Presidential Young Investigator Award

了解结构体系在地震中的行为对生命安全和资本投资的保护具有重要意义。这种基本的理解直接关系到工程师设计高效和经济结构的能力。研究将由研究者承担，将集中在地震期间结构行为的理解和建模领域，以及新的和创新的抗震设计方案。在设计过程中考虑和利用非结构和建筑组件的贡献的重要概念将被调查。这可以导致抗震设计方法的重大进步。将计算机应用于结构设计过程整合到这项研究中，预计在某些设计情况下将能够实现高度自动化。这项研究将为Filippou博士获得总统青年研究者奖提供基础支持。

The understanding of the behavior of structural systems during earthquakes is important to life safety and the preservation of capital investment. This fundamental understanding bears directly on the ability of engineers to be able to design efficient and economical structures. The research which will be undertaken by the investigator will be focused in the areas of understanding and modeling the behavior of structures during earthquakes, and new and innovative schemes of earthquake resistant design. The important concept of accounting for and taking advantage of the contribution of non-structural and architectural components in the design process will be investigated. This can lead to significant advances in earthquake resistant design methodologies. Integrated into this research will be the application of computers to the structural design process where it is expected that a high degree of automation will be able to be achieved in certain design cases. This research will provide the base support to Dr. Filippou for a Presidential Young Investigator Award.