Dr. Genda Chen, P.E., F. ASCE, F. SEI...Resume - Genda Chen 6 9. CE/Arch384/5208 Structural Dynamics...

Resume - Genda Chen 1

Dr. Genda Chen, P.E., F. ASCE, F. SEI 328 Butler-Carlton Hall

Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)

1401 N. Pine Street, Rolla, MO 65409-0030 Tel: (573) 341-4462, Fax: (573) 341-6215, E-mail: [email protected]

URL: http://web.mst.edu/~gchen

EDUCATION: 1989-1992 State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering Dissertation Title: Power Flow and Energy in Primary-Secondary

Structural Systems under Earthquake Loads Advisor: Samuel P. Capen Professor T. T. Soong

1982-1985 Dalian Institute of Technology, Dalian, China M.S. in Civil Engineering Thesis Title: Maximum Credible Earthquake Response Spectrum

1978-1982 Dalian Institute of Technology, Dalian, China B.S. in Civil Engineering

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY: July 1, 2014 – present Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering Jan. 1, 2013 – Dec. 31, 2015 Seagull Scholar in the School of Civil and Architectural

Engineering, Zhejiang University, China (with Dean and Professor Shilang Xu)

Mar. 5 – 18, 2012 Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China (with Professor Yu-lin Xu)

May 17 – June 11, 2009 Visiting Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento, Italy (with Professor Daniele Zonta)

Sept. 2008 – Aug. 2010 Coordinator for the MTI/MoDOT/USDOT Collaborative Structures Research Program (approximately $1.9M)

Sept. 2007 – present Mid-America Transportation Center; Associate Director for the Missouri S&T Program (approximately $1.2M)

Sept. 2007 – present Missouri S&T; Full Professor of Civil Engineering Sept. 2007 – Aug. 2010 Haitian Scholar in the School of Civil Engineering, Dalian

University of Technology, China (with Professor Hongnan Li)

July 2006 – Aug. 2011 Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES), Director ($3.5M annual expenditure, five staff members)

Sept. 2002 – Aug. 2007 University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR); Associate Professor of Civil Engineering


Aug. 17 – 20, 2002 Visiting Professor in the School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (with Professor Jinping Ou)

Feb. 2002 – Jan. 2006 Natural Hazards Mitigation Institute, Technical Director of the UMR Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Program (approximately $1.5M)

Aug. 1998 – June 2006 CIES; Research Investigator Aug. 1998 – June 2002 Intelligent Systems Center; Research Investigator Aug. 1996 – Aug. 2002 UMR; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering May 1993 –July 1996 Steinman Consulting Engineers; Senior Engineer Sept. 1992 – Apr. 1993 National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research

(NCEER), SUNY at Buffalo; Post-doctoral Fellow July 1985 – Jan. 1989 Dalian Institute of Technology, China; Assistant Lecturer

AWARDS AND HONORS:

National, Society, and University Awards 2013 Missouri S&T Faculty Research Award 2011 Missouri S&T Faculty Research Award 2009 Missouri S&T Inaugural Faculty Research Award Feb. 2008 Engineers Make a World of Difference Award by the Society of

American Military Engineers, Fort Leonard Wood Chapter Apr. 2004 Joseph H. Senne, Jr. Academy of Civil Engineers Faculty

Achievement Award Nov. 1998 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award*

NSF K-12 Education Initiative 2000-2001 One of the award-winning scientists and engineers to participate in

the NSF Scientists and Engineers in the School Program Inclusion in Who’s Who Publications† 2003 America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals, 2003 Listing 2001 Listed in Who’s Who in America, 2000-2007 Listing

News and Magazine Reports on Technology Development June 2010 EERI special earthquake report on The Mw8.8 Chile Earthquake of

February 27, 2010, EERI Newsletter, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 44(6), pp. 1-20.

Nov. 2009 Feature article on Enamel Coating Developed for Steel Rebar Strengthens Reinforced Concrete, Material Matters.

Fall 2009 Feature article on Giving the Nation’s Infrastructure more Backbone, ReSearch – an Inside Look at Innovation and Discovery at Missouri University of Science and Technology, p.9.

* NSF CAREER Awards are given only to those junior faculty members who have shown exceptional potential to lead one specific area of research and education. They represent one of the most prestigious awards in academia. † Inclusion in Who’s Who Publications is considered by many as a signal mark of achievement. Individuals are listed because their noteworthy achievements are of lasting value to humankind.


Fall 2005 Feature article on USGS-UMR Natural Hazard Mitigation Institute Research Team Returns from Gulf Region, Bulletin of the American Institute of Hydrology, the Society for Registered/Certified Hydrologists, 23(3), pp. 1 and 4.

Nov. 2005 Article on Researchers Examine Gravity, Bridges, Metropolitan Newsclips Service, pp.1.

Nov. 2004 Article on ‘Intelligent’ Earthquake Friction Dampers Adapt to Varying Forces, ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine, 74(11), pp.24-25.

Oct. 2004 Technology Trend Article on “Memory” Sensor, Materials Performance, pp.10.

Sept. 2004 News & Notes on a Damper on Earthquake, Mechanical Engineering, 126(9), pp.11-13.

Oct. 1999 Feature article on Upgrading the Transportation Infrastructure: Solid RC Strengthened with FRP, Concrete International, pp. 37-41.

MEMBERSHIP ON US DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS:

Nov. 3-9, 2013 A US delegate to the US-Taiwan Workshop on Bridge Engineering, Taiwan, sponsored by FHWA

Dec. 10 and 11, 2012 One of approximately 10 US delegates to the 6th International Workshop on Structural Control and Monitoring, Sydney, Australia.

Nov. 5-13, 2011 One of the 18 US delegates to the 27th US-Japan Workshop Sponsored by FHWA

Sept. 19-22, 2010 One of the 19 US delegates to the 26th US-Japan Workshop Sponsored by FHWA

Aug. 19, 2010 One of the 44 participants to the NSF Workshop on Chile Research Needs Workshop Sponsored by NSF

Oct. 16-17, 2006 One of the 15 US delegates to the China-Japan-US Workshop on Young Forum on Structural Health Monitoring Sponsored by NSF

Oct. 11-14, 2006 One of the 16 US delegates to the US-Taiwan Workshop on Smart Structural Technology for Seismic Hazard Mitigation Sponsored by NSF

Mar. 13-14, 2006 One of the 17 US delegates to the 4th International Workshop on Seismic Design and Retrofit of Transportation Facilities Sponsored by FHWA

July 11-14, 2005 One of the 10 US delegates to the 1st US-Portugal International Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Sponsored by NSF

Feb. 3-4, 2005 One of the 15 US delegates to the US-Japan Workshop on Large-Scale Testing on the Seismic Performance of Bridges sponsored by

Oct. 18-19, 2002 One of the 20 US delegates to the US-Japan Workshop on Smart Structural Systems Sponsored by NSF

Aug. 23-24, 2002 One of the 10 US delegates to the US-Korea Workshop on Smart Infrastructural Systems Sponsored by NSF


July 9-11, 2002 One of the 10 US delegates to the US/Japan/Taiwan Workshop on Performance-Based Seismic Design and Retrofit of Transportation Facilities Sponsored by FHWA

Aug. 24-25, 1999 One of the 10 US delegates to the US-Korea Workshop on New Frontiers in Infrastructural/Seismic Engineering Sponsored by NSF

INVITEE TO NATIONAL WORKSHOP:

Dec. 2-3, 2015 OST-R Commercial Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Technologies Workshop 2, Oklahoma City

Apr. 29, 2015 OST-R Commercial Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Technologies Workshop 1, Oklahoma City

Feb. 21-22, 2008 ASCE/SEI "Enhancing Bridge Performance" Bridge Workshop, Washington, D.C.

INVITEE TO POST-DISASTER RECONNAISSANCES:

Nov.6-13, 2011 USDOT/FHWA Study Tour after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake (M9.0)

Apr. 3-14, 2010 USDOT/FHWA Transportation Infrastructure Reconnaissance Team to Chile after the February 27, 2010, Offshore Maule Earthquake (M8.8)

July 20-24, 2008 USDOT/FHWA Transportation Infrastructure Reconnaissance Team to China after the May 12, 2008, Wenchuan Earthquake (M7.9)

Oct. 2005 USGS Post-Hurricane Reconnaissance Team to Louisiana after the August 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina (Category V)

CAMPUS LEADERSHIP ENHANCEMENT WORKSHOP:

November 6, 2009 and March 5, 2010

PATENT: 1. Corrosion-Resistant Glasses for Steel Enamels, Patent No. 8,679,389B2 Granted on

March 25, 2014, Richard K. Brow, Signo T. Reis, Mike Koenigstein, and Genda Chen. 2. Corrosion-Resistant Glasses for Steel Enamels, Patent No. 7,901,769B2 Granted on

March 4, 2011, Richard K. Brow, Signo T. Reis, Mike Koenigstein, and Genda Chen. 3. Strain Sensitive Coax Cable Sensors for Monitoring Structures, Patent No. 7,421,910,

Granted on September 9, 2008, Genda Chen, David Pommerenke, James L. Drewniak, and Huimin Mu.

PROFESSIONAL STATUS: Registered as a professional engineer in civil engineering in the state of California (Certificate No. C54008)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: 1. American Concrete Institute (ACI No.1141038), Member (2007-present) 2. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE No. 288443), Fellow Member (2007 –

present), Member (1991-2007)


3. American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Member (2003-2005) 4. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Member (1995-present) 5. International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE), Member (2003-2005) 6. International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure

(SHMII), Member (2007-2013), Council Member (2013 - present) 7. Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), Fellow Member (2013 – present), Member (2006-

2012) 8. Transportation Research Board (TRB), Member (2009-present) 9. ACI 408 Committee on DEVELOPMENT AND SPLICING OF DEFORMED BARS

(ACI-ASCE Joint Committee), Associate Member (2009-2012), Member (5/22/2012-2015)

10. ASCE Committee on METHODS OF MONITORING STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE, Member (2014-2020)

11. ASCE Committee on PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN FOR BUILDINGS, Chair (2008-2011), Past Chair (2012-2015)

12. ASCE Committee on STRUCTURAL CONTROL (SEI). Secretary (2008-2011), Control Member (2005-2008), Member (2000-2005)

13. ASCE Committee on STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING AND CONTROL (EMI), Member (2005-present)

14. ASCE Subcommittee on PERFORMANCE OF BRIDGES, Member (1997-present) 15. ASCE Committee on SEISMIC ISOLATION SYSTEMS TESTING, Member (1997-

present) 16. Executive Committee Member of the US PANEL OF STRUCTUAL CONTROL AND

MONITORING (2011-2013) 17. TRB AFF50 SEISMIC DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF BRIDGES Committee,

Member (4/15/2009- 4/14/2018) 18. Member of Chi Epsilon and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, Missouri S&T COURSES TAUGHT AT MISSOURI S&T (FORMERLY UMR):

Undergraduate Level 1. CE/Arch217/3201 Structural Analysis (3.0 credit hour lectures and labs in WS03, WS04,

FS04, WS05, WS07, FS07, WS08, FS09, FS10, WS11, FS12, FS15) 2. CE218 Structural Analysis (5.0 credit hour lectures and labs in FS96, WS97, FS97,

WS98, FS98, WS99) 3. CE/Arch221 Structural Design in Metals (3.0 credit hour lectures and labs in

FS00,WS01, FS05, WS06, and FS08) 4. CE/Arch223 Reinforced Concrete Design (3.0 credit hour lectures and labs in FS99 and

WS00) 5. CE/Arch384/5208 Structural Dynamics (3.0 credit hour lectures in WS10, FS12, WS14,

WS16) 6. CE/ME/EE/NU301 Structural Health Monitoring (3.0 credit hour lectures and labs in

FS99 and FS01 with Drs. V. Rao and A. Okafor) 7. CE/Arch320 Structural Analysis II (3.0 credit hour lecture in FS06) 8. CE/Arch375/301 Low-rise Building Analysis and Design (3.0 credit hour lectures in

FS00, WS02, FS03, and WS05) Graduate Level


9. CE/Arch384/5208 Structural Dynamics (3.0 credit hour lectures in WS10, FS12, WS14, WS16)

10. CE/ME/EE/NU 301 Structural Health Monitoring (3.0 credit hour lectures and labs in FS99 and FS01 with Drs. V. Rao and A. Okafor)

11. CE/Arch320 Structural Analysis II (3.0 credit hour lecture in FS06) 12. CE/Arch375/301 Low-rise Building Analysis and Design (3.0 credit hour lectures in

FS00, WS02, FS03, and WS05) 13. CE/ME/EE/NU401 Integrated Health Monitoring Systems (3.0 credit hour lectures in

WS00 with Drs. V. Rao and A.Okafor) 14. CE401 Structural Health Monitoring (3.0 credit hour lectures in FS13) 15. CE424 Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (3.0 credit hour lectures in

WS01, FS02, WS04, FS05, WS07, FS10, WS13, FS14) 16. CE425 Finite Element Application in Structural Design (3.0 credit hour lectures in

WS02) 17. CE430/401 Stochastic Theory of Structural Vibration (3.0 credit hour lectures in FS97,

FS01, FS09, WS15) TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS:

Refereed Journal Papers (Published or Accepted) J1. Mostafa Fakharifar and Genda Chen. “Compressive behavior of FRP-confined concrete-

filled PVC tubular columns.” Composite Structures, 2016 (accepted). J2. Fujian Tang, Genda Chen, and Richard K. Brow. “Chloride-induced corrosion

mechanism and rate of enamel- and epoxy-coated deformed steel bars embedded in mortar.” Cement and Concrete Research, 82, pp. 58–73, April 2016, doi:10.1016/j.cemconres.2015.12.015.

J3. Yi Bao and Genda Chen. "Strain distribution and crack detection in thin unbonded concrete pavement overlays with fully distributed fiber optic sensors." Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, No. 1, 011008 (2016). doi: 10.1117/1.OE.55.1.011008.

J4. Mostafa Fakharifar, Genda Chen, Chenglin Wu, Ahmad Dalvand, and Mohamed ElGawady. “Rapid Repair of Earthquake Damaged RC Columns with Prestressed Steel Jackets.” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000840, January 4, 2016.

J5. Mostafa Fakharifar and Genda Chen. “Collapse Vulnerability of Substandard RC Bridge Piers Rehabilitated with Different Repair Jackets under Post-mainshock Cascading Events.” International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, DOI: 10.1007/s40069-015-0107-6, July 30, 2015.

J6. Mostafa Fakharifar, Genda Chen, Mahdi Arezoumandi, and Mohammad Elgawady. “Hybrid Jacketing for Rapid Repair of Seismically Damaged Reinforced Concrete Columns.” Journal of Transportation Research Record, No. 2522, pp. 70-78, DOI 10.3141/2522-07, July 2015.

J7. Mostafa Fakharifar, Ahmad Dalvand, Mohammad K. Sharbatdar, Genda Chen, and Lesley Sneed. “Innovative hybrid reinforcement constituting conventional longitudinal steel and FRP stirrups for improved seismic strength and ductility of RC structures.” Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 10(1), pp. 44-62, DOI 10.1007/S11709-015-0295-9, January 2016.


J8. Chenglin Wu and Genda Chen. “Unified model of local bond between deformed steel rebar and concrete: - indentation analogy theory and validation.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000945, May 2015.

J9. Dongming Yan, Jianbo Li, and Genda Chen. “Seismic Performance Evaluation of the Highway N High-Voltage Substation.” International Journal of Steel Structures, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 153-163, March 2015.

J10. Yi Bao, Weina Meng, Yizheng Chen, Genda Chen, and Kamal Henry Khayat. “Measuring mortar shrinkage and cracking by pulse pre-pump Brillouin optical time domain analysis with a single optical fiber.” Materials Letter, Vol. 145, pp. 344-346, April 2015.

J11. Mostafa Fakharifar, Genda Chen, Lesley Sneed, and Ahmad Dalvand. “Seismic Performance of Post-mainshock FRP/steel Repaired RC Bridge Columns Subjected to Aftershocks.” Composites B: Engineering, Vol. 72, pp. 183-198, April 2015.

J12. Fujian Tang and Genda Chen. “Chemically Reactive Enamel: a Steel Rebar Coating for Enhanced Durability of Concrete Structures.” International Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 6, No.1, pp. 56-72, March 2015.

J13. Dongming Yan, Genda Chen, Fujian Tang, and Chenglin Wu. “Recent Advances in the Development and Application of Chemically Reactive Enamel Coating for Steel Bars.” China Science: Technology Science, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 293-305, March 2015 (in Chinese).

J14. Ying Huang, Fujian Tang, Xiao Liang, Genda Chen, Hai Xiao, and Fardad Azarmi. “Steel Bar Corrosion Monitoring with Long Period Fiber Grating Sensors Coated with Nano Iron/Silica Particles and Polyurethane.” Structural Health Monitoring, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 178-189, February 2015.

J15. Genda Chen, Brandon Schafer, Zhibin Lin, Ying Huang, Oscar Suaznabar, Jerry Shen, and Kornel Kerenyi. “Maximum Scour Depth Based on Magnetic Field Change of Smart Rocks for Foundation Stability Evaluation of Bridges.” Structural Health Monitoring, 14(1), pp. 86-99, January 2015.

J16. Danguang Pan, Genda Chen, and Zuocai Wang. “Suboptimal Rayleigh Damping Coefficients in Seismic Analysis of Viscously-damped Structures.” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 13(4), pp. 653-670, December 2014.

J17. Fujian Tang, Zhibin Lin, Genda Chen, and Weijian Yi. “Three-dimensional Corrosion Pit Measurement and Statistical Mechanical Degradation Analysis of Deformed Steel Bars Subjected to Accelerated Corrosion.” Construction and Building Materials, 70, pp. 104-117, November 2014.

