BIJAN MOHRAZ, P.E., Professor

Environmental and Civil Engineering Department School of Engineering and Applied Science Southern Methodist University P.O. Box 750338 Dallas, Tx. 75275-0338 PH 214/768-3123 FAX 214/768-1473 Email: bmohraz@engr.smu.edu

Resumé

• Degrees
• Positions
• Research Interests
• Current Research Support
• Recent Publications
• Awards and Honors
• Professional Societies and Activities

Degrees

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, 1966
• M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, 1962
• B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, 1961

Positions

• On leave, on an Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment with the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. 1994-present.
• Chair, Mechanical Engineering, SMU, 1986-1994.
• Associate Dean and Director of the graduate division, SMU School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1984-1987.

Research Interests

• structural analysis and design
• structural dynamics
• earthquake engineering

Current Research Support

• National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Intergovernmental Personnel Act Agreement."
• National Institute of Standards and Technology, "A Study of Active and Passive Structural Control" (with O. Nwokah and Y. Hurmuzlu).
• National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Guidelines for Testing Supplemental Dumping Devices for Structures."
• National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Development of Guidelines for testing Passive Energy Dissipation Devices and Deformation-Based Seismic Design and Performance Factors."

Recent Publications

• Mohraz, B. and F. Sadek. "Earthquake Ground Motion and Response Spectra," Chapter 2 in The Seismic Design Handbook, edited by F. Naeim, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Second Edition, New York.
• Sadek, F., B. Mohraz, A. W. Taylor, and R. M. Chung. "A Method of Estimating the Parameters of Tuned Mass Dampers for Seismic Applications,", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 26, 1997, pp. 617-635.
• Sadek, F. and B. Mohraz. Discussion of "Vibration Control of Tall Buildings Using Mega Subconfiguration," by Feng and Mita - Journal Of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 123, No. 6, June 1997, pp. 650-651.
• Sadek, F.,,B. Mohraz, and H.S. Lew. "Single and Multiple Tuned Liquid Column Dampers for Seismic Applications,", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol 27 (in print).
• Mohraz, B. and R. M. Chung. "Recommendations of the Lifeline Policymakers Workshop,"Joint report of the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction, ICSSC TR-19 and U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 6085, October 1997, 36pp.
• Dikkers, R.D., R. M. Chung, B. Mohraz, H. S. Lew, and R. N. Wright, editors. "Proceedings of a Workshop on Developing and Adopting Seismic Design and Construction Standards for Lifelines, U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 5907, October 1996, 354pp.
• Chung, R.M.,, N. H. Jason, B. Mohraz, F. W. Mowrer, and W. D. Walton, editors, Proceedings of Post-earthquake Fire and Lifeline Workshop," U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Special Publication 889, August 1995, 48pp.
• Sadek, F. and B. Mohraz. "Passive Energy Dissipation Devices for Seismic Applications,", A. W. Taylor, and R. M. Chung, U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 5923, November 1996, 52pp.
• Sadek, F. and B. Mohraz. "A Modified Algorithm for Active Structural Control,", U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 5782, January 1996, 23pp.

Awards and Honors

• Outstanding Professor, SMU School of Engineering and Applied Science, Graduate Students Council 1980, 1984, and 1985.
• Outstanding Professor, SMU 1977 and 1979.
• Danforth Associates 1979-1985.

Professional Societies and Activities

• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
• Editor, Journal of Architectural Engineering (1993-Present)
• Chair, Publication Committee, Architectural Engineering Division (1993 )
• Member, Dynamics Committee, Engineering Mechanics Division (1983-1992)
• Member, Administrative Committee on Analysis and Design of Structures Structural Division (1979-1983)
• Chairman, Committee 0n Methods of Analysis (1979-1983), Member (1975-1979)
• Chairman, Subcommittee on Preliminary and Approximate Methods of Analysis - Structural Division (1975-1979), Member (1972-1975)
• Member, Task Committee on Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Structural Division (1977-1978)
• Chairman, Structural Engineering Committee, Texas Section ASCE (1977), Member (1975-1976).
• Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
• Member, Structural Engineers Association of Texas
• Member, Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi
• Board of Directors, Applied Technology Council (1991-1997) Executive Committee (1996)
• Secretary-Treasurer (1996)
• Co-chair, Wind and Flood Committee (1993)
• Member, Design Aid Committee (1994)
• Board Contact Member, ATC-35 Project on USGS Ground Motion Studies (1994-present)
• Proposal Review Panels, National Science Foundation (1994 and 1995)
• Listed in American Men and Women of Science

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Last revision: 26 Jan 1998

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