), “U.S. Department of State Master Cooperative Agreement No. S-DSASD-10-CA-202, Univ. of Nebraska Subaward,” The Pennsylvania State University, $99,764 (Principal Investigator)
Selected Publications
- Rageh, A., Sun, C., Linzell, D.G., Puckett, J.A., “Dataset for large-scale, lateral-torsional buckling tests of continuous beams in a grillage system,” Data in Brief, V 44, October, 108532, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108532, 2022.
- Azam, S.E., Didyk, M.M., Linzell, and Rageh, A., “Experimental validation and numerical investigation of virtual strain sensing methods for steel railway bridges,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 537, 27 October 2022, 117207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2022.117207, 2022.
- Sun, C., Linzell, D.G., Puckett, J.A., Akintunde, E.A., Rageh, A., “Experimental Study of Continuous-Beam Lateral Torsional–Buckling Resistance with a Noncomposite Concrete Deck,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, V148, N4, April, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003301, 2022.
- Fang, C., Linzell, D.G., Yosef, T.Y., and Rasmussen, J.D., “Numerical Modeling and Performance Assessment of Bridge Column Strengthened by FRP and Polyurea under Combined Collision and Blast Loading,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, V26, N2, April, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0001188, 2022.
- Fang, C., Linzell, D.G., Yosef, T.Y., and Rasmussen, J.D., “Performance Evaluation of Highway Bridge Piers under Medium Truck Collision Combined with Air Blast,” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, V36, N1, February, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001683, 2022.
- Akintunde, E., Azam, S.E., Rageh, A., and Linzell, D.G., “Unsupervised Machine Learning for Robust Bridge Damage Detection: Full-Scale Experimental Validation,” Engineering Structures, Volume 249, December, 113250, ISSN 0141-0296, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113250, 2021.
- Fang, C. and Linzell, D.G., “Examining progressive collapse robustness of a high-rise reinforced concrete building,” Engineering Structures, Volume 248, December, 113274, ISSN 0141-0296, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113274, 2021.
- Yang, B., Steelman, J.S., Puckett, J.A., and Linzell, D.G., “Safe Platooning Headways on Girder Bridges,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, September, https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211036379, 2021.
- Fang, C., Yosef, T.Y., Linzell, D.G., and Rasmussen, J.D., “Computational Modeling and Simulation of Isolated Highway Bridge Columns Subjected to Vehicle Collision and Air Blast,” Engineering Failure Analysis, Volume 125, July, 105389, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105389, 2021.
- Fang, C., Yosef, T.Y., Linzell, D.G., and Rasmussen, J.D., “Residual Axial Capacity Estimates for Bridge Columns Subjected to Vehicle Collision and Air Blast,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, V26. n7, July, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001735, 2021.