J18. Mostafa Fakharifar, Ahmad Dalvand, Mahdi Arezoumandi, Mohammad K. Sharbatdar, Genda Chen, Ali Kheyroddin. “Mechanical Properties of High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites.” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 71, pp. 510-520, September 2014.

J19. Fujian Tang, Genda Chen, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Corrosion Resistance of a Sand Particle-Modified Enamel Coating Applied to Smooth Steel Bars.” Materials, 7, pp.6632-6645, September 2014.

J20. Zuocai Wang, De Zhang, Weixin Ren, and Genda Chen. “Structural Modal Parameter Identification from Forced Vibration with Analytical Mode Decomposition.” Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 17, No.8, pp. 1129-1144, August 2014.


J21. Fujian Tang, Genda Chen, and Weijian Yi. “Corrosion-Induced Concrete Cracking, Steel-Concrete Bond Loss, and Mechanical Degradation of Steel Bars.” Advanced Materials Research, 919-921, pp. 1760-1770, April 2014.

J22. M. Fakharifar, M.K. Sharbatdar, Z. Lin, A. Dalvand, A. Sivandi-Pour and G. Chen. “Seismic Performance and Global Ductility of RC Frames Rehabilitated with Retrofitted Joints by CFRP Laminates.” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 13(1), pp. 59-73, March 2014.

J23. Zhaozheng Yin, Chenglin Wu, and Genda Chen. “Concrete Crack Detection through Full-field Displacement and Curvature Measurements by Visual Mark Tracking: a Proof-of-concept Study.” Structural Health Monitoring, 13(2), pp. 245-258, March 2014.

J24. Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen. “Analytical Mode Decomposition with Hilbert Transform for Modal Parameter Identification of Building under Ambient Vibration.” Engineering Structures, 59, pp. 173-184, February 2014, doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.10.020.

J25. Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen. “Analytical Mode Decomposition of Time Series with Decaying Amplitudes and Overlapping Instantaneous Frequencies.” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 22, No.9, pp. 1-14, September 2013 (featured article).

J26. Ying Huang, Baokai Chen, Genda Chen, Hai Xiao, and Samee U. Khan. “Simultaneous Detection of Liquid Level and Refractive Index with a Long Period Fiber Grating Based Sensor Device.” Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 9, September 2013, 095303 (10pp), doi:10.1088/0957-0233/24/9/095303.

J27. Ying Huang, Zhan Gao, Genda Chen, and Hai Xiao. “Long Period Fiber Grating Sensors Coated with Nano Iron/Silica Particles for Corrosion Monitoring.” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 22, No. 7, July 2013, doi:10.1088/0964-1726/22/7/075018.

J28. Zuocai Wang, Weixin Ren, and Genda Chen. “Time-Varying Linear and Nonlinear Structural Identification with Analytical Mode Decomposition and Hilbert Transform.” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 139, No.12, pp.06013001-1 – 06013001-5, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X0000832, February 2013.

J29. Zuocai Wang, Genda Chen, Phillip W. Yen, and Ian Buckle. “Cardinal Raúl Silva Henŕíquez Bridge during the 2010 Chile Earthquake - Failure Analysis and Retrofit Strategy.” Journal of Transportation Research Board, Paper No. 13-3048, Vol. 2, No. 2332, pp. 13-19, October 2013.

J30. Mostafa Fakharifar, Zhibin Lin, Chenglin Wu, Shruti Mahadik-Khanolkar, Nicholas Leventis, and Genda Chen. “Microstructural Characteristics of Polyurea and Polyurethane Xerogels for Concrete Confinement with FRP System.” Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 742, pp. 237-242, August 2013.

J31. Zuocai Wang, Weixin Ren, Genda Chen. “Time-varying System Identification of High Voltage Switches of a Power Substation with Slide-window Least-squares Parameter Estimations.” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol.22, No.6, pp. 1-13, June 2013.

J32. Fujian Tang, Xiaoming Cheng, Genda Chen, Richard K. Brow, Jeffery S. Volz, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Electrochemical Behavior of Enamel Coating on Carbon Steel in Simulated Concrete Pore Water Solution with Various Chloride Contents.” Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 92, pp.36-46, March 2013, DOI information 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.12.125.

J33. Chenglin Wu, Genda Chen, Jeffery S. Volz, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Global Bond Behavior of Enamel-Coated Rebar in Concrete Beams with


Spliced Reinforcement.” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 40, pp. 793-801, March 2013, DOI information: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.11.076.

J34. Ying Huang, Xia Fang, Zhi Zhou, Genda Chen, and Hai Xiao. “Large-Strain Optical Fiber Sensing and Real-Time FEM Updating of Steel Structures under the High Temperature Effect.” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol.22, No.1, doi:10.1088/0964-1726/22/1/015016, January 2013.

J35. Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen. “A Moving-Window Least-Squares Fitting Method for Crack Detection and Rigidity Identification of Multi-Span Bridges.” Structural Control and Health Monitoring, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp.387-404, March 2013.

J36. Fujian Tang, Genda Chen, Jeffery S. Volz, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Cement-modified enamel coating for enhanced corrosion resistance of steel reinforcing bars.” Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 171-180, January 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.08.009.

J37. Zuocai Wang, Weixin Ren, and Genda Chen. “A Hilbert Transform Method for Parameter Identification of Time-varying Structures with Observer Techniques.” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 21, No. 10, doi:10.1088/0964-1726/21/10/105007, October 2012.

J38. Fujian Tang, Xiaoming Cheng, Genda Chen, Richard K. Brow, Jeffery S. Volz, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Deterioration of enamel and epoxy coated steel rebar in 3.5wt.% NaCl solution.” Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 204-208, pp. 4128-4136, August 2012, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.204-208.4128.

J39. Chenglin Wu, Genda Chen, Jeffery S. Volz, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Local Bond Strength of Vitreous Enamel Coated Rebar to Concrete.” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 35, pp. 428-439, October 2012.

J40. Fujian Tang, Genda Chen, Jeffery S. Volz, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Microstructure and Corrosion Resistance of Enamel Coatings Applied to Smooth Reinforcing Steel.” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 35, pp. 376-384, January 2012.

J41. Fujian Tang, Genda Chen, Richard K. Brow, Jeffrey S. Volz, and Mike Koenigstein. “Corrosion Resistance of Steel Rebar Coated with Three Types of Enamel.” Corrosion Science, Vol. 59, pp. 157-168, June 2012.

J42. Yueling Jing, Yuehua Zeng, Gao Lin, Genda Chen, Jianbo Li. “The Effect of Multiple Anisotropic Scattering Pattern on S Wave Energy Density Envelope.” Journal of Geophysics, Vol. 6, pp. 1993-2003, June 2012 (in Chinese).

J43. Ian Buckle, Matias Hube, Genda Chen, Phillip W. Yen, Juan Arias Acosta. “Structural Performance of Bridges in the Offshore Maule Earthquake of 27 February 2010.” Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 28, No. S1, pp.S533-S552, June 2012.

J44. Charles R. Werner, Jeffery S. Volz, Genda Chen, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Corrosion Performance of Reactive-Enamel Coated Reinforcing Steel.” ACI Materials Journal, July-August Issue, pp.441-449, July-August 2012.

J45. Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen. “A Recursive Hilbert-Huang Transform Method for the Dynamic Property Estimates of Time-Varying Structural Systems under Base Excitations.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 138, No.6, pp.631-639, June 2012.


J46. Dongming Yan and Genda Chen. “Effect of Loading Rate on the Bonding Strength between Rebar and Concrete.” Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 450-451, pp.122-125, January 2012, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.450-451.122, ISBN No. 978-3-03785-348-1.

J47. Fujian Tang, Genda Chen, Jeffery S. Volz, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Corrosion Behavior of Enamel Coated Steel Rebar by EIS.” Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 450-451, pp. 445-453, January 2012, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.450-451.445, ISBN No. 978-3-03785-348-1.

J48. Genda Chen, Wenjian Wang, Kazi R. Karim, and Xi Huang. “Dynamic Response Reduction of Cantilevered Columns by Anchored Constrained Viscoelastic Layer Treatments.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 138, No. 1, pp.12-21, January 2012.

J49. Kazi R. Karim and Genda Chen. “Surface Damping Effect of Anchored Constrained Viscoelastic Layers on the Flexural Response of Simply-Supported Structures.” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 27, pp.419-432, February 2012, DOI Information: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2011.09.006.

J50. Genda Chen and Zuocai Wang. “A Signal Decomposition Theorem and its Application to Narrowband Time Series with Closely-Spaced Frequency Components.” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 28, pp. 258-279, April 2012 (published online in February 2011, doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2011.02.002).

J51. Danguang Pan, Genda Chen, and Menglin Lou. “A Modified Modal Perturbation Method for Vibration Characteristics of Non-Prismatic Timoshenko Beams.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics: an International Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, December 2011.

J52. Genda Chen and Zuocai Wang. “Response to the Letter to Editor by Dr. M. Feldman Entitled ‘A Signal Decomposition or Lowpass Filtering with Hilbert Transform’.” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. 3204, November 2011.

J53. Joseph A. Bishop, David Pommerenke, and Genda Chen. “A Rapid-Acquisition Electronic Time-Domain Reflectometer for Dynamic Structure Analysis.” IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, No.2, pp. 665-665, February 2011.

J54. Zhi Zhou, Minghua Huang, Liqing Huang, Jinping Ou, and Genda Chen. “An Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing System for Scour Monitoring.” Journal of Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 67-78, February 2011.

J55. Dongming Yan, Signo Reis, Xing Tao, Genda Chen, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Effect of Chemically Reactive Enamel Coating on Bonding Strength at Steel/Mortar Interface.” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 28, No.1, pp. 512-518, January 2011, DOI information: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.08.075.

J56. Phillip W. Yen, Genda Chen, Mark Yashinsky, Youssef Hashash, Curtis Holub, Kehai Wang, and Xiaodong Guo. “Bridge Lessons Learned from the Wenchuan, China, Earthquake.” Transportation Research Records, Journal of the Transportation Research Board No. 2202, Vol. 3, pp.102-108, 2010.

J57. Ying Huang, Zhi Zhou, Yinan Zhang, Genda Chen, and Hai Xiao. “A Temperature Self-Compensated LPFG Sensor for Large Strain Measurements at High Temperature.” IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 59, No. 11, pp.2997-3004, November 2010.


J58. Genda Chen, Ryan McDaniel, Michael Brower, and David Pommerenke. “Crack Detectability and Durability of Coaxial Cable Sensors in RC Bridge Applications.” Transportation Research Records, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Structures, No. 2172, pp. 151-158, 2010.

J59. Dongming Yan, Wenjian Wang, Genda Chen, and Bryan A. Hartnagel. “Condition Assessment of Bill Emerson Memorial Cable-Stayed Bridge under Postulated Design Earthquake.” Transportation Research Records, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Structures, No. 2172, pp. 159-170, 2010.

J60. Ying Huang, Tao Wei, Zhi Zhou, Yinan Zhang, Genda Chen, and Hai Xiao. “An Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer-Based Large Strain Sensor with High Resolution.” Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 21, No. 10, Article ID 105308, doi: 10.1088/0957-0233/21/10/105308, October 2010.

J61. Yinan Zhang, Yanjun Li, Tao Wei, Xinwei Lan, Ying Huang, Genda Chen, and Hai Xiao. “Fringe Visibility Enhanced Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer Using a Graded Index Fiber Collimator.” IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 469-481, May 2010.

J62. Zhi Zhou, Minghua Huang, Jianping He, Genda Chen, and Jinping Ou. “Ice Structure Monitoring with an Optical Fiber Sensing System.” Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 1-5, April 2010.

J63. Zhi Zhou, Jianping He, Minghua Huang, Jun He, and Genda Chen. “Casing Pipe Damage Detection with Optical Fiber Sensors: a Case Study in Oil Well Constructions.” Advances in Civil Engineering, Vol. 2010(2010), Article ID 638967, 9 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/638967.

J64. Yuxiang Xin, Genda Chen, and Menglin Lou. “Seismic Response Control with Density-Variable Tuned Liquid Dampers.” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 537-546, December 2009.

J65. Pedro F. Silva, Michael Lubiewski, and Genda Chen. “Seismic Retrofit of Cast-in-Place Steel Shell Columns to Bent Cap Connections.” ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 106, No.6, November-December 2009.

J66. Zhi Zhou, Jianping He, Genda Chen, and Jinping Ou. “A Smart Steel Strand for the Evaluation of Prestress Loss Distribution in Post-tensioned Concrete Structures.” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 20, No. 16, pp.1901-1912, November 2009.

J67. Zhi Zhou, Ge Ou, Ying Huang, Genda Chen, and Jinping Ou. “Research and Development of Plastic Optical Fiber Based Smart Transparent Concrete.” Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Applications, pp. 7293-72930F, 2009.

J68. W. Phillip Yen, Genda Chen, Mark Yashinski, Youssef Hashash, Curtis Holub, Kehai Wang, and Xiaodong Guo. “Lessons in Bridge Damage Learned from the Wenchuan Earthquake.” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 275-285, June 2009.

J69. Shishuang Sun, David Pommerenke, James Drewniak, Genda Chen, Liang Xue, Michael Brower, and Maria Koledintseva. “A Novel TDR-based Coaxial Cable Sensor for Crack/Strain Sensing in Reinforcing Concrete Structures.” IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 58, No. 8, pp. 2714-2725, August 2009.

J70. Dongming Yan, Gao Lin, and Genda Chen. “Dynamic Properties of Plain Concrete in Triaxial Stress State.” Paper no. 106-M12, ACI Materials Journal, pp. 89-94, January-February 2009.


J71. Genda Chen and Lyan Ywan Lu. “Functionally Upgraded Passive Devices for Seismic Response Reduction.” Smart Structures and Systems: an International Journal, Vol.4, No.6, pp. 741-757, November, 2008.

J72. Genda Chen, Chris Courtright, Lokesh R. Dharni, Bin Xu, and Bryan Hartnagel. “Engineering Lessons Learned from Fracture Failure of the Paseo Suspension Bridge.” Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 73-81, April-May, 2008.

J73. Ying Huang, Zhi Zhou, Genda Chen, and Jinping Ou. “Strain Transfer between Optical Fibers and Their Host Matrix with Plastic Deformation.” Pacific Science Review, Vol. 10, No.1, pp. 1-6, 2008.

J74. Pedro F. Silva, Nicholas Ereckson, and Genda Chen. “Seismic Retrofit of Bridge Joints in Central U.S. with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites.” ACI Structural Journal, Title No. 104-S22, pp. 207-217, March-April, 2007.

J75. Bin Xu, Genda Chen, and Zhishen Wu. “Parametric Identification for a Truss Structure Using Axial Strain,” Computer-aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 22, pp. 210-222, January 2007.

J76. Menglin Lou, Gong Zong, Wenxing Niu, Genda Chen, and Franklin Y. Cheng. “Model Experiments for Tuned Liquid Damper Performance in Reducing Seismic Responses of Structure Considering Soil-structure Interaction.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics: an International Journal, Vol.24, No.3, pp.275-290, October 2006.

J77. Genda Chen, Xinbao Yang, Xiaofei Ying, and Antonio Nanni. “Damage Detection of Concrete Beams Using Nonlinear Features of Forced Vibration.” Structural Health Monitoring, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 125-141, 2006.

J78. Jagadish Nadakuduti, Genda Chen, and Reza Zoughi. “Semi-Empirical Electromagnetic Modeling of Crack Detection and Sizing in Cement-Based Materials Using Near-Field Microwave Methods.” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp.588-597, 2006.

J79. Menglin Lou, Gang Zong, Weixin Niu, and Genda Chen. “Study on Shaking Table Model Test of Soil-Pile-Steel Structure-TLD Interaction System.” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp.172-177, December 2006 (in Chinese).

J80. Menglin Lou, Gang Zong, Weixin Niu, and Genda Chen. “Shaking Table Model Test of Soil-Pile-Steel Structure Interaction System.” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 26, No.5, pp. 226-230, October 2006 (in Chinese).

J81. Menglin Lou, Weixin Niu, Gang Zong, and Genda Chen. “Shaking Table Model Test for a Steel Structure under Control of Tuned Liquid Damper.” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 26, No.1, pp. 145-151, February 2006 (in Chinese)

J82. Menglin Lou, Qiuhua Duan, and Genda Chen. “Modal Perturbation Method for the Dynamic Characteristics of Timoshenko Beams.” Shock and Vibration, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 425-434, 2005.

J83. Gary G. Greene, Abdeldjelil Belarbi, and Genda Chen. “Crack Mapping in RC Members Using Distributed Coaxial Cable Crack Sensors: Modeling and Application.” Smart Structures and Systems, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 385-404, 2005.

J84. Genda Chen, Shishuang Sun, David Pommerenke, James L. Drewniak, Gary G. Greene, Ryan D. McDaniel, A. Belarbi, and Huimin Mu. “Crack Detection of a Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Girder with a Distributed Cable Sensor.” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol.14, No. 3, pp.S88-S97, 2005.


J85. Genda Chen, Ryan McDaniel, Shishuang Sun, David Pommerenke, and James Drewniak. “Distributed Crack Sensors Featuring Unique Memory Capability for Post-Earthquake Condition Assessment of RC Structures.” Smart Structures and Systems, Vol.1, No.2, pp.141-158, 2005.

J86. Bin Xu, Zhishen Wu, Koichi Yokoyama, Takao Harada, and Genda Chen. “A Soft Post-earthquake Damage Identification Methodology Using Vibration Time Series.” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp.S116-S124, 2005.

