Professor of Civil Engineering
Director of NaBRO
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Current Research

• Flush End-Plate Steel Connections Subjected to Axial Tension or Compression in Addition to Shear and Moments (American Institute of Steel Construction)
• Structural Reliability of Older Concrete Slab Bridges (NE Dept. of Roads)
• Codify Design Procedure for Bond in Ultra High Strength Concrete (Portland Cement Assn.)
• Development of Design Aids for Extended Header Plate Connections (American Institute of Steel Construction; Paxton and Wierling steel Company)
• Development Length of Flexural Reinforcement in High-Strength Concrete (Portland Cement Association)
• Optimizing Prestressed concrete beam Shapes (Wilson Concrete Co.)
• Strength Capacity of Prestressed Girder Bridges (NE Dept. of Roads)
• Strength Capacity of Concrete Slab Structures and Implementation of Bridge Monitoring System (NE Dept. of Roads)
• Design and Detailing of Transverse Reinforcement for High Strength Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Seismic Loading (National Science Foundation)