SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS (PI OR CO-PI)

• ARCELORMITTAL / FHWA: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Different Steels for Highway Bridge Construction, 2008-09
  
• AFOSR : Novel SiCN Ceramics for Health Monitoring of High Temperature Systems, 2001-04
• ASCE: Three Special Projects Sponsored by Structural Engineering Institute of  ASCE , 1998-99, 2000-01, and 2002-03
• ATC: Member of the Project Advisory Panel of the ATC-75 Project to Develop Industry Foundation Classes for Structural Components under contract to the Charles Pankow Foundation, 2007-09
• DoD  (Consultant to STI Technologies for DoD Air Force SBIR OSD): Reliability Algorithms for Corrosion Fatigue, 2002
• FDOT (Consultant): Long Term Monitoring on a Movable Bridge, 2007-09
• FHWA : Development and Demonstration of Systems-Based Monitoring Approaches for Improved Infrastructure Management under Uncertainty, 2007-2010
• FHWA : Improved Corrosion Resistant Steel for Highway Bridge Construction (Senior Personnel, John Gross PI), 2007-09
• FHWA : Unified Quantitative Methodology for Integration of Nondestructive Bridge Evaluation and Bridge Management Systems, 1996-2000
• FHWA : Load Prediction and Structural Response, 1988-92
• FHWA / CDOT : Use of FRP Wraps for Bridge Retrofit and Strengthening, Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program (IBRC ), 2003-04
  
• FHWA / CDOT : Utilizing FRP for Pedestrian Bridges, Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program  (IBRC ), 2002-03
  
• FHWA / CDOT : Evaluation of FRP Reinforced Bridge Decks, Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program  (IBRC ), 2000-01
• FHWA / CDOT : High Performance Concrete Prestressed Precast Girder Bridge, 1996-98
• FHWA / CDOT : Bridge Management Systems, 1992-97
• FHWA / GATECH : Acceptance Test Specifications and Guidelines for Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Bridge Decks, 2000-01
• FHWA / RUTGERS (Consultant): Advance Understanding of Bridge Life-Cycle Performance for the FHWA LTBP Program, 2009-10  
  
• HA (Consultant to Highways Agency, UK): Bridge Reliability and Optimum Maintenance Strategies, 1996-2002; Optimum Maintenance Strategies for Different Bridge Types, 1998-2000; Preventative Maintenance Strategies for Bridge Groups: Analysis, 2001-03
• Henry Luce Foundation:  Bridging Disciplines and Cultures: The Chinese Bridge Project at Lehigh University, 2009-11
• MOCT/KICT/Hanyang University (Korea): Development of LCC Analysis System for Design and Rehabilitation of Steel Bridges, Technical Advisor, 2003-06
• NATO: Life-Cycle Reliability Based System Management of Structures and Networks, 1996-2000
• NCHRP : Developing a National Database System for Maintenance Actions on Highway Bridges, NCHRP Project 14-15, 2005-07
• NCHRP/TRB (Consultant to TRB ): Development of a Comprehensive Bridge Specification and Commentary (AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, First Edition, 1994), NCHRP Project 12-33, 1989-92
• NRC / TRB: Member of the NRC Committee for Review of the Oregon Department of Transportation Study on Bridge Shear, Report,  2005
• NSF : Integrated Maintenance-Monitoring-Management Framework for Optimal Decision Making in Bridge Life-Cycle Performance, 2005-10
  
• NSF : Life-Cycle Reliability Analysis and Optimization of Micro-Systems , 2003-07
  
• NSF : A Problem-Focused Research Agenda for the Highway Transportation Infrastructure: A Holistic Systems Identification and Integration by Using Field Test-Sites , 2003-04
• NSF : A Feasibility Study of Estimation of Structural Systems Reliability under Hurricane Hazard, 2003–04
  
• NSF : Life-Cycle Cost Model Simulator for Decision Making in Bridge Network Management, 2002-07
  
• NSF : Optimum Life-Cycle Bridge Maintenance Planning Based on System Reliability, 2000-04
• NSF : Accelerated Testing and Reliable Prediction of Durability of Concrete, 1998-2002
• NSF : System Reliability for Evaluation and Design of Highway Bridges, 1996-2001
• NSF : Life-Cycle Reliability-Based Evaluation and Design of Deteriorating Structures, 1995-2000
• NSF : Modeling of RC/SRC Systems with Flexibility-Based Models,1995-99
• NSF : Design of Bridge Inspection Programs for Structural Reliability, 1994-97
• NSF : Development of Adaptive Hybrid Control Techniques for Building Structures, 1992-96
• NSF : Multiobjective Reliability-Based Optimization of Structural Systems, 1990-94
• NSF : Multilevel Reliability-Based Optimization of Structural Systems, 1987-90
• NSF : Seismic Hazard Prediction Using Fuzzy Sets, 1986-88
• NSF : Safety Evaluation of Existing Steel Bridges, 1986-89
• ONR:  Integrated  Life-Cycle Framework for Maintenance, Monitoring, and Reliability of Naval Ship Structures, 2008-11
  
• Parsons Transportation Group, Denver Office, Consultant, 2000
• PennDOT : Simple Load Capacity Tests for Bridges, 1987-90
• PITA: Integrated Framework using Monitoring and Reliability for Improved Infrastructure Management under Uncertainty: Phase 2 - Implementation Study, 2008-10
• PITA: Integrated Framework using Monitoring and Reliability for Improved Infrastructure Management under Uncertainty: Phase 1 - Feasibility Study, 2007-09
• PITA: Structural Performance Assessment Based on Monitoring: Phase 2 - Implementation Study, 2007-09
• PITA: Structural Performance Assessment Based on Monitoring: Phase 1 - Feasibility Study, 2007-08
• RAE: Integration of Structural Health Monitoring with Risk-Based Performance; Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Metallic Highway Bridges, 2008-09
  
• RIJKSWATERSTAAT (Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management; Consultant to RIJKWATERSTAAT): Development of Methods for Optimal Bridge and Asset Management  based on Condition, Safety, and Cost, 2004-06
• TEPCO/Japan Institute of Systems Research (Consultant to TEPCO/JISR , Japan): Civil Infrastructures, 2000-01
• U.S.-Spain Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation : Service Life Prediction and Reliability Management of Deteriorating Concrete Bridges under Environmental Attack, 2000-02
• USACE /WES : Time-Dependent Reliability of Navigation Structures, 1992-94