J87. Bin Xu, Zhishen Wu, Genda Chen, and Koichi Yokoyama. “Direct Identification of Structural Parameters from Dynamic Responses with Neural Networks.” Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 17, No. 8, pp.931-943, 2004.

J88. Mostafa A. El-Engebawy, Genda Chen, J. David Rogers, David Hoffman, and Robert B. Herrmann. “Finite Fault Modeling of Near-Field Rock Motions in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp.699-724, 2004.

J89. Genda Chen. “Structural Damage Assessment with Cable Sensor Memory System.” Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 5-6, 2004.

J90. Chaoqiang Chen and Genda Chen. “Shake Table Tests of a ¼-Scale Three-Story Building Model with Piezoelectric Friction Dampers.” Structural Control and Health Monitoring, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.239-257, 2004.

J91. Genda Chen, Huimin Mu, David Pommerenke, and James L. Drewniak. “Damage Detection of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Novel Distributed Crack/Strain Sensors.” Structural Health Monitoring, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 225-243, 2004.

J92. Genda Chen and Chaoqiang Chen. “Semi-Active Control of the 20-Story Benchmark Building with Piezoelectric Friction Dampers.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 130, No.4, pp.393-400, 2004.

J93. Genda Chen, Gabriel T. Garrett, Chaoqiang Chen, and Franklin Y. Cheng. “Piezoelectric Friction Dampers for Earthquake Mitigation of Building: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics: an International Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3-4, pp.539-556, 2004.

J94. Yuxiang Xin, Menglin Lou, and Genda Chen. “Hybrid Energy Dissipation Research of Structures.” Journal of Tongji University, Vol. 32, No.3, pp. 286-290, 2004 (in Chinese).

J95. Genda Chen and Jingning Wu. “Experimental Study on Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers to Reduce Seismic Responses of a Three-Story Building Structure.” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 32, pp. 793-810, 2003.

J96. Menglin Lou and Genda Chen. “Modal Perturbation Method and its Applications in Discrete Structural Systems.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 129, No. 8, pp.935-943, 2003.

J97. Genda Chen, Michael G. Barker, Scott Mickenzie, Christopher W. Ramsay, Joseph L. Alderson, Lokeswarappa R. Dharani, and Jiaqing Yu. “Forensic Investigation of Failed Mast Arms of Traffic Signal Supported Structures.” Transportation Research Records, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Design of Structures, No. 1814, pp.9-16, 2002.

J98. Chaoqiang Chen and Genda Chen. “Nonlinear Control of a 20-Story Moment-Resisting Steel Frame Structure with Active Friction Dampers.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics: an International Journal, Vol. 14, No.1, pp.21-38, 2002.


J99. Genda Chen and Jingning Wu. “Optimal Placement of Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers for Reducing Seismic Responses of Buildings.” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 9, pp.1054-1062, 2001.

J100. Genda Chen, Eric R. Bothe, and Jeffrey J.F. Ger. “Experimental Characterization of Metallic Dampers for Seismic Retrofit of Highway Bridges.” Transportation Research Records, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1770, pp. 124-131, 2001.

J101. Genda Chen, Jingning Wu, Jiaqing Yu, Lokeswarappa R. Dharani, and Michael Barker. “Fatigue Assessment of Traffic Signal Mast Arms Based on Field Test Data under Natural Wind Gusts.” Transportation Research Records, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1770, pp. 188-194, 2001.

J102. Genda Chen, Chaoqiang Chen, and Franklin Y. Cheng. “Soil-Structure Interaction Effect on Active Control of Multi-Story Buildings under Earthquake Loads.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics: an International Journal, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 517-532, 2000.

J103. Jingning Wu, Genda Chen and Menglin Lou. “Seismic Effectiveness of Tuned Mass Dampers Considering Soil-Structure Interaction.” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 28, pp. 1219-1233, 1999.

J104. Genda Chen and Jingning Wu. “Transfer-Function-Based Criteria for Decoupling of Secondary Systems for Dynamic analysis,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 125, No. 3, pp. 340-346, March 1999.

J105. Genda Chen and Tsu T. Soong. “Exact Solutions to a Class of Structure-Equipment Systems,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 122, No. 11, pp. 1093-1100, November, 1996.

J106. Ben-Haim Yakov, Genda Chen and Tsu T. Soong. “Maximum Structural Response Using Convex Model,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 122, No. 4, April 1996.

J107. Genda Chen and Tsu T. Soong. “Energy-Based Dynamic Analysis of Secondary Systems,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 120, No. 3, pp. 514-534, March 1994.

J108. Genda Chen, and Tsu T. Soong. “Power Flow and Energy in Primary-Secondary Systems,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 118, No. 5, pp. 1046-1051, May 1992.

J109. Genda Chen, and Tsu T. Soong. “Power Flow and Energy Balance Between Nonconservatively Coupled Oscillators,” ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 113, pp. 448-454, October, 1991.

J110. Genda Chen, Chunshan Jin and Gao Lin. “Seismic Risk Analysis of LAXIWA Power Station,” Journal of Dalian University of Technology, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 101-110, January, 1990 (in Chinese).

J111. Genda Chen, and Gao Lin. “Dynamic Interaction between Substructures,” Journal of Northeast Hydraulic Power and Station, pp. 1-8, January, 1987 (in Chinese). Book Chapters and Special Journal Issue (Published and Accepted)

J112. Genda Chen, Ying Huang, and Hai Xiao. “Steel Building Assessment in Post-Earthquake Fire Environments with Optical Fiber Sensors.” Chapter 19 in Earthquake-Resistant Structures – Design, Assessment and Rehabilitation. ISBN 978-953-51-0123-9, Edited by Abbas Moustafa, Published by In-Tech Press, February 2012, pp. 481-506.

J113. Dongming Yan, Gao Lin, and Genda Chen. “Dynamic Properties of Concrete under Multi-axial Loading.” Chapter 4 in Advances in Materials Science Research: Volume I,


Edited by Maryann C. Wythers, pp. 145-182, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ISBN No. 978-1-61728-109-9, Hauppauge, New York, June, 2011.

J114. Jinping Ou, Zhi Zhou, and Genda Chen. “Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors in Civil Engineering Applications.” Chapter 8 in Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors: Recent Advancements, Industrial Applications and Market Exploitation, Edited by Dr. Andrea Cusano, Antonello Cutolo, and Jacques Albert from the Optoelectronic Division, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy, Bentham Science Publishers, ISBN No. 978-1-60805-084-0, E-Book Program, www.bentham.org/ebooks, 2011.

J115. Genda Chen, Emitt C. Witt, David Hoffman, Ronaldo Luna, and Adam Sevi. “Analysis of the Interstate-10 Twin Bridges Collapse during Hurricane Katrina.” A book chapter in Science and the Storm: the USGS Response to the Hurricanes of 2005, edited by G.S. Farris, G.J. Smith, M.P. Crane, C.R. Demas, L.L. Robbins, and D.L. Lavoie, USGS Circular 1306, 283p, October 2007 (http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/pdf/c1306_ch3_d.pdf).

J116. Genda Chen and Weiqing Liu. A Special Issue of the International Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics with a theme on earthquake engineering and engineering mechanics, Vol. 24, No. 3, October 20, 2006. Refereed Journal Papers (under Review)

J117. Danguang Pan, Genda Chen, and L.L. Gao. “A Constrained Optimal Rayleigh Damping Coefficients for Structures with Closely-Spaced Natural Frequencies in Seismic Analysis.” Advances in Structural Engineering, 2016.

J118. Yi Bao, Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr, Kuang Ying, Genda Chen, Reza Zoughi. “Microwave Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging for Nondestructive Evaluation of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2016.

J119. Fujian Tang, Yi Bao, Yizheng Chen, Yan Tang, Genda Chen. “Impact and Corrosion Resistances of Duplex Epoxy/Enamel Coated Plates.” Construction and Building Materials, July, 2015.

J120. Yi Bao, Genda Chen. “High Temperature Measurement with Pulse Pre-Pump Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis.” Optics Letters, July, 2015.

J121. Hongya Qu and Genda Chen. “Adaptive Wavelet Analysis of Signals with Time-dependent Frequency Characteristics: Concept and Performance Evaluation.” Smart Materials and Structures, January 2015. Keynote/Invited Conference Presentations and Expert Panel Discussion

SC1. Genda Chen and Mostafa Fakharifar. “A Ductile and Corrosion-free Design of Bridges with Confined Concrete-filled Polyvinyl-chloride Tubular Columns.” Presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Life-cycle Performance of Bridges and Structures, Changsha, China, December 18-20, 2015 (invited presentation).

SC2. Genda Chen. “Hilbert Transform and its Application in System Identification.” Proceedings of the Joint 6th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering (6AESE) and 11th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology (11ANCRiSST), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, August 1-2, 2015 (invited presentation).

SC3. Genda Chen. “A Strategic Framework to Extend SHM into Bridge Preservation - towards Sustainable Transportation Network.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on


Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructures, Turin, Italy, July 1-3, 2015 (keynote presentation).

SC4. Genda Chen. “Transforming SHM Research into Practice in Bridge Maintenance.” Proceedings of the 2015 SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and NDE, Conference 9427 on Structural Health Monitoring and Inspection of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure, San Diego, CA, March 8-12, 2015 (keynote presentation).

SC5. Fujian Tang, Genda Chen, and Weijian Yi. “Corrosion-Induced Concrete Cracking, Steel-Concrete Bond Loss, and Mechanical Degradation of Steel Bars.” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Structures and Building Materials, Guangzhou, China, March 15 and 16, 2014 (keynote presentation).

SC6. Genda Chen and Ying Huang. “Real-Time Monitoring and Assessment of Large-Scale Infrastructure with Statistically Correlated, Hybrid Instrumented/Computational Simulations.” Proceedings of the 6th of International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Hong Kong, China, December 9-11, 2013 (invited presentation).

SC7. Genda Chen (one of three expert panel members). Panel Discussion organized by Caesar Singh, U.S. Department of Transportation, Smart Structures and NDE: Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security VII, San Diego, CA, March 10-14, 2013 (invited panel member).

SC8. Genda Chen. “New Perspectives on Structural Health Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure,” 3rd International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals Annual Workshop on Emerging Issues in Transportation Infrastructure Design, Inspection and Maintenance at the 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 13, 2013 (keynote presentation).

SC9. Genda Chen, Fujian Tang, Jeffery Volz, Richard Brow, and Michael Koenigstein. “Chemically Reactive Enamel: a Steel Rebar Coating for Enhanced Durability in Concrete Structures.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, Belfast, United Kingdom, September 16-18, 2012 (keynote presentation).

SC10. Genda Chen, Fujian Tang, Jeffery Volz, Richard Brow, and Michael Koenigstein. “Enamel Coating: Chemically Bonded to Steel for Enhanced Corrosion Resistance.” Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Structures and Building Materials (2ICSBM), Hangzhou, China, March 10 and 11, 2012 (keynote presentation).

SC11. Genda Chen. “Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Infrastructure Applications – New Perspectives.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-5), Cancun, Mexico, December 11-15, 2011 (invited presentation).

SC12. Genda Chen, Richard Brow, Jason Baird, Jeffery Volz, Dongming Yan, Signo Reis, Fujian Tan, Chenglin Wu, Xiaoming Cheng, Charles Werner, Xing Tao, and Mike Koenigstein. ”Enamel-Coated Steel for Life-Cycle Performance of RC Structures – Characterization and Performance Validation.” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Life-Cycle Performance of Bridges and Structures, Changsha, China, June 27-29, 2010 (invited presentation).

SC13. Genda Chen, Shishuang Sun, Xianlin Shen, David Pommerenke, Gary G. Greene, Abdeldjelil Belarbi, and Huimin Mu. “Crack Detection of a 15 Meter Long Reinforced Concrete Girder with a Single Distributed Cable Sensor.” Proceedings of the 1st


International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructures (SHMII-1), Tokyo, Japan, November, 13-15, 2003 (invited presentation).

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers C1. Yi Bao, John A. Cain, Yizheng Chen, Ying Huang, Len Palek, and Genda Chen. “Strain

Distribution in Thin Concrete Pavement Panels under Three-point Loading to Failure with Pre-pulse-pump Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis.” Proceedings of the 2015 SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and NDE, Conference 9427 on Structural Health Monitoring and Inspection of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure, San Diego, CA, March 8-12, 2015.

C2. Hongya Qu, Genda Chen, and Yiqing Ni. “Big Data Extraction with Adaptive Wavelet Analysis.” Proceedings of the 2015 SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and NDE, Conference 9435 on Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, San Diego, CA, March 8-12, 2015.

C3. Yan Tang, Andriy Radchenko, Brandon Schafer, Yizheng Chen, David Pommerenke, Genda Chen. “Semi-active Smart Rocks with Flipping Magnets.” Proceedings of the NDE/NDT on Structural Materials Technology for Highways and Bridges, Washington D.C., August 25-27, 2014.

C4. Yizheng Chen, Fujian Tang, Yi Bao, Yan Tang, and Genda Chen. “Corrosion Monitoring of Steel Rebar by Long-Period Fiber Grating Sensors Coated with a Thin Fe-C Layer.” Proceedings of the NDE/NDT on Structural Materials Technology for Highways and Bridges, Washington D.C., August 25-27, 2014.

C5. Mostafa Fakharifar, Genda Chen, and Zhibin Lin. “Behavior and Strength of Passively Confined Concrete Filled Tubes.” Proceedings of the 10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Anchorage, Alaska, July 21-25, 2014.

C6. Genda Chen. “Quantifying Deterioration or Damage Levels with Novel Bridge Monitoring Concepts.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Shanghai, China, July 8-10, 2014.

C7. Ying Huang, Leonard Palek, Robert Strommen, and Genda Chen. “Real-Time Weigh-In-Motion Measurement Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors.” Proceedings of SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, The International Society for Optical Engineering 9061:906109, March 2014, DOI: 10.1117/12.2044132.

C8. Ying Huang and Genda Chen. “Adaptive Multi-Scale Modeling of Structures under Earthquake Loads.” Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, California, September 10-12, 2013.

C9. Andriy Radchenko, David Pommerenke, Genda Chen, Pratik Maheshwari, Satyajeet Shinde, Viswa Pilla, Yahong R. Zheng. “Real Time Bridge Scour Monitoring with Magneto-inductive Field Coupling.” Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. 8692-77, 15 pages, San Diego, California, March 10-14, 2013.

C10. Zuocai Wang, Genda Chen, Phillip W. Yen, and Ian Buckle. “Failure Analysis and Retrofit Strategy of the Cardinal Raul Silva Henriquez Bridge during the 2010 Chile Earthquake.” Proceedings of the 92nd TRB Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 13-17, 2013.

C11. Genda Chen, Brandon P. Schafer, Zhibin Lin, Ying Huang, Oscar Suaznabar, and Jerry Shen. “Real Time Monitoring of Bridge Scour with Magnetic Field Strength


Measurement.” Proceedings of the 92th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 13-17, 2013.

C12. Genda Chen, David Pommerenke, Rosa Y. Zheng, Ying Huang, Andriy Radchenko, Satyajeet Shinde, and Brandon P. Schafer. “A New Methodology for Bridge Scour Monitoring with Wireless Smart Rocks.” Proceedings of the NDE-NDT for Highways and Bridges: Structural Materials Technology (SMT), New York City, August 21-24, 2012.

C13. Chenglin Wu, Jianbo Li, Genda Chen, and Gao Lin. “Probabilistic Modeling of Bond Behavior of Enamel Coated Steel to Mortar.” Proceedings of the 2012 Joint Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute and the 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Notre Dame, Indiana, June 17-20, 2012.

C14. Chenglin Wu, Genda Chen, Jeffery S. Volz, Richard K. Brow, and Michael L. Koenigstein. “Bond Strength of Vitreous Enamel Coated Rebar to Concrete.” Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bond in Concrete: Bond, Anchorage, Detailing, Brescia, Italy, June 17-20, 2012.

C15. Ying Huang, Wesley J. Bevans, Zhi Zhou, Hai Xiao, and Genda Chen. “Experimental Validation of Finite Element Model Analysis of a Steel Frame in Simulated Post-Earthquake Fire Environments.” Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. SS12-SSN07-16, 12 pages, San Diego, California, March 11-15, 2012.

C16. Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen. “A Hilbert Transform Method for System Identification of Time-Varying Building Structures.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-5), Cancun, Mexico, December 11-15, 2011.

C17. Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen. “Adaptive Data Analysis with Analytical Mode Decomposition and Hilbert Transform – Applications in Structural Identification.” Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Structures Technology Sponsored by ANCRiSST, Dalian, China, July 25-26, 2011.

C18. Ying Huang, Wesley James Bevans, Zhi Zhou, Hai Xiao, and Genda Chen. “Structural Behavior Evaluation of a Steel Frame in Simulated Post-Earthquake Fire Environment Using a Comprehensive Sensing Network.” Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Structures Technology Sponsored by ANCRiSST, Dalian, China, July 25-26, 2011.

C19. Xiaoming Cheng, Richard K. Brow, and Genda Chen. “Corrosion of Phosphate-Doped Alkali Borosilicate Glasses in Alkaline Solutions.” Proceedings of the 2011 Glass and Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting (GOMD), Savannah, GA, May 15-19, 2011.

C20. Wen-Huei Phillip Yen, Genda Chen, Ian Buckle, Tony Allen, Daniel Alzamora, Jeffrey Ger, and Juan G. Arias. “Bridge Performance during the 2010 M8.8 Chile Earthquake.” Proceedings of the 2011 ASCE Structures Congress, Las Vegas, NA, DOI: 10.1061/41171(401)144, April 14-16, 2011.

