Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
North Carolina State University

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering
  University of California San Diego, June 1997
  Dissertation: Direct Displacement-Based Design: A seismic design methodology and its application to concrete bridges
• Master of Science in Structural Engineering
  University of California San Diego, June 1994
• Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering
  University of California San Diego, June 1993

Research Interests

• Development of alternative seismic design methodologies.
• Behavior of reinforced concrete bridges subjected to seismic loading.
• Pre-cast, pre-stressed concrete bridges.
• Performance of lightweight concrete for bridge design.
• Shear in reinforced concrete bridges.

• American Society of Civil Engineers (1991)
• Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) (1993)
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (1994)
• American Concrete Institute (1995)
• SEAOC Performance Based Engineering Committee (1997)
• American Concrete Institute Committee 213 (1997)

• M.J. Kowalsky, M.J.N. Priestley and G.A. MacRae, 'Displacement-Based Design of RC Bridge Columns in Seismic Regions', Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 24, #12, December, 1995.
• M.J. Kowalsky, M.J.N. Priestley and F. Seible, 'Shear and Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Bridge Columns in Seismic Regions', Accepted by ACI Structural Journal, 1997.
• M.J.N. Priestley and M.J. Kowalsky, 'Aspects of Drift and Ductility Capacity of Rectangular Cantilever Structural Walls', Accepted by Bulletin of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering, March, 1998.
• M.J. Kowalsky and M.J.N. Priestley 'An improved analytical model for shear strength of circular RC columns in seismic regions', Submitted to ACI for Special Publication, August, 1998.
• M.J. Kowalsky and M.J.N. Priestley, 'Substitute Structure Analysis of a Modern Curved Bridge', Seismic Design and Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Bridges: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop held in Queenstown, New Zealand, August, 1994.
• M.J. Kowalsky, M.J.N Priestley, 'Displacement-Based Methodology for Design and Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridges', Proceedings: National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways - Progress in Research and Practice, Dec. 10-13, 1995, San Diego, CA.
• M.J. Kowalsky, M.J.N Priestley, and F. Seible, 'Lightweight Concrete Bridge Column Design in Seismic Regions', Proceedings: National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways - Progress in Research and Practice, Dec. 10-13, 1995, San Diego, CA.
• M.J. Kowalsky, M.J.N. Priestley, F. Seible, 'Shear, Flexural, and Dynamic Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Bridge Systems', Proceedings: International Symposium on Lightweight Concrete Bridges, Sept. 10, 1996, Sacramento, CA.
• M.J. Kowalsky, M.J.N Priestley, and F. Seible, 'Dynamic Shake Table Testing of Lightweight Concrete Bridges', Proceedings: Second National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, July 8-11, 1997, Sacramento, CA.
• M.J. Kowalsky and M.J.N Priestley, 'Experimental Verification of Direct Displacement-Based Design and Development of Approach for Multiple Degree of Freedom Systems', Proceedings: Second National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, July 8-11, 1997, Sacramento, CA.