C21. Dongming Yan, Genda Chen, Jason Baird, Huawei Yin, and Mike Koenigstein. “Blast Test of Full-Size Wall Barriers Reinforced with Enamel-Coated Steel Rebar.” Proceedings of the 2011 ASCE Structures Congress, Las Vegas, NA, April 14-16, 2011.


C22. Dongming Yan, Genda Chen, and Dennis Bouse. “Seismic Performance Evaluation of Highway N. High-Voltage Substation.” Proceedings of the 2011 ASCE Structures Congress, Las Vegas, NA, DOI: 10.1061/41171(401)107, April 14-16, 2011.

C23. Ying Huang, Zhi Zhou, Yinan Zhang, Hai Xiao, and Genda Chen. “A Quasi-Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor Network for Large Strain and High Temperature Measurements of Structures.” Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. 7983-40, San Diego, California, March 6-10, 2011.

C24. Iana Muchaidze, David Pommerenke, and Genda Chen. “Steel Reinforcement Corrosion Detection with Coaxial Cable Sensors.” Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. 7981-54, San Diego, California, March 6-10, 2011.

C25. Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen. “Crack Detection Using Integrated Signals from the Dynamic Responses of Girder Bridges.” Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No., San Diego, California, March 6-10, 2011.

C26. Wen-Huei Phillip Yen, Genda Chen, Mark Yashinski, Youseff Hashash, and Curtis Holub. “Bridge Lessons Learned from the Wunchuan, China, Earthquake.” Proceedings of the 7th International Bridge Engineering Conference, San Antonio, TX, December 1-3, 2010.

C27. Dongming Yan, Chenglin Wu, Jianbo Li, and Genda Chen. “Inspection, Analysis and Loading Test of a Slab Bridge Strengthened with FRP Laminates.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Composites in Civil Engineering, Beijing, China, September 27-29, 2010.

C28. Matteo Pozzi, Daniele Zonta, Wenjian Wang, and Genda Chen. “A Framework for Evaluating the Impact of Monitoring on Bridge Management.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management (IABMAS), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 11-15, 2010.

C29. Dongming Yan, Chenglin Wu, and Genda Chen. ”Strengthening Rolla Bridge with FRP Laminates.” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Life-Cycle Performance of Bridges and Structures, Changsha, China, June 27-29, 2010.

C30. Genda Chen. “A Pragmatic and Innovative Approach for Civil Infrastructure Condition Management: Structural Behavior Monitoring.” Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. 7649-50, San Diego, California, March 7-11, 2010.

C31. Genda Chen, Hai Xiao, Ying Huang, Yinan Zhang, and Zhi Zhou. “Simultaneous Strain and Temperature Monitoring of a Small-Scale Steel Column in harsh Environment with Long-Period Fiber Grating Sensors.” Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. 7649-01, San Diego, California, March 7-11, 2010.

C32. Zhi Zhou and Genda Chen. “Field Investigation on Casing Pipe Damage for Pumping Well Pipelines Using Optical Fiber Sensors.” Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. 7649-06, San Diego, California, March 7-11, 2010.

C33. Genda Chen, Ryan McDaniel, Michael Brower, and David Pommerenke. “Crack Detectability and Durability of Coaxial Cable Sensors in RC Bridge Applications.” Proceedings of the TRB 89th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 2010.

C34. Genda Chen. “Why Do We Need Structural Behavior Monitoring.” Proceedings of the ANCRiSST Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, July 28-31, 2009.


C35. Iana Muchaidze, Matthew Schepers, David Pommerenke, and Genda Chen. “Concrete Crack and Steel Corrosion Detection with Miniaturized Coaxial Cable Sensors.” Proceedings of the ANCRiSST Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, July 28-31, 2009.

C36. Ying Huang, Zhi Zhou, Yinan Zhang, Genda Chen and Hai Xiao. “A Novel Long Period Fiber Grating Sensor for Large Strain Measurement in High Temperature Environment.” Proceedings of the ANCRiSST Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, July 28-31, 2009.

C37. Zhi Zhou, Liqing Huang, and Genda Chen. “Preliminary Studies on Scour Monitoring with an Optical FBG-Based Sensing System.” Proceedings of the ANCRiSST Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, July 28-31, 2009.

C38. Dongming Yan and Genda Chen. “Safety Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of the Bill Emerson Memorial Cable-stayed Bridge.” Proceedings of the 2009 ASCE Structures Congress: Don’t Mess with Structural Engineers, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 193-202, April 30 – May 2, 2009.

C39. Genda Chen. “Definition and Examples of Functionally Upgraded Passive Devices.” Proceedings of the 2009 ASCE Structures Congress: Don’t Mess with Structural Engineers, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 813-820, April 30 – May 2, 2009.

C40. Meziane Idir, Xiaohua Ding, Menglin Lou, and Genda Chen. “Fundamental Frequency of Water Sloshing Waves in a Sloped-Bottom Tank as Tuned Liquid Damper.” Proceedings of the 2009 ASCE Structures Congress: Don’t Mess with Structural Engineers, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 831-840, April 30 – May 2, 2009.

C41. Xiaohua Ding, Meziane Idir, Menglin Lou, and Genda Chen. “Experimental Study on the Seismic Performance of a Large-scale TLD Model with Sloped Bottoms.” Proceedings of the 2009 ASCE Structures Congress: Don’t Mess with Structural Engineers, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 860-869, April 30 – May 2, 2009.

C42. Genda Chen, Hai Xiao, Ying Huang, Zhi Zhou, and Yinan Zhang. “A Novel Long Period Fiber Grating Sensor for Large Strain Measurement.” Proceedings of the 16th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Paper No. 7292-38, San Diego, California, March 8-12, 2009.

C43. Zhi Zhou, Ge Ou, Ying Huang, Genda Chen and Jinping Ou. “Research and Development of Plastic Optical Fiber Based Smart Transparent Concrete.” Proceedings of the 16th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Paper No. 7293-14, San Diego, California, March 8-12, 2009.

C44. Jianping He, Zhi Zhou, Genda Chen, and Jingping Ou. “Measurement Accuracy Improvement of Brillouin Signal Using Wavelet Denoising Method.” Proceedings of the 16th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Paper No. 7293-46, San Diego, California, March 8-12, 2009.

C45. Jianping He, Zhi Zhou, Genda Chen, and Jingping Ou. “Smart FBG-based Steel Tie Rod with Self-monitoring Functionality.” Proceedings of the 16th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Paper No. 7293-7, San Diego, California, March 8-12, 2009.

C46. Zhi Zhou, Jianping He, Genda Chen, and Jingping Ou. “A Smart Cable with Functionality of Full-scale Monitoring Using BOTDR Technique.” Proceedings of the 16th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Paper No. 7293-47, San Diego, California, March 8-12, 2009.

C47. Genda Chen and Kazi R. Karim. “Seismic Performance Normalization of Bridges Using a Damping-enhanced Strengthening Methodology.” Proceedings of the 14th World


Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CD-Rom), Paper No. 11-0044, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.

C48. Genda Chen, Lyan Y. Lu, and Menglin Lou. “Current Development of Functionally Upgraded Passive Devices for Seismic Responses Reduction.” Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CD-Rom), Paper No. S06-003, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.

C49. Dongming Yan and Genda Chen. “Seismic Performance Evaluation of the Bill Emerson Cable-stayed Bridge with Measured Acceleration Records.” Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CD-Rom), Paper No. 05-02-0046, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.

C50. Genda Chen and Kazi R. Karim. “Damping-enhanced Strengthening: a Unique Way to Normalize the Seismic Performance of RC Bridges for Multiple Objectives.” Proceedings of the 6th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways (CD-Rom), July 28-30, 2008, Charleston, South Carolina.

C51. Genda Chen. “Recent Development of Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection in Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deck, Column, and Pile.” Proceedings of the World Forum on Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology, May 25-27, 2007, Nanjing, China.

C52. Genda Chen and Wenjian Wang. “Real-time Monitoring System and Stiffness Identification of a Long-span Cable-stayed Bridge with Neural Networks.” Proceedings of the World Forum on Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology, May 21-24, 2007, Chongqing, China.

C53. Yuxiang Xin and Genda Chen. “Mass-variable TLD Systems and their Seismic Effectiveness for Building Response Control.” Proceedings of the 14th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 18-22 2007.

C54. Wenjian Wang and Genda Chen. “Real-time Condition Assessment of the Bill Emerson Cable-stayed Bridge Using Artificial Neural Networks.” Proceedings of the 14th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 18-22 2007.

C55. Genda Chen, Ryan McDaniel, Michael Brower, and David Pommerenke. “Coaxial Cable Sensors for Distributed Crack Detection in RC Bridge Columns and Decks.” Proceedings of the 86th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 21-26, 2007.

C56. Genda Chen, Michael Brower, and Jose Restrepo. “Coaxial Cable Sensors for Distributed Crack Detection in RC Bridge Columns, Decks, and Piles.” Proceedings of the 4th China-Japan-US Symposium on Structural Control and Monitoring, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 16-17, 2006.

C57. Genda Chen and Wenjian Wang. “3D Finite Element Model of the Bill Emerson Cable-stayed Bridge and its Calibration with Field Measured Data.” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering: New Frontier and Research Transformation, Taipei, Taiwan, October 12-13, 2006.

C58. Genda Chen. “Adaptable Passive Devices with Example Mass-variable Tuned Liquid Dampers.” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering: New Frontier and Research Transformation, Taipei, Taiwan, October 12-13, 2006.


C59. Genda Chen and Kazi Karim. “Damping-enhanced Seismic Strengthening of RC Columns for Multiple Performance Objectives.” Proceedings of the 5th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, San Francisco, September 18-20, 2006.

C60. Genda Chen, Chris Courtright, L.R. Dharani, Bin Xu and Bryan Hartnagel. “Engineering Lessons Learned from Fracture Failure of the Paseo Suspension Bridge.” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Fatigue and Fracture in Infrastructure, Philadelphia, August 6-9, 2006.

C61. Genda Chen, David Pommerenke, and James Drewniak. “Novel Distributed Cable Sensors and ETDR Instrument for Real-time Detection of Cracks in RC Structures.” Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego, July 11-13, 2006.

C62. Wenjian Wang and Genda Chen. “Dynamic Behavior of a Damping-Enhanced Strengthening System for Seismic Retrofit of RC Columns.” Proceedings of the 2006 ASCE Structural Congress, St. Louis, May 18-20, 2006.

C63. Michael Brower, Zachary Royer, Genda Chen, David Van Aken, and David Pommerenke. “Distributed Cable Sensors for Structural Damage Detection: Implementation Issues.” Proceedings of the 2006 ASCE Structural Congress, St. Louis, May 18-20, 2006.

C64. Michael C. Lubiewski, Pedro F. Silva, and Genda Chen. “Retrofit of Column-Bent Cap Connections of Alaska Bridges for Seismic Loadings: Damage Evaluation.” Proceedings of the 2006 ASCE Structural Congress, St. Louis, May 18-20, 2006.

C65. Genda Chen, Stephen Eads, and Bryan A. Hartnagel. “Commonly-Used Steel Rods for Cost-Effective Seismic Retrofit of Steel-Girder Bridges: Energy Dissipation and Fatigue Properties.” Proceedings of the 2006 ASCE Structural Congress, St. Louis, May 18-20, 2006.

C66. Genda Chen, Wenjian Wang, and Xi Huang. “Optimal Design of RC Column Seismic Retrofitting for Multiple Performance Objectives with an Integrated Damping and Strengthening Methodology.” Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CD-Rom), San Francisco, April 17-21, 2006.

C67. Xiaofei Ying, Genda Chen, Pedro F. Silva, Roger LaBoube, and Phillip W. Yen. “Thin Steel Sheet Wrapping on RC Columns and Steel Plate Strengthening on Beam-Column Joints for Seismic Ductility and Capacity Improvements.” Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CD-Rom), San Francisco, April 17-21, 2006.

C68. Genda Chen, El-Engebawy, and Phillip W. Yen. “Mid-American Highway Bridge Response to Near-field Ground Motions from New Madrid Seismic Zone.” Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Seismic Design and Retrofit of Transportation Facilities (CD-Rom), San Francisco, March 13-14, 2006.

C69. Bin Xu and Genda Chen. “Acceleration-based Identification of Structural Parameters with Neural Networks.” Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, September 12-14, 2005, pp. 1073-1080.

C70. Genda Chen, Liang Xue, David Pommerenke, Xi Huang, and James L. Drewniak. “Real-Time Monitoring of Seismic Performance of RC Structures with Distributed Crack Sensors and High-Speed Measurement System.” Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, September 12-14, 2005, pp. 1274-1281.


C71. Genda Chen and David Pommerenke. “Novel TDR Sensors for Crack Detection.” Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE), Ed. by D.O.Thompson and D.E.Chimenti, American Institute of Physics, Brunswick, Maine, July 31-August 5, 2005, Vol. 25B, pp.1343-1350.

C72. Genda Chen, Ryan McDaniel, and David Pommerenke. “Distributed Cable Sensors with Memory Feature for Post-Disaster Damage Assessment.” Proceedings of the II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, C.A. Mota Soares et al. (Eds), Lisbon, Portugal, July 18-21, 2005.

C73. Genda Chen, Bin Xu, Ryan McDaniel, Xiaofei Ying, David Pommerenke and Zhishen Wu. “Distributed Strain Measurement of a Large-Scale Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Assembly under Cyclic Loading.” Proceedings of the 12th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 6-10, 2005.

C74. Gary G. Greene, Abdeldjelil Belarbi, Genda Chen, and Ryan McDaniel. “Distributed Coaxial Cable Crack Sensors for Crack Mapping in RC.” Proceedings of the 12th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 6-10, 2005.

C75. Genda Chen and Bin Xu. “Challenges and Opportunities of Performance-Based Design of Structures under Earthquake Loads.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference in Earthquake Engineering: New Frontier and Research Transformation, Nanjing, China, October 18-20, 2004.

C76. Genda Chen, Yuxiang Xin and Menglin Lou. “Evaluation of Active Control Algorithms for Soil-Structure Systems.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference in Earthquake Engineering: New Frontier and Research Transformation, Nanjing, China, October 18-20, 2004.

C77. Menglin Lou, Gong Zong, Wenxing Niu, Genda Chen, and Franklin Y. Cheng. “Study on Soil-Pile Foundation-Structure-TLD Interaction System by Shake Table Model Test.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference in Earthquake Engineering: New Frontier and Research Transformation, Nanjing, China, October 18-20, 2004.

C78. Genda Chen. “Piezoelectric Friction Dampers: Recent Development and Laboratory Implementation.” Proceedings of the 3rd Sino-Japan-US Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring and Control, Dalian, China, October 13-16, 2004.

C79. Genda Chen. “Development and Validation of Novel Distributed Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection.” Proceedings of the 3rd Sino-Japan-US Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring and Control, Dalian, China, October 13-16, 2004.

C80. Genda Chen. “Novel Cable Sensors for Crack Detection of Reinforced Concrete Structures.” Proceedings of Structural Materials Technology (SMT): NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges, Buffalo, New York, September 14-17, 2004.

C81. Bin Xu, Genda Chen, Zhishen Wu, and K. Yokoyama. “A Novel-Computing Strategy for Damage Evaluation Using Forced Vibration Time Series.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, St. Louis, Missouri, August 8-11, 2004.

C82. Genda Chen and Chaoqiang Chen. “Seismic Effectiveness of Piezoelectric Friction Dampers for Peak Response Reduction of Building Structures.” Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, 2004.


C83. Genda Chen, Mostafa El-Engebawy, Yuehua Zeng, J.David Rogers, David Hoffman and Robert B. Herrmann. “Generation of Near-Field Rock Motions with a Composite Source Model within the New Madrid Seismic Zone.” Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, 2004.

C84. J. Nadakuduti, R. Zoughi and G. Chen. “Empirical Modeling of Surface Crack Detection in Concrete Using an Open-Ended Rectangular Waveguide.” Proceedings of the Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE), Colorado School of Mines, Colorado, July 25-30, 2004.

C85. Genda Chen, Bin Xu, and Mostafa El-Engebawy. “Uncertainty Reduction in Earthquake-Induced Responses of a Performance-Based Engineered Structure with Active Control.” Proceedings of Smart Structures Technologies and Earthquake Engineering (SE’04), Osaka, Japan, July 6-9, 2004.

C86. Ryan McDaniel, Genda Chen, Shishuang Sun, David Pommerenke, Xi Huang, and Christopher Courtright. “Performance of Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection under Dynamic Loads.” Proceedings of the 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Newark, Delaware, June 13-16, 2004.

C87. Genda Chen. “Towards an Integrated and Maintenance-Free Semi-Active Control System with Uninterruptible Power Sources.” Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Structural Control, Columbia University, New York, June 10-11, 2004.

C88. Chaoqiang Chen and Genda Chen. “Seismic Performance of a Piezoelectric Friction Damper in Reducing the Peak Response of a ¼-Scale Steel Frame Building.” Proceedings of 2004 ASCE Structures Congress, Nashville, Tennessee, May 22-26, 2004 (CD-Rom).

C89. Chaoqiang Chen and Genda Chen. “Comparative Study on Semi-Active Control Algorithms for Piezoelectric Friction Dampers.” Proceedings of the 11th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 14-18, 2004.

C90. Shishuang Sun, David Pommerenke, James L. Drewniak, and Genda Chen. “Signal Loss, Spatial Resolution, and Sensitivity of Long Coaxial Crack Sensors.” Proceedings of the 11th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 11-18, 2004, pp. 786-797.

C91. Nicholas J. Ereckson, Pedro F. Silva, and Genda Chen. “Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Bridge Joints.” Proceedings of the 4th National Seismic Conference and Workshop on Bridges and Highways, Memphis, Tennessee, February 9-11, 2004.

C92. Mostafa A. El-Engebawy, Genda Chen, Ronaldo Luna, and Wei Zheng. “Near-Field Earthquake Effects on Highway Bridge Performance in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.” Proceedings of the 4th National Seismic Conference and Workshop on Bridges and Highways, Memphis, Tennessee, February 9-11, 2004.

C93. Ronaldo Luna, Wei Zheng, Mostafa A. El-Engebawy, and Genda Chen. “The Effect of Synthetic Ground Motion Model on Site Response for the New Madrid Seismic Zone.” Proceedings of the 4th National Seismic Conference and Workshop on Bridges and Highways, Memphis, Tennessee, February 9-11, 2004.

C94. Genda Chen, Ryan McDaniel, David Pommerenke, and Shishuang Sun. “Coaxial Cable Sensors for Monitoring RC Column Performance under Dynamic Loading.” Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Smart Structures and Materials, Hawaii, USA, January 12-14, 2004.


C95. Genda Chen, Mostafa A. El-Engebawy, Yuehua Zeng, J. David Rogers, David Hoffman, and Robert B. Herrmann. “Sensitivity Study on Near-Fault Rock Motions within the New Madrid Seismic Zone Using a Composite Source Model.” Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering and the 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Berkeley, California, January 7-9, 2004.

C96. Jag. Nadakuduti, Reza Zoughi, Xiaofei Ying, and Genda Chen. “Near-field Microwave Techniques for Detecting Stress-induced Cracks in Cement-based Materials.” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructures, Tokyo, Japan, November, 13-15, 2003.

C97. Genda Chen and Chaoqiang Chen. “Semi-active Control of a Steel Frame with Piezoelectric Friction Dampers.” Proceedings of the 10th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 2-6, 2003.

C98. Genda Chen, Huimin Mu, David Pommerenke, James L. Drewniak. “Continuous Coaxial Cable Sensors for Monitoring of RC Structures with Electrical Time Domain Reflectometry.” Proceedings of the 10th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 2-6, 2003.

C99. Genda Chen and Chaoqiang Chen. “Building Hazard Mitigation with Piezoelectric Friction Dampers.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Building Technology, Elsevier Science, Hong Kong, December 4-6, 2002.

C100. Genda Chen, Jingning Wu, Jiaqing Yu, Lokesh Dharani, and Michael Barker. “Fatigue Life Assessment of Traffic Signal Support Structures under Wind Loading.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Busan, Korea, August 21-23, 2002.

C101. Genda Chen, Dave Hoffman, Shamsher Prakash, and Robert Herrmann. “Condition Assessment and Mitigation of Bridges along a Critical Highway near the New Madrid Seismic Zone.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances and New Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research, Harbin, Chin, August 15-17, 2002.

C102. Genda Chen, Pamela Thebeau and Huimin Mu. “Seismic Vulnerability of Highway Bridges along a Designated Emergency Vehicle Access Routes near the New Madrid Seismic Zone.” Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, July 21-25, 2002.

C103. Chaoqiang Chen and Genda Chen. “Control of Plastic Deformation of Steel Moment-Resisting Frame Structures with Active Friction Damper.” Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, July 21-25, 2002.

C104. Genda Chen and Derek Smith. “Efficiency of Piezoelectric Wedge Actuators for Fine Tuning of Mass Dampers in Structural Applications.” Proceedings of the 15th ASCE engineering Mechanics Conference, Columbia University, New York, June 2-5, 2002.

C105. Xiaozhe Zhang, Franklin Cheng, Hongpin Jiang, Genda Chen, and Menglin Lou. “Hybrid Control Realization in Building Structures and Effectiveness Comparison with MR Control.” Proceedings of the 15th ASCE engineering Mechanics Conference, Columbia University, New York, June 2-5, 2002.

C106. Genda Chen, Menglin Lou, and Franklin, Cheng. “Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on Seismic Performance of Various Control Devices and Systems.” Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Structural Control, Como, Italy, April 7-12, 2002.


C107. Genda Chen and Chaoqiang Chen. “Seimi-Active Damper Placement in Buildings.” Proceedings of ASCE Structures Congress & Exposition, Denver, CO, April 4-6, 2002 (CD-ROM).

C108. Genda Chen, Xinbao Yang, Huimin Mu and Antonio Nanni. “Nonlinear Vibration Signatures as effective Tools for Damage Detection of Reinforced Concrete Members.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, September, 12-14, 2001.

C109. Xinbao Yang, Antonio Nanni and Genda Chen. “Effect of Corner Radius on the Performance of Externally Bonded FRP Reinforcement.” Proceedings of the 5th FRPRCS Conference on Non-Metallic Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Cambridge, U.K., July 16-18, 2001, CD-Rom.

C110. Chaoqiang Chen and Genda Chen. “A High Efficiency Control Logic for Semi-Active Friction Dampers.” Proceedings of Structures Congress 2001, Washington, D.C., May 21-23, 2001.

C111. Ronaldo Luna, Genda Chen, Youssi Munaf, Huimin Mu. Shamsher Prakash, Paul Santi, Thomas Fennessey and David Hoffman. “Earthquake Assessment of Critical Structures for Route US 60 Missouri,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California, March 28-31, 2001.

C112. Genda Chen and Jingning Wu. “Seismic Performance of Multiple Tuned Mass dampers in Suppressing Multi-Mode Responses of Building Structures.” Proceedings of the 8th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, California, March 4-8, 2001.

C113. Gabriel T. Garrett, Genda Chen, Franklin Y. Cheng, and Wayne Huebner. “Experimental Characterization of Piezoelectric Friction Dampers.” Proceedings of the 8th SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, California, March 4-8, 2001.

C114. Jingning Wu and Genda Chen. “Optimization of Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers for Seismic Response Reduction,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-30, 2000, American Automatic Control Council, CD-Rom.

C115. Genda Chen, Chaoqiang Chen, Menglin Lou and Franklin Y. Cheng. “Direct Output Feedback Control of Seismic Structures on Flexible Bases,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Problems in Vibration Theory and Applications, June 19-22, 2000, Xi’an, China, Science Press, pp. 113-118.

C116. Genda Chen, Xingbao Yang and Huimin Mu. “Stability of Nonlinear Vibration in Cracked Concrete Structures,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Problems in Vibration Theory and Applications, June 19-22, 2000, Xi’an, China, Science Press, pp. 457-462.

C117. Genda Chen, Huimin Mu and Xingbao Yang. “Dynamic Responses of RC Beams under Slowly-Swept Harmonic Loads,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Problems in Vibration Theory and Applications, June 19-22, 2000, Xi’an, China, Science Press, pp. 444-450.

C118. Genda Chen, Jingning Wu and Gabriel T. Garrett. “Preliminary Design of Piezoelectric Friction Dampers for Reducing the Seismic Responses of Structures.” Proceedings of the 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Austin, Texas, May 21-24, 2000.


C119. Jingning Wu and Genda Chen. “Optimal Mass Distribution of Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers,” Proceedings of the 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Austin, Texas, May 21-24, 2000.

C120. Jingning Wu, Genda Chen and Michael Barker. “Wind-Induced Stresses on Traffic Signal Mast Arms: Case Studies.” Proceedings of the 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Austin, Texas, May 21-24, 2000.

C121. Genda Chen and Chaoqiang Chen. “Behavior of Piezoelectric Friction Dampers under Dynamic Loading.” Proceedings of the SPIE 7th International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, March 5-9, 2000, Newport Beach, California.

C122. Genda Chen, Jingning Wu, Chaoqiang Chen, and Menglin Lou. “Recent Development of Structural Control Including Soil-Structure Interaction Effect.” Proceedings of the SPIE 7th International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, March 5-9, 2000, Newport Beach, California.

C123. Genda Chen. “Closed-Open-Loop Optimal Control of Building Structures Subjected to Exponentially Attenuating Harmonic Loading.” Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Jan. 30-Feb. 4, 2000, Auckland, New Zealand.

C124. Xinbao Yang, Wancheng Yuan, Genda Chen, and Lichu Fan. “Seismic Performance Assessment and Retrofit of Rectangular Bridge Piers with Externally Encased Circular Steel Jacket.” Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Jan. 30-Feb. 4, 2000, Auckland, New Zealand.

C125. Antonio Nanni, Tarek Alkhrdaji, Genda Chen, Michael Barker, Randy Mayor, and Xinbao Yang. “Overview of Testing to Failure Program of a Highway Bridge Strengthened with FRP Composites.” Selected Presentation at 4th International Symposium on FRP for Reinforcement of Concrete Structures (FRPRCS4), Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, 1999, Baltimore, MD, pp. 69-80.

C126. Genda Chen, Chaoqiang Chen, Menglin Lou and Franklin Y. Cheng. “Implicit vs Explicit Soil Modeling in Active Structural Control Considering Soil-Structure Interaction.” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on advances in Structural Engineering & Mechanics (ASEM’99), August 23-25, 1999, Seoul, Korea.

C127. Xinbao Yang, Genda Chen, Wancheng Yuan and Lichu Fan. “Use of Composite Materials in Repairing Bridge Rectangular Columns for Improved Seismic Performance.” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on advances in Structural Engineering & Mechanics (ASEM’99), August 23-25, 1999, Seoul, Korea.

C128. Genda Chen, Xinbao Yang, Tarek Alkhrdaji, Jingning Wu, and Antonio Nanni. “Condition Assessment of Concrete Structures by Dynamic Signature Tests.” Proceedings of the 13th Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference (CD-ROM), ASCE, June 13-16, 1999, Baltimore, Maryland.

C129. Genda Chen, Jingning Wu and Menglin Lou. “Seismic Performance of Tuned Mass Dampers in Reducing the Responses of Structures on Soft Soil Medium.” Proceedings of Structures Congress’99, ASCE, April 18-21, 1999, New Orleans.

C130. Genda Chen. “Cascade Linearization of Nonlinear Systems Subjected to Gaussian Excitations.” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Stochastic Structural Dynamics, pp. 69-76, August 6-8, 1998, Notre Dame, Indiana, Ed by B.F.Spencer and E.A. Johnson, A.A.Balkema/Rotterdam/Brookfield, Netherlands.

C131. Genda Chen and Serafim Arzourmanidis. “Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Retrofit of the Manhattan Approach of the Queensboro Bridge.” Proceedings of


Structural Engineering World Congress (CD-ROM), July 19-23, 1998, San Francisco, California.

C132. Genda Chen. “Sufficient Conditions for Decoupled Analysis and Design of In-Building Equipment.” Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CD-ROM), May 31- June 4, 1998, Seattle, Washington.

C133. Genda Chen and Jingning Wu. “Upper-Bound Mass Ratios for the Decoupled Analysis and Design of Building-Equipment Systems,” Proceedings of ATC29-1 Seminar on Seismic Design, Retrofit, and Performance of Nonstructural Components, pp.173-186, San Francisco, California, January, 1998.

C134. Genda Chen and Myron Timinisky. “Seismic Retrofitting of Lemoine Avenue Bridge.” Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Practical Solutions for Bridge Strengthening and Rehabilitation, pp. 23-32, March 24-25, 1997, Kansas City, Missouri.

C135. Genda Chen. “Multi-Stage Tuned Mass Dampers.” Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CD-ROM), Paper No. 1326, June 23-28, 1996, Acapulco, Mexico.

C136. Genda Chen and Gao Lin. “Propagating Enclosure Method for Energy Radiation System Analysis.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Engineering Science, Vol. 2(35v), April 10-14, 1988, Atlanta, Georgia.

C137. Genda Chen, Gao Lin and Hangen Ni. “A Simplified Method for Estimating Maximum Credible Earthquake Response Spectrum.” Proceedings of the 9th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, pp. 1075-1080, 1988, Tokyo, Japan.

C138. Gao Lin, Menglin Lou and Genda Chen. “Dam-Foundation Interaction Effect on Earthquake Response of Concrete Gravity Dams,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Earthquake and Dams, Vol. 1, May 1987, China.

Non Peer-Reviewed Conference/Workshop Papers C139. Chenglin Wu, Genda Chen, Jeffery Volz, Richard Brow, and Michael Koenigstein.

“Development and Characterization of Reactive Enamel-Coated Steel Rebar for Improved Concrete-Steel Bonding.” Proceedings of the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 22-26, 2012.

C140. Zuocai Wang, Genda Chen, Phillip W. Yen, and Ian Buckle. “Failure Investigation and Retrofit Strategies of a 22-Span Steel Girder Bridge during the 2010 Chile Earthquake.” Proceedings of the 27th US-Japan Workshop, November 5-13, 2011.

C141. Genda Chen, Richard Brow, Jeffery Volz, Fujian Tang, and Xiaoming Cheng. “Development and Characterization of Reactive Enamel-Coated Steel Rebar for Improved Concrete-Steel Bonding and Enhanced Corrosion Resistance.” Proceedings of the 2011 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January 4-7, 2011.

C142. Genda Chen, Hai Xiao, Ying Huang, Yinan Zhang, and Zhi Zhou. “Inelastic Behavior Evaluation of a Steel Frame in Simulated Post-Earthquake Fire Environment with an Innovative Optical Fiber Sensing Network.” Proceedings of the 2011 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January 4-7, 2011.

C143. Genda Chen, Phillip W. Yen, Ian Buckle, Tony Allen, Daniel Alzamora, Jeffrey Ger, and Juan G. Arias. “2010 Chile Earthquake Implications to the Seismic Design of Bridges.” Proceedings of the 26th US-Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop, pp. 203-216, September 20-22, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana.


C144. Genda Chen, David Pommerenke, and Joseph Bishop. “A Rapid-acquisition Electric Time-Domain Reflectometer for Real-Time Concrete Crack Detection under Dynamic Loads.” Proceedings of the 2009 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 22 – 25, 2009.

C145. Genda Chen, Ying Huang, Yinan Zhang, Zhi Zhou, and Hai Xiao. “Large Strain Measurement with a Long-Period Fiber Grating Optical Sensor Packaged with Strain Transfer Mechanisms.” Proceedings of the 2009 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 22 – 25, 2009.

C146. Genda Chen, David Pommerenke, and James L. Drewniak. “Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection in RC Structures.” Proceedings of the 2008 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, January 7-10, 2008.

C147. Genda Chen, Xiaofei Ying, Pedro F. Silva, Roger LaBoube, and Phillip W. Yen. “Limit States of Mid-America Highway Bridges and Lightweight Steel Sheet Column Wrapping with Nail Connections for Rapid Retrofit.” Proceedings of the 1st US-Portugal International Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering, Lamego City, Portugal, July 11-14, 2005.

C148. Antonio Nanni, Genda Chen, and Pedro F. Silva. “Open Air Laboratories – a New Challenge in Earthquake Engineering, Potential Research Opportunities at the Rialto Viaduct – Italy.” Proceedings of the 1st US-Portugal International Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering, Lamego City, Portugal, July 11-14, 2005.

C149. Abdeldjelil Belarbi, Gary G. Greene and Genda Chen. “Strain Correlation for Distributed Coaxial Cable Crack Sensors Embedded in Reinforced Concrete.” Proceedings of Civil Engineering Infrastructure Systems, Beirut, Lebanon, June 6-8, 2005.

C150. Pedro F. Silva and Genda Chen. “Seismic Evaluation of an FRP Retrofit Scheme for Bridge Joints in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.” Proceedings of the 2nd US-Turkey Workshop on Seismic Design/Evaluation of Bridges, Ankara, Turkey, September, 2004.

C151. Genda Chen, Huimin Mu, James L. Drewniak, and David Pommerenke. “Coaxial Cables as Continuous Sensors for Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures.” Proceedings of the US-Japan Workshop on Smart Structural Systems, Tsukuba, Japan, October 18-19, 2002.

C152. Genda Chen, Gabriel T. Garrett, Chaoqiang Chen, and Franklin Y. Cheng. “Characterization of a Prototype Piezoelectric Friction Damper for Earthquake Response Reduction of a ¼-Scale Steel Frame.” Proceedings of the US-Korea Workshop on Smart Infrastructural Systems, Busan, Korea, August 23-24, 2002.

C153. Genda Chen, Eric R. Bothe and Zhengsheng Li. “Toward Economic Retrofit of Highway Bridges with Metallic Dampers in Low Seismicity but High Consequence Areas.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Performance-Based Seismic Design and Retrofit of Transportation Facilities, Technical Report TIT/EERG 02-2, Tokyo Institute of Technology, July 9-11, 2002, pp. 221-232.

C154. Ronaldo Luna and Genda Chen. “General Report – Session 8: Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of Foundations of Bridges and Other Sub-structures, Seismic Retrofit Projects and Procedures in California.” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, March 28-31, 2001, San Diego, California

C155. Genda Chen, Chaoqiang Chen, and Franklin Y. Cheng. “Active Control of Seismic Structures with Practical Considerations on Soil-Structure Interaction Effect.”


Proceedings of the US-Korea Workshop on New Frontiers in Infrastructural/Seismic Engineering, pp. 231-258, August 24-26, 1999, Seoul, Korea.

Invited Presentations at Universities and Research Institutes P1. Genda Chen. “Simplicity in Structural Health Monitoring – towards Behavior

Assessment,” State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, July 8, 2014.

P2. Genda Chen. “Structural Behavior Management – a Novel Approach for Transportation Infrastructure Networks,” University of Alabama, August 8-10, 2013.

P3. Genda Chen. “Chemically Reactive Enamel: a Steel Rebar Coating for Enhanced Durability in Concrete Structures,” Zhengzhou University, July 10, 2013.

P4. Genda Chen. “Chemically Reactive Enamel: a Steel Rebar Coating for Enhanced Durability in Concrete Structures,” School of Architecture and Engineering, Zhejiang University, July 5, 2013.

P5. Genda Chen. “System Identification with Analytical Mode Decomposition,” University of Science and Technology Beijing, July 3, 2013.

P6. Genda Chen. “Multi-hazard Assessment and Mitigation,” Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, March 16, 2012.

P7. Genda Chen. “System Identification with Analytical Mode Decomposition,” School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University, March 11, 2012.

P8. Genda Chen. “System Identification with Analytical Mode Decomposition,” School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, March 10, 2012.

P9. Genda Chen. “System ID and Damage Detection,” Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, March 7, 2012.

P10. Genda Chen. “Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Infrastructure Applications – New Perspectives,” School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 22, 2011.

P11. Genda Chen. “Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Infrastructure Applications – New Perspectives,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, April 8, 2011.

P12. Genda Chen. “Bridge Performance during the February 27, 2010, Earthquake in Chile,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, November 29, 2010.

P13. Genda Chen. “Bridge Performance during the February 27, 2010, Earthquake in Chile,” Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, October 13, 2010.

P14. Genda Chen. “Enamel Coating for Corrosion Resistance and Bond Strength of Steel Reinforcement in Concrete,” School of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, June 29, 2010.

P15. Genda Chen. “Smart Civil Infrastructure at Missouri S&T,” School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, June 28, 2010.

P16. Genda Chen. “Enamels – A Cost-Effective Coating for Life Cycle Performance of Steel Reinforcement and Members,” School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, June 25, 2010.

P17. Genda Chen. “Stiffness Identification of the Bill Emerson Cable-stayed Bridge Using a Neural Network Strategy,” School of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, June 5, 2007.


P18. Genda Chen. “Damping-enhanced Strengthening Strategy for Normalized Performance under Multiple Objectives,” School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, June 4, 2007.

P19. Genda Chen. “Highway Monitoring, Maintenance, and Management,” School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, June 4, 2007.

P20. Genda Chen. “Highway Monitoring, Maintenance, and Management,” School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, May 30, 2007.

P21. Genda Chen. “Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies Monitoring Capabilities,” Fengman Hydraulic Power Station, May 28, 2007.

P22. Genda Chen. “Recent Development of Sensors and their Applications,” School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, May 24, 2007.

P23. Genda Chen. “Highway Monitoring, Maintenance, and Management,” School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, May 21, 2007.

P24. Genda Chen. “Field Measurement Based Stiffness Identification of a Cable-stayed Bridge Using Neural Networks,” Transportation Research Board Field Dynamic Test Committee, January 23, 2007.

P25. Genda Chen. “Sustainable Structural Systems in Aging and Multi-hazard Environments: from Conceptualization to Application of Distributed Crack Sensors,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign, June 5, 2006.

P26. Genda Chen. “Simultaneous Measurements of Crack Severity and Location in RC Structures with Novel Distributed Coaxial Cable Sensors,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, April 14, 2005.

P27. Genda Chen. “Piezoelectric Actuators Making a Friction Damper Smart in Earthquake Response Reduction of Buildings,” Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, November 18, 2004.

P28. Genda Chen. “Design, Characterization, and Validation of a Piezoelectric Friction Damper for Seismic Response Mitigation of a Three-story Building,” Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, November 29, 2002.

P29. Genda Chen. “Earthquake Protective Systems for Building Response Reduction,” Harbin Institute of Technology, China, August 17-20, 2002.

P30. Genda Chen. “Seismic Performance of Piezoelectric Friction Dampers in Building Applications,” Tongji University, Shanghai, China, March 21, 2002.

P31. Genda Chen. “Earthquake Protective Systems for Buildings and Civil Infrastructure,” Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 16, 2000.

P32. Genda Chen. “Earthquake Protective Systems for Buildings and Civil Infrastructure,” Tongji University, Shanghai, China, June 12, 2000.

P33. Genda Chen. “Earthquake Protective Systems for Buildings and Civil Infrastructure,” Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, June 5, 2000.

P34. Genda Chen. “A Case Study of Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Bridges,” Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, March 24, 1998.

P35. Genda Chen. “A Case Study of Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Bridges,” Structural/Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering Seminar, State University of New York at Buffalo, February 28, 1997.

Oral Presentations at Professional Meetings (no papers published)


P36. Y. Bao, Yizheng Chen, Fujian Tang, Weina Meng and Genda Chen. “Potential of Commercial Single-mode Optical Fibers as Distributed Sensors for High Temperature Measurement with PPP-BOTDA.” Presented at the 2015 SPIE DSS: Sensing Technology + Applications, Baltimore, Maryland, April 20-24, 2015.

P37. Genda Chen and Chenglin Wu. “A Unified Model of Local Bond between Deformed Rebar and Concrete.” Kansas City, Missouri, April 12-16, 2015.

P38. M.T. Ghasr, Y. Bao, K. Ying, G. Chen and R. Zoughi. “Microwave SAR Imaging for Nondestructive Evaluation of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls.” Presented at the NDE/NDT on Structural Materials Technology for Highways and Bridges, Washington D.C., August 25-27, 2014.

P39. Genda Chen. “Simplicity in Structural Health Monitoring – towards Behavior Assessment,” World Congress on Advanced Materials, Chongqing, China, June 6-9, 2014.

P40. Genda Chen, Andriy Radchenko, Brandon Schafer, David Pommerenke, and Yahong R. Zheng. “Recent Development on Remote Sensing and Wireless Communication with Distributed Smart Rocks in Bridge Scour Monitoring,” SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and NDE, San Diego, California, March 9-13, 2014.

P41. Yi Bao, Brandon Schafer, Ying Huang, John A. Cain, Len Palek, and Genda Chen. “Strain and Temperature Distributions in Concrete Pavement Panels under Truck Loads with Brillouin Scattering Measurement,” SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and NDE, San Diego, California, March 9-13, 2014.

P42. Chenglin Wu, Zhaozheng Yin, and Genda Chen. “Full-field Displacement Measurement of Highway Bridges through Visual Mark Tracking,” Transportation Research Board annual meeting, Washington D.C., January 12-16, 2014.

P43. Genda Chen. “Construction and Field Testing of the Bridge over Arnault Branch, Washington County, Missouri,” 2nd CIES/NUTC Transportation Infrastructure Conference, Jefferson City, September 13, 2013.

P44. Chenglin Wu, Genda Chen, Jeffery Volz, Richard Brow, and Michael Koenigstein. “Enamel-Coated Bars,” ASCE Structures Congress: Session: RC120 – Bringing Reinforcing Bar Anchorage into the 21st Century, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1-4, 2013.

P45. Genda Chen, Brandon P. Schafer, and Zhibin Lin. “Real-time Bridge Scour Monitoring with Magnetic-field Strength Measurement,” Smart Structures and NDE: Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security VII, Conference 8694, Session 9, San Diego, CA, March 10-14, 2013.

P46. Genda Chen, David Pommerenke, and Rosa Zheng. “Laboratory and Field Performance of First Generation Smart Rocks for Bridge Scour Monitoring,” Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications Workshop (#135) at the 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2013.

P47. Genda Chen. “Structural Health Monitoring in Transportation Infrastructure Applications – New Perspectives,” Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications Workshop at the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 22-26, 2012.

P48. Genda Chen. “Development of Corrosion Sensors by Doping Nano Iron Particles on Long Period Fiber Gratings Sensor,” AFF40 Nondestructive and Field Tests of


Transportation Structures Committee at the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2012.

P49. Genda Chen. “Failure Investigation and Retrofit Strategies of a 22-Span Steel Girder Bridge during the 2010 Chile Earthquake,” AFF50 Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee at the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2012.

P50. Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen. “A Hilbert Transform Based Signal Decomposition of Narrowband Time Series with Closely-Spaced Frequency Components for System Identification,” 2011 ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2-4, 2011.

P51. Genda Chen and Jeffrey Ger. “Performance of Selected Bridges,” 2010 Chile Earthquake at the 90th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 23 – 27, 2011.

P52. Genda Chen. “Bridge Performance during the February 27, 2010, Earthquake in Chile,” Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, January 10, 2011.

P53. Genda Chen, Mei Wang, Marina Koledintseeva, and David Pommerenke. “Electromagnetic Wave Modeling in a Coaxial Cable with Multiple Apertures,” SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. 7650-18, San Diego, California, March 7-11, 2010.

P54. Genda Chen. “Large Strain Measurements for Collapse Mechanism Understanding under Earthquake Loads,” AFF50 Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee meeting at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11, 2010.

P55. Genda Chen. “Enamel-coated Rebar for Enhanced Bonding with Concrete,” AFF50 Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11, 2010.

P56. Genda Chen. “Strain Measurements in High Temperature Environment,” AFF40 Dynamic and Field Testing of Bridges Committee at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2010.

P57. Genda Chen. “Enamel Coated Rebar for Enhancement in Steel Corrosion Resistance and Concrete-Rebar Bond Strength,” AFF30 Concrete Bridges Committee at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2010.

P58. Genda Chen. “Missouri Transportation Institute/MoDOT Research Update,” Co-presented with Jennifer Harper, 2009 Missouri Concrete Conference, May 5 and 6, 2009.

P59. Genda Chen. “Rugged Optical Fiber Sensors for Large Strain Measurements for Civil Infrastructure Safety,” ASNT Research Symposium & Spring Conference, St. Louis, March 16-20, 2009.

P60. Genda Chen. “Electromagnetic Modeling of Coaxial Cable Sensors with Multiple Apertures,” ASNT Research Symposium & Spring Conference, St. Louis, March 16-20, 2009.

P61. Genda Chen. “Enamel Coating for Steel Corrosion Protection and Concrete-steel Bond Enhancement,” ACI Spring Convention, San Antonio, TX, March 15-19, 2009.

P62. Genda Chen and Dongming Yan. “Safety Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of the Bill Emerson Cable-stayed Bridge,” ACI Spring Convention, San Antonio, TX, March 15-19, 2009.


P63. Genda Chen. “In-progress Report on the Development of Rugged Optical Sensors for Large Strain Measurements,” Field Dynamic Testing Committee at the 88th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 2009.

P64. Genda Chen. “Damping-enhanced Seismic Strengthening of RC Bridge Columns for Multi-objective Performances,” Session SP-12 Sponsored by ACI341 Committee, ACI Fall Convention at St. Louis, MO, November 2-6, 2008.

P65. Genda Chen. “Condition Assessment of the Interface between Concrete and Embedded Coaxial Cable Sensor with Uncoupled Electromagnetic and Mechanical Modeling,” 8th Structural Materials Technology (SMT): NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges, Oakland, California, September 8-12, 2008.

P66. Genda Chen. “Critical Infrastructure Monitoring: The Bill Emerson Memorial cable-stayed Bridge,” New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference, Rolla, Missouri, August 12-14, 2008.

P67. Genda Chen. “Lessons Learned from the May 12 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake,” New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference, Rolla, Missouri, August 12-14, 2008.

P68. Genda Chen. “Damping-enhanced Strengthening of RC Columns under Earthquake Loads,” 6th NEES Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, June 18-20, 2008.

P69. Genda Chen. “Damping-enhanced Strengthening of RC Columns under Earthquake Loads,” AFF50 Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee meeting at the 87th Transportation Research Board Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008.

P70. Genda Chen, Nestore Galati, Fillipo Bastianini, and Antonio Nanni. “Smart FRP Tapes with Embedded Optical Fibers for Strain and Temperature Measurements Using the Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry,” Plenary Session on Structural Health Monitoring in Action, the World Forum on Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology, Nanjing, China, May 25-27, 2007.

P71. Genda Chen. “Recent Development of Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection in Bridges,” 6th International Symposium on NDT in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE), St. Louis, Missouri, August 14-18, 2006.

P72. Genda Chen. “Distributed Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection with ETDR Measurements: State-of-the-Art Development,” 4th NEES Annual Meeting, Advanced Tools Breakout Session 2: Sensors and Instrumentation, Washington, D. C., June 21-23, 2006.

P73. Genda Chen. “Full-scale Validation Test of Five-rod Metallic Damper for Seismic Retrofit of Highway Bridges,” Section 658: Seismic Retrofitting and Current Seismic Research Progress, 85th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 22-26, 2006.

P74. Genda Chen. “Benchmark Highway Bridge Control with Various Semi-Active Algorithms,” ASCE McMAT Conference, Baton Louge, Louisiana, June 1-3, 2005.

P75. Genda Chen. “Seismic Issues Affecting the Design of Bridges,” Transportation Engineers Association of Missouri (TEAM) Annual Meeting, Branson, March 31-April 1, 2004.

P76. Genda Chen. “Distributed Cable Sensors for Structural Condition Assessment,” NDE Committee meeting at the 83rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 11, 2004.

P77. Genda Chen. “UMR Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Research Program,” Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN, July 1, 2003.


P78. Neil Anderson, Genda Chen, Ronaldo Luna, Shamsher Prakash, Richard Stephenson, and David Hoffman. “Earthquake Hazard Assessment along Designated Emergency Access Routes: Phase I,” 52nd EERI Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, May 31- June 3, 2000.

P79. Lokesh R. Dharani, Chris W. Ramsay, Jiaqing Yu, and Genda Chen. “Failure Analysis of Traffic Signal Mast Arm Failures,” ASM International Materials Solutions Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, October 9-12, 2000.

P80. Gao Lin and Genda Chen. “A Time Domain Numerical Integrating Scheme for Soil-Structure Interaction Problems,” Euro-China Joint Seminar on Earthquake Engineering, June 1986, China.

Technical Reports 1. Yi Bao and Genda Chen. Strain Distribution and Crack Detection in Concrete Overlays

with Pulse Pre-Pump Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis. Report No. MATC-25-1121-003-292, Mid-America Transportation Center, August 2015.

2. Genda Chen and Yi Bao. Development of Bridge Girder Movement Criteria for Accelerated Bridge Construction. Publication No. NUTC-36966, Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety, August 15, 2014.

3. Genda Chen, Ying Huang, Yi Bao, Leonard G. Palek, Jr., and Tom Burnham. Unbonded Portland Cement Concrete Overlay/Pavement Monitoring with Integrated Grating and Scattering Optical Fiber Sensors. Publication No. NUTC-41896, Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety, August 15, 2014.

4. Genda Chen and Chenglin Wu. Splice Performance Evaluation of Enamel-Coated Rebar for Structural Safety. Publication No. MATC-25-1121-0003-194, Mid-America Transportation Center, July 31, 2014.

5. M.T. Ghasr, Y. Bao, K. Ying, K.M. Combs, R. Zoughi, and G. Chen. Nondestructive Evaluation of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls with Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FM-CW) Radar. Publication No. MATC-25-1121-0003-196, Mid-America Transportation Center, June 20, 2014.

6. G.D. Chen, D. Pommerenke, R. Zheng, A. Radchenko, Y. Tang, B. Schafer, Y. Huang, and Z.L. Yang. Smart Rocks and Wireless Communication System for Real-Time Monitoring and Mitigation of Bridge Scour – a Proof-of-Concept Study. Publication No. RITARS-11-H-MST, U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), December, 2013.

7. Zhibin Lin, Mostafa Fakhairfar, Chenglin Wu, Genda Chen, Wesley Bevans, Arun Vijay Kumar Gunasekaran, and Sahra Sedighsarvestani, Design, Construction and Load Testing of the Pat Daly Road Bridge in Washington County, MO, with Internal Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers Reinforcement. Publication No. NUTC-R275, Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety, January 2013.

8. Genda Chen, Dongming Yan, Chenglin Wu, Zhibin Lin, Shruti Mahadik, and Nicholas Leventis, Concrete Surface with Nano-Particle Additives for Improved Wearing Resistance to Increase Truck Traffic. Publication No. MATC-25-1121-0001-441, Mid-America Transportation Center, July 2012.

9. Ying Huang, Hai Xiao, Genda Chen, Zhan Gao, and Fujian Tang, Initial Study and Verification of a Distributed Fiber Optic Corrosion Monitoring System for Transportation Structures. Publication No. MATC-25-1121-0001-345, Mid-America Transportation Center, July 2012.


10. Genda Chen, Hai Xiao, Zhi Zhou, and Ying Huang, Pilot Study on Rugged Fiber Optic Brillouin Sensors for Large-Strain Measurements to Ensure the Safety of Transportation Structures. Publication Nos. MATC-25-1121-0001-114 and MATC-25-1121-0001-242, Mid-America Transportation Center, July 2012.

11. Wen-Huei Phillip Yen, Genda Chen, Ian Buckle, Tony Allen, Daniel Alzamora, Jeffrey Ger, and Juan G. Arias, Post-earthquake Reconnaissance Report on Transportation Infrastructure Impact of the February 27, 2010, Offshore Maule Earthquake in Chile. Publication No. FHWA-HRT-11-030, Federal Highway Administration, March 2011.

12. Wen-Huei Phillip Yen, Genda Chen, Mark Yashinsky, Youssef Hashash, Curtis Holub, Kehai Wang, and Xiaodong Guo, China Earthquake Reconnaissance Report: Performance of Transportation Structures During the May 12, 2008, M7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake. Publication No. FHWA-HRT-11-029, Federal Highway Administration, February 2011.

13. Zuocai Wang, Genda Chen, Oh-Sung Kwon, and Sarah Orton, Calibration of Load and Resistance Factors in LRFD Foundation Design Specifications. Final Report MoDOT TRyy0916, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, November 31, 2010.

14. Genda Chen, Jeffery Volz, Richard Brow, Dongming Yan, Signo Reis, Chenglin Wu, Fujian Tang, Charles Werner, and Xing Tao, Coated Steel Rebar for Enhanced Concrete-Steel Bond Strength and Corrosion Resistance. Final Report MoDOT TRyy0914, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, August 31, 2010.

15. Dongming Yan, Genda Chen, Nestore Galati, and Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani, Design, Construction and Load Testing of the Bridge on Arnault Branch, Washington County, Missouri Using Innovative Technologies. Final Report CIES 10-001, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, Rolla, Missouri, January 10, 2010.

16. Genda Chen, Jason Baird, Dongming Yan, Richard Brow, and Mike Koenigstein, Blast Tests of Full-Size Wall Barriers Reinforced with Enamel-Coated Steel Rebar. Final Report LWI191000, Leonard Wood Institute, St. Robert, Missouri, December 31, 2009.

17. Genda Chen, Fujian Tang, and Zhi Zhou, Coaxial Cable Sensors and Sensing Instrument for Crack Detection in Bridge Structures – Phase I: Field Qualification/Validation Planning. Final Report 9820/C-06-34, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), November 6, 2009.

18. Dongming Yan, Jianbao Li, Chenglin Wu, and Genda Chen, Strengthening of C. R. 8010 Bridge No. H356, Phelps County. Final Report CIES 09-002, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, Rolla, Missouri, October 20, 2009.

19. Genda Chen, Dongming Yan, Zuocai Wang, Seth Justin McConnell, David Rogers, and Kazi R. Karim, Structural Assessment of Highway “N” Power Substation under Earthquake Loads. Final Report CIES-09-001, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, Rolla, Missouri, October 16, 2009.

20. Genda Chen, Richard Brow, Jason Baird, Signo Reis, Dongming Yan, Mike Koenigstein, and Phillip G. Malone, Blast Protection of Critical Infrastructure by Use of Concrete Barriers Reinforced with Enamel Coated Steel Rebar and Fibers. Final Report LWI61009, Leonard Wood Institute, St. Robert, Missouri, February 13, 2009.

21. Genda Chen, Dongmin Yan, Wenjian Wang, Man Zheng, Louis Ge, and Frank Liu, Assessment of the Bill Emerson Memorial cable-stayed Bridge Based on Seismic


Instrumentation Data. Report OR08-003, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, June 30, 2007.

22. Ward Marianos Jr., Genda Chen, Nestore Galati, and Fabio Matta, Investigation of Cause of Cracked Stringer on the Blanchette Bridge. Report MTI/MODOT RI05-036, Missouri Transportation Institute, Rolla, Missouri, 2006.

23. Michael Lubiewski, Pedro F. Silva, and Genda Chen, Seismic Retrofit of CISS Pile Bent Cap Connections. Report No. CIES 06-64, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, April, 2006.

24. Ronaldo Luna, Genda Chen, Craig Adams, David Hoffman, David Summers, Jianmin Wang, J. David Rogers, Adam Sevi, Connor Watkins, and Deniz Karadeniz, Emitt C. Witt, David Shaver, and Jeffrey Spooner. Reconnaissance Report of the Post-Katrina Hurricane Disaster. NHMI-UMR-USGS Report, July 2006.

25. Genda Chen, Neil Anderson, Ronaldo Luna, Richard W. Stephenson, Mostafa El-Engebawy, Pedro F. Silva, and Reza Zoughi, Earthquake Hazards Assessment and Mitigation: A Pilot Study in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Report FHWA, Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center, Federal Highway Administration, McLean, Virginia, August, 2005. CIES Technical Report 07-073, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES).

26. Genda Chen, Christopher Courtright, Lokesh R. Dharani, and Bin Xu, Failure Investigation of the Steel Strut of Paseo Suspension Bridge. Report MODOT RDT05-008, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, July, 2005.

27. Genda Chen, and Stephen Eads, Behavior and Fatigue Properties of Metallic Dampers for Seismic Retrofit of Highway Bridges. Report MODOT RDT05-007, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, April, 2005.

28. Genda Chen, Michael G. Barker, Lokesh R. Dharani, and Christopher W. Ramsay, Signal Mast Arm Fatigue Failure Investigation. Report MODOT RDT03-010, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, May, 2003.

29. Neil Anderson, Genda Chen, Siasi Kociu, Ronaldo Luna, Thanop Thitimakorn, Alexi A. Malovichko, D. Malovichko, and D. Shylakov, Vertical Shear Wave Velocity Profiles Generated from Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves: Field Examples. Report MODOT RDT03-006, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, April, 2003.

30. Neil Anderson, Hal Baker, Genda Chen, Tom Hertell, Dave Hoffman, Ronaldo Luna, Yulman Munaf, Shamsher Prakash, Paul Santi, and Richard Stephenson, Earthquake Hazard Assessment along Designated Emergency Vehicle Priority Access Routes. Report MODOT RDT01-009, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, November, 2001.

31. Genda Chen, Huimin Mu, and Eric R. Bothe, Metallic Dampers for Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges. Report MODOT RDT01-005, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, May, 2001.

32. Tarek Alkhrdaji, Michael G. Barker, Genda Chen, Huimin Mu, Antonio Nanni, and Xinbao Yang, Destructive and Non-Destructive Testing of Bridge J857 Phelps County, Missouri. Report MODOT RDT01-002, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, Missouri, April, 2000.


33. Tarek Alkhrdaji, Antonio Nanni, and Genda Chen, Strengthening and Testing to Failure of Bridge Decks. Report CIES 99-08A, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, 1999.

34. Genda Chen, Xinbao Yang, Huimin Mu, and Antonio Nanni, Feasibility Study on Damage Detection of RC Structures Using Dynamic Signature Tests. Report CIES 99-08B, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, 1999.

35. Tarek Alkhrdaji, Antonio Nanni, and Genda Chen, Strengthening and Testing to Failure of Bridge Piers. Report CIES 99-08C, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, 1999.

36. Genda Chen and Tsu T. Soong. An Energy Approach to Seismic Analysis and Design of Secondary System. Report NCEER-93-0014, National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER), Aug. 1993, Buffalo, New York.

37. T.T. Soong, Genda Chen, et al. Assessment of 1991 NEHRP Provisions for Nonstructural Components and Recommended Revisions. Report NCEER-93-0003, National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER), March 1993, Buffalo, New York.

EXTERNALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS: 1. “Chemically Bonded Porcelain Enamel Coated Pipe for Corrosion Protection and Flow

Efficiency,” PI (100%), USDOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, (9/30/2015 – 9/29/2018), $299,760.

2. “Analytical Mode Decomposition of Structural Dynamic Response for the Detection of Damage,” PI (100%), National Science Foundation Award No. CMMI-1538416 (9/1/2015-8/31/2018), $269,252.

3. “Smart Rock Technology for Real-time Monitoring of Bridge Scour and Riprap Effectiveness – Design Guidelines and Visualization Tools,” PI (100%), U.S. Department of Transportation OST-R, (10/1/2014-9/31/2016), $249,988.

4. “Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor Network,” PI (100%), National Institute of Standards and Technology, (9/1/2013-8/31/2016), $303,278.

5. “Unbonded Concrete Pavement/Overlay Monitoring,” PI (100%), U.S. Department of Transportation RITA under the auspices of Mid-America Transportation Center, (7/1/2013-12/31/2014), $100,000.

6. “MATC Administrative, Education and Technology Transfer at Missouri S&T,” PI(100%), U.S. Department of Transportation RITA under the auspices of Mid-America Transportation Center, (7/1/2013-12/31/2014), $35,775.

7. “Unbonded Portland Cement Concrete/Pavement Monitoring with Integrated Grating (Local) and Scattering (Global) Optical Fiber Sensors,” PI (100%), U.S. Department of Transportation RITA under the auspices of the Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety, (3/1/2013-12/31/2013), $429,260.

8. “NCHRP 24-38 Payload Project – Development of Bridge Girder Movement Criteria for Accelerated Bridge Construction,” PI (100%), U.S. Department of Transportation RITA under the auspices of the Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety, (12/1/2012-12/31/2013), $52,511.

9. “Nano Ferrous Particles Dispersed on Optical Fiber Sensors for Distributed Corrosion Assessment of Civil Infrastructures,” PI (70%), National Science Foundation Award No. CMMI-1235202 (9/1/2012 – 8/31/2016), $312,871.


10. “NUTC/A Pilot Study on Diagnostic Sensor Network for Structure Health Monitoring,” Co-PI (50%), US Department of Transportation (8/1/2012 – 5/31/2013), $26,562.

11. “NUTC/Breaking Wire Detection and Strain Distribution of Seven-Wire Steel Cables with Acoustic Emission and Optical Fiber Sensors – Chen,” PI (100%), US Department of Transportation (8/1/2012 – 6/30/2013), $13,281.

12. “Splice Performance Evaluation of Enamel-coated Rebar for Structural Safety,” PI (100%), Mid-America Transportation Center (7/1/2012 – 12/30/2013), $68,531.

13. “Nondestructive Evaluation of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls with Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FM-CW) Radar,” PI (50%), Mid-America Transportation Center (7/1/2012 – 12/30/2013), $74,831.

14. “MATC Education and Technology Transfer at Missouri S&T,” PI (100%), Mid-America Transportation Center (5/1/2012 – 12/31/2013), $21,478.

15. “Region VII University Transportation Center at Missouri S&T,” PI (70%), US Department of Transportation (2/1/2012 – 1/31/2014), $328,000.

16. “Smart Rocks and Wireless Communication System for Real-Time Monitoring and Mitigation of Bridge Scour,” PI (50%), US Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration (No. RITARS-11-H-MST, 6/1/2011 – 9/31/2013), $500,000, and Missouri Department of Transportation, $350,000 (in-kind).

17. “Design, Construction, Laboratory and Field Testing of the Bridge on the Arnault Branch, Washington County, Missouri,” PI (80%), US Department of Transportation/Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety (6/13/2007 – 6/1/2012), $112,500.

18. “Concrete Surface with Nano-Particle Additives for Improved Wearing Resistance to Increasing Truck Traffic,” PI (80%), Mid-America Transportation Center (9/1/2010 – 6/30/2012), $125,728.

19. “Exploring Polymer Cross-Linked Aerogels for Their Strength and Energy Absorption in Seismic Retrofit of RC Structures,” PI (60%), National Science Foundation Award No. CMMI-1030399 (9/15/2010 – 8/31/2016), $295,000.

20. “Information and System Assurance for Critical Infrastructure,” Co-PI (5%), Department of Education Award No. P200A100163 (8/16/2010-8/15/2013), $131,265.

21. “MATC Administrative at Missouri S&T – Year 3,” PI (100%), Mid-America Transportation Center Award No. (2/1/2010-1/30/2011), $8,332.

22. “MATC Educational Program at Missouri S&T – Year 3,” PI (100%), Mid-America Transportation Center Award No. (2/1/2010-1/30/2011), $52,133.

23. “Initial Study and Verification of a Distributed Fiber Optic corrosion Monitoring System for Transportation Structures,” Co-PI (50%), Mid-America Transportation Center Award No. (2/1/2010-1/30/2011), $92,225.

24. “MATC Administrative at Missouri S&T – Year 2,” PI (100%), Mid-America Transportation Center Award No. (9/1/2009-8/30/2010), $7,575.

25. “MATC Educational Program at Missouri S&T – Year 2,” PI (100%), Mid-America Transportation Center Award No. (9/1/2009-8/30/2010), $103,943.

26. “Blast Tests of Full-Sized Barrier Walls,” PI (60%), Leonard Wood Institute Award No. 0025310 (7/1/2009-12/31/2009), $40,000.

27. “Development and Characterization of Reactive Enamel-Coated Steel Rebar for Improved Concrete-Steel Bonding and Enhanced Corrosion Resistance,” PI (40%), National Science Foundation CMMI-0900159 (6/15/2009-6/14/2012), $250,000.


28. “MTI/MODOT Collaborative Structures Research Program,” PI, Missouri Department of Transportation (9/1/2008-6/30/2010), $1,000,000 (development and coordination effort only).

29. “Coated Steel Rebar for Enhanced Concrete-Steel Bond Strength and Corrosion Resistance,” PI (47%), Missouri Department of Transportation (9/1/2008-6/30/2010), $244,770, National University Transportation Center, $152,981.

30. “Calibration of Load and Resistance Factors in LRFD Foundation Design Specifications,” PI (75%), Missouri Department of Transportation (9/1/2008-6/30/2010), $66,628, National University Transportation Center, $41,667.

31. “Rapid Post-Earthquake Assessment on Structural Condition and Chemical Hazard in Critical Buildings with a Temperature-Tolerant Monitoring System,” PI (50%), National Science Foundation Award No. CMMI-0825942 (9/1/2008-8/31/2011), $220,000.

32. “Validation on the Mechanical Models of Asphalt Pavement Structures with Field Measured Data Associated with Increasing Freight Movements,” Co-PI (50%), Mid-America Transportation Center (7/1/2008-6/30/2009), $73,707.

33. “Pilot Study on Rugged Fiber Optic Brillouin Sensors for Large Strain Measurements to Ensure the Safety of Transportation Structures,” PI (80%), Mid-America Transportation Center (4/1/2008-6/30/2012), $87,390+$12,452=$99,842.

34. “MATC Scholarship Program at the Missouri University of Science and Technology,” PI (100%), Mid-America Transportation Center (4/15/2008 – 6/30/2009), $15,000.

35. “MATC Administrative at the Missouri University of Science and Technology,” PI (100%), Mid-America Transportation Center (4/15/2008 – 6/30/2009), $6,505.

36. “Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC) at Missouri S&T,” U.S. Department of Transportation (7/1/2007-6/30/2011), $182,000 for FY 2007, $197,713 for FY 2008, $233,837 for FY 2009, and $233,690 for FY 2010 (development and administration effort only).

37. “Coaxial Cable Sensors and Sensing Instrument for Crack Detection in Bridge Structures – Phase I: Field Qualification/Validation Planning,” PI (60%), New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (1/1/2008 – 12/31/2008), $50,000, US Department of Transportation, $50,000.

38. “6th National Seismic Conference for Bridges and Highways,” PI (100%), US Department of Transportation (1/1/2008 - 7/30/2008), $7,525, with industrial matching funds through MCEER Center at the University at Buffalo.

39. “Structural Assessment of Highway “N” Power Substation under Earthquake Loads,” PI (80%), Ameren (10/5/2007 – 10/4/2009), $50,000, US Department of Transportation, $25,000.

40. “Blast Protection of Critical Infrastructure by Use of Concrete Barriers Reinforced with Enamel Coated Steel Rebar and Fibers,” PI (50%), U.S. Army Research Laboratory under the Auspices of Leonard Wood Institute (LWI) (10/23/2007 – 9/30/2008), $276,000.

41. “Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship Program for Doctoral Training in Infrastructural Engineering,” Co-PI (14%), Department of Education (8/15/2007 – 8/14/2010), $383,643.

42. “Secure and Adaptable Energy Efficient Sensor Network for Infrastructure Monitoring,” Co-PI (13%), Department of Education (8/15/2007 – 8/14/2010), $383,643.


43. “NSF-Navy Program: Miniaturization of Distributed Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection in Marine Composite Structures,” PI (60%) with Drs. David Pommerenke, James L. Drewniak, and David Van Aken, National Science Foundation Award No. CMS-0409420 (8/15/2004-1/31/2011), Proposal CMS-0639501 reviewed independently and awarded on July 31, 2007, $245,134.

44. “IREE: Performance Validation of Distributed Coaxial Cable Sensors with Full-Scale Bridge Tests on E-Defense Shake Table in Japan,” PI (60%) with Dr. David Pommerenke, National Science Foundation Award No. CMS-0409420 (8/15/2004-1/31/2011), Proposal CMS-0635052 reviewed independently and awarded on July 31, 2007, $38,479.

45. “Mechanical Characterization of Enamel Coated Steel Bars,” PI (100%), Roesch Inc. (7/1/2007 – 12/31/2008), $10,000, US Department of Transportation, $5,000.

46. “Concrete Crack and Spalling Detection in 6.1-meter Precast RC Piles with Novel Distributed Cable Sensors and ETDR Measurements,” PI (100%), California Department of Transportation (6/01/2007 - 5/31/2008), $25,000, US Department of Transportation, $12,500.

47. “Design, Construction, Laboratory and Field Testing of the Bridge on the Arnault Branch, Washington County, Missouri,” PI (50%), Washington County Commission (6/13/2007 – 9/1/2010), $190,000, and US Department of Transportation/University Transportation Center, $53,000.

48. “Shake Table Tests of Mass-Variable TLDs,” PI (100%), Ministry of Education, China, under the auspices of the State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University (11/16/2006-12/31/2007), 50,000 Chinese Yen (approximately $7,000, no contract signed with UMR).

49. “In-house Workshop on Seismic Retrofit Design of Continuous Span Steel-Girder Highway Bridges with Metallic Dampers,” PI (100%), Missouri Transportation Institute (MTI)/Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) (3/1/2006-6/30/2006), $4,000; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $2,000.

50. “Assessment of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Based on Seismic Instrumentation Data,” PI (80%) with Drs. Frank Liu and Louis Ge, Missouri Transportation Institute (MTI) / Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) (1/15/2006-1/14/2007), $50,000; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $25,000.

51. “Structural Assessment of the I-70 Blanchette Bridge,” Co-PI (20%) with Drs. Ward N. Marianos, Nestore Galati, and Christopher W. Ramsay, Missouri Transportation Institute (MTI) / Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) (1/15/2006-8/14/2006), $70,000; U.S. Department of Transportation through University of Transportation Center, $35,000.

52. “Strongwell/Industry/University Cooperative for Repairs of Buildings and Bridges with Composites,” Co-PI (20%) with Drs. Nestore Galati (PI), Antonio Nanni, Ashraf Ayoub, and John Myers, SPS/Industry/University Cooperative for Repairs of Buildings and Bridges with Composites(10/2/2005-7/31/2007), $25,000.

53. “Blast Testing and Research – Bridge at the Tenza Viaduct,” Co-PI (15%) with Drs. Antonio Nanni, Pedro F. Silva, Ashraf Ayoub, and Jason Baird, Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) (9/1/2005-12/31/2005), $400,000.


54. “Blast Resistant Enhancement with an Integrated Hardening, Damping, and Wave Modulating System Using 1/3 Scale RC Columns,” PI (20%) with Drs. Antonio Nanni, Pedro F. Silva, Ashraf Ayoub, Nestore Galati, and John Myers, Toray/Industry/University Cooperative for Repairs of Buildings and Bridges with Composites (7/1/2005-12/31/2006), $25,000.

55. “SPS/Industry/University Cooperative for Repairs of Buildings and Bridges with Composites,” Co-PI (16%) with Drs. Pedro F. Silva (PI), Antonio Nanni, Ashraf Ayoub, Nestore Galati, and John Myers, SPS/Industry/University Cooperative for Repairs of Buildings and Bridges with Composites(7/1/2005-12/31/2006), $25,000.

56. “Data Collection of Damage and Dissemination of Storm Damage to the Gulf Coast,” Co-PI (9%) with Drs. Ronaldo Luna (PI), Neil Anderson, David Rogers, et al., United States Geological Survey (9/26/2005-3/31/2005), $45,000.

57. “SGER: US-Portugal International Workshop on Earthquake Engineering Research Using NEES Facilities,” Co-PI (40%) with Dr. Pedro F. Silva, National Science Foundation Award No. CMS-0410598 (8/1/2005-7/31/2006), $34,595.

58. “Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers,” Co-PI (5%) with Drs. Antonio Nanni, Pedro F. Silva, and John Myers, National Science Foundation Award EEC-0435733 (9/1/2004-8/31/2007), $197,000.

59. “Technical Assistance Contract – MRPC,” PI (100%), Meramec Regional Planning Commission (8/31/2004-12/31/2008), $14,300.

60. “UTC/Geotechnical and Bridge Design Workshop: New Madrid Seismic Zone Experience,” PI (25%) with Drs. Neil Anderson, Ronaldo Luna, and Richard W. Stephenson, US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center (08/31/2004-02/28/2005), $10,000.

61. “Development and Validation of Distributed Electromagnetic Wave-Guide Sensors for Civil Infrastructures Performance Evaluation,” PI (40%) with Drs. David Pommerenke and James L. Drewniak, National Science Foundation Award CMS-0409420 (8/15/2004-1/31/2011), $106,000.

62. “UTC/Enhancing Student Awareness and Faculty Capabilities in Transportation,” Co-PI (10%) with Structures Faculty Members, US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center (7/1/2004-6/30/2006), $150,120.81.

63. “Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers,” Co-PI (15%) with Drs. John Myers and Pedro F. Silva, TORAY (7/1/2004-9/30/2005), $25,000.

64. “Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers,” Co-PI (30%) with Drs. John Myers and Pedro F. Silva, Structural Preservation Systems (7/1/2004-9/30/2005), $25,000.

65. “Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers,” Co-PI (45%) with Drs. John Myers and Pedro F. Silva, Bondo Corporation (7/1/2004-9/30/2005), $25,000.

66. “Exploratory Study on a Maintenance-Free Novel Device for Seismic Response Control of Structures,” PI (100%), National Science Foundation Award CMS-0342020 (11/15/2003-10/31/2005), $34,358.

67. “Strut Failure Investigation of Paseo Suspension Bridge in Kansas City, MO,” PI (55%) with Dr. Lokesh R. Dharani, Missouri Department of Transportation (8/26/2003-8/28/2005), $88,890; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $44,444.


68. University Transportation Center – Advanced Materials and Non-Destructive Testing Technologies, Co-PI (2%) with UMR Faculty Members, U.S. Department of Transportation (7/1/2003-6/30/2004), $916,000.

69. “Distributed Sensors for Damage Detection and Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure,” PI (66%) with Drs. James L. Drewniak and David Pommerenke, National Science Foundation Award CMS-0200381 (8/15/2002-7/31/2003), $140,000.

70. “Experimental Study on Seismic Retrofit Techniques for Capbeams, Columns and their Connections of Highway Bridges,” Co-PI (50%) with Dr. Pedro F. Silva, Alaska Department of Transportation (7/1/2002-6/30/2004), $110,000; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $45,000.

71. University Transportation Center – Advanced Materials and Non-Destructive Testing Technologies, Co-PI (2%) with UMR Faculty Members, U.S. Department of Transportation (7/1/2002-6/30/2001), $906,000.

72. “Experimental Study on Seismic Retrofit Techniques for Capbeams, Columns and their Connections of Highway Bridges,” PI (50%) with Dr. Pedro F. Silva, Missouri Department of Transportation (4/2/2002-5/31/2004), $61,348; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $30,674.

73. “Post-Earthquake Damage Evaluation of Bridge Structures,” PI (50%) with Drs. Reza Zoughi and Neil Anderson, Missouri Department of Transportation (4/2/2002-5/31/2004), $58,723; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $29,361.

74. “Determination of Shear-Wave Velocity Profiles from Surface (Rayleigh) Seismic Waves: Wahite Ditch and St. Francis River Bridge Sites, southeast Missouri,” Co-PI (15%) with Drs. Neil Anderson and Ronaldo Luna, Missouri Department of Transportation (3/1/2002-11/31/2002), $23,000.

75. “Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Research Program for Highway Systems,” Co-PI (20% serve as a Technical Director of the Project) with Drs. Neil Anderson, Ronaldo Luna, Richard W. Stephenson, Pedro F. Silva, and David Rogers, Federal Highway Administration (2/01/2002-1/31/2004), $800,000; Missouri Department of Transportation, $77,200.

76. “Implementation Issues of Metallic Dampers for Seismic Retrofit of Highway Bridges,” PI (100%), Missouri Department of Transportation (8/01/2001-7/31/2003), $60,150; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $30,078.

77. “Acquisition of an Integrated Testing System for Civil Infrastructure Engineering Research and Education,” Co-PI (20%) with Structures Faculty Members, National Science Foundation (8/01/2001-7/31/2003), $338,325; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $62,477.

78. “Hybrid Seismic Control of Buildings Supported on Soft Soil Materials,” PI (100%), Ministry of Education, China, under the auspices of the State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University (10/1/2000-9/31/2001), 95,000 Chinese Yen (approximately $12,000, no contract signed with UMR).

79. “Assessment and Mitigation of Earthquake Hazards along Designated Priority Emergency Vehicle Access Routes, S.E. Missouri,” Co-PI (10%) with 11 Faculty Members, Missouri Department of Transportation (6/15/1999-5/31/2000), $142,500.


80. “CAREER: Design and Integration of Piezoelectric Actuators in Civil Engineering Structures,” PI (100%), National Science Foundation Award CMS-9733123 (11/15/1998-11/14/2002), $329,996.

81. “Destructive and Non-Destructive Tests of Bridge J857,” Co-PI (33%) with Drs. Antonio Nanni and Michael G. Baker, Missouri Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and Industries (9/16/1998-9/15/1999), $20,614.

82. “Metallic Dampers for Design and Retrofit of Bridges,” PI (100%), Missouri Department of Transportation (1/1/1998-12/31/2000), $23,996; Center for Infrastructural Engineering Studies, $11,000 and US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $11,000.

83. “Signal Mast Arm Fatigue Failure Investigation,” PI (43%) with Drs. Lokesh R. Dharani and Christopher W. Ramsay, Missouri Department of Transportation (10/1/1997-10/31/2000), $75,000; US Department of Transportation through University Transportation Center, $15,000.

INTERNALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS: 84. “Technology Acceleration Program (TAP) Award,” PI (50%) with Dr. David

Pommerenke, Technology Transfer and Economic Development, Missouri University of Science and Technology (5/15/2010-5/14/2011), $15,000.

85. “An Integrated Testing System for Civil Infrastructure,” Co-PI (20%) with Structures Faculty Members, University of Missouri Research Board (4/01/2002-3/31/2003), $60,000.

86. “Seismic Effectiveness of Multi-Stage Tuned Mass Dampers,” PI (100%), University of Missouri Research Board (9/1/1997-2/28/2000), $37,868.

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS AND EXCHANGE SCHOLARS: 1. Dr. Fujian Tang (January 2014 – December 31, 2016), Post-Doctoral Fellow 2. Dr. Yan Wang (August 2014 – July 2015), Visiting Scholar, Associate Professor from

Anhui University of Technology, Ma Anshan, Anhui, P.R. China. 3. Dr. Qiuhua Duan (February 2014 – January 2015), Visiting Scholar, Associate Professor

from Guangxi University, Nanning, P.R. China. 4. Dr. Zhibin Lin (April 2012 – July 31 2013), Post-Doctoral Fellow (Assistant Professor at

North Dakota State University since August 1, 2013) 5. Dr. Dan-Guang Pan (September 2010 – August 2011), Senior Visiting Scholar, Associate

Professor from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China 6. Dr. Huawei Yin (March 2010 – February 2011), Senior Visiting Scholar, Associate

Professor from Hunan University, Changsha, P.R. China 7. Dr. Jianbo Li (March 2008 – February 2009), Senior Visiting Scholar, Associate

Professor from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, P.R. China 8. Dr. Zhi Zhou (June 2008 – May 2010), Senior Visiting Professor from Harbin University

of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China, Professor from Dalian University of Technology. 9. Dr. Yuanxiang Sun (August 2008 – January 2010), Senior Visiting Scholar, Associate

Professor from Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P.R. China 10. Mr. Yueling Jing (November 2007 – May 2010), Joint Ph.D. Student and Visiting

Scholar from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, P.R. China (Assistant Professor from Hefei University of Technology, P.R. China).


11. Dr. Dongming Yan (January 2007 – February 2011), Post-Doctoral Fellow (Associate Professor from Zhejiang University, P.R. China, since 2011).

12. Dr. Bin Xu (November 2003 – June 2005), Post-Doctoral Fellow (Fulong Young Scholar and Professor from Hunan University since 2005)

13. Dr. Chaoqiang Chen (June 2003 – December 2003) , Post-Doctoral Fellow 14. Dr. Mostafa El-Engebawy (June 2002 – September 2004) , Post-Doctoral Fellow 15. Dr. Menglin Lou (August 1998 – February 1999), Senior Visiting Professor from State

Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering (Professor and Director), Tongji University, P.R. China

GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION: Ph.D. Students (in Progress and Completed) 1. Chuanrui Guo: Expected to graduate in Winter Semester 2018. 2. Zhaochao Li: Expected to graduate in Winter Semester 2018 3. Fan Liang: Expected to graduate in Winter Semester 2018. 4. Tiantian Li: Expected to graduate in Fall Semester 2017. 5. Hongya Qu: Expected to graduate in Fall Semester 2017. 6. Yi Bao: Expected to graduate in Summer Semester 2017. 7. Yizheng Chen: Expected to graduate in Fall Semester 2016. 8. Yan Tang: Expected to graduate in Fall Semester 2016. 9. Mostafa Fakharifar: Expected to graduate in Summer Semester 2015.

Dissertation Title: Composite Confinement Systems for RC Column Repair and Construction under Seismic Loads: Concept, Characterization, and Performance.

10. Chenglin Wu: Graduated in Summer Semester 2014 Dissertation Title: A Unified Bond Theory, Probabilistic Meso-scale Modeling, and Experimental Validation of Deformed Steel Rebar.

11. Fujian Tang: Graduated in Fall Semester 2013. Dissertation Title: Enamel-coated Steel Reinforcement for Improved Durability and Life-cycle Performance of Concrete Structures: Microstructure, Corrosion, and Deterioration.

12. Ying Huang: Graduated in Summer Semester 2012. Dissertation Title: A Progressive Collapse Evaluation of Steel Structures in High Temperature Environment with Optical Fiber Sensors. (Assistant Professor at North Dakota State University, North Dakota since August 1, 2012)

13. Zuocai Wang: Graduated in Fall Semester 2011. Dissertation Title: Hilbert Transform Applications in Signal Analysis and Non-Parametric Identification of Linear and Nonlinear Systems. (Huangshan Young Scholar and Professor, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China since January 1, 2012))

14. Wenjian Wang: Graduated in Winter Semester 2007. Dissertation Title: Structural Condition Assessment of the Bill Emerson Memorial Cable- stayed Bridged Neural Networks. (Senior Structural Engineer, Weidlinger Associated, Inc., Boston, USA) 15. Yuxiang Xin: Graduated in Summer Semester 2006.

Dissertation Title: Seismic Performance of Mass-Variable Tuned Liquid Dampers with Particles Liquidation in Building Applications.


(Structural Engineer, HNTB Corporation, California, USA) 16. Xiaofei Ying: Graduated in Summer Semester 2006.

Dissertation Title: Seismic Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns, and Joints with Thin Steel Sheets and Steel Plates.

17. Xi Huang: Graduated in Winter Semester 2005. Dissertation Title: An Integrated VE Damping and FRP Strengthening System for Performance-based Seismic Retrofit of RC Columns.

18. Chaoqiang Chen: Graduated in Winter Semester 2003. Dissertation Title: Semi-active Control of Elastic and Inelastic Building Structures with Piezoelectric Friction Dampers.

19. Huimin Mu: Graduated in Fall Semester 2002. Dissertation Title: Development and Validation of Coaxial Cable Sensors for Damage Detection of Reinforced Concrete Structures.

20. Xinbao Yang: (Co-Advisor with Dr. Antonio Nanni), Graduated in Fall Semester 2001. Dissertation Title: The Engineering of Construction Specifications for Externally Bonded FRP Composites.

21. Jingning Wu: Graduated in Summer Semester 2000. Dissertation Title: Seismic Performance, Design and Placement of Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers in Building Applications.

M.S. Students (in Progress and Completed) 22. J. Alexander Cain: Graduated in Summer Semester 2015.

Thesis Title: Damage Detection Through Acoustic Emission of Fracture Process in Concrete Masonry Units

23. Brandon Schafer: Expected to graduate in Fall Semester 2013. 24. Seth McConnell: Expected to graduate in Winter Semester 2012. 25. Wesley James Bevans: Graduated in Winter Semester 2013 (changed to non-thesis). 26. Fujian Tang: Graduated in Winter Semester 2014 (jointly advised with Dr. Richard Brow

from Material Science and Engineering Department) Thesis Title: Corrosion Resistance of Enamel Coating Modified by Calcium Silicate and Sand Particle for Steel Reinforcement in Concrete.

27. Laura Rathe: Graduated in Fall Semester 2011. Thesis Title: Behavior of Staged Externally Bonded Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Sheets for Improved Ductility.

28. Iana Muchaidze: Graduated in Fall Semester 2010. Thesis Title: Installation and Performance Evaluation of Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack and Corrosion Detection.

29. Ravi Mullapudi: Graduated in Winter Semester 2010. Thesis Title: Nonlinear Finite Element Formulation of the Soil Structure Interaction

through Two Parameter Foundation Model. 30. Kazi Karim: Graduated in Winter Semester 2009.

Thesis Title: An Integrated Damping and Strengthening Strategy for Performance-Based Seismic Design and Retrofit of Highway Bridges.

31. Brian H. Wood: Graduated in Summer Semester 2008. Thesis Title: Experimental Validation of an Integrated FRP-Viscoelastic Hardening, Damping, and Wave-Modulating System for Blast Resistance Enhancement of Reinforced Concrete Columns.


32. Mei Wang: Graduated in Winter Semester 2008 Thesis Title: Electromagnetic Modeling of Distributed Coaxial Cable Crack Sensors in Reinforced Concrete Members.

33. Michael Brower: Graduate in Fall Semester 2007. Thesis Title: Implementation Issues of Distributed Coaxial Cable Crack Sensors Embedded in Reinforced Concrete Members.

34. Lori Kindervater: Graduated in Winter Semester 2007. Thesis Title: Behavior of Granular Particles under Horizontal Dynamic Loading.

35. Christopher Courtright: Graduated in Winter Semester 2005. Thesis Title: Strut Failure Investigation of Paseo Suspension Bridge in Kansas City, MO.

36. Ryan McDaniel: Graduated in Fall Semester 2004. Thesis Title: Characterization and Implementation of Distributed Coaxial Cable Crack Sensors for Embedment in Reinforced Concrete Structural Members.

37. Stephen Eads: Graduated in Fall Semester 2004. Thesis Title: Behavior and Fatigue Properties of Metallic Dampers for Seismic Retrofit of Highway Bridges.

38. Matthew Gebhardt: Graduated in Fall Semester 2003. Thesis Title: Development and Implementation of Active Structural Control of a Three-Story Building with Piezoelectric Actuators in Bending Mode.

39. Derek Smith: Graduated in Winter Semester 2003. Thesis Title: Effects of Piezoelectric Wedge Actuators on the Effectiveness of Tuned Mass Dampers Used in Structural Applications.

40. Gabriel T. Garrett: Graduated in Winter Semester 2002. Thesis Title: Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Prototype Piezoelectric Friction Damper.

41. Pamela Thebeau: Graduated in Summer Semester 2001. Thesis Title: Seismic Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment of Four Bridges on Emergency Vehicle Access Route US HWY60.

42. Eric R. Bothe: Graduated in Summer Semester 2000. Thesis Title: Experimental Studies on Seismic Behavior of Metallic Dampers for Bridge Applications.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION: 1. Ryan Plasse (FS98) 2. Derek Smith (SS99) 3. Pamela Thebeau (SS99) 4. Eric Pilger (SS04) 5. Joshua Brown (SS05) 6. Kerrie Barnes (SS05) 7. Leslie Olson (FS05) 8. Daniel Daegling (FS06) 9. Stephen Grelle (SS07) 10. Seth McConnell (SS08, FS08, WS09) 11. Jessica Owens (SS08, FS08) 12. Mulugeta Kebede (SS08) 13. Eric Shelton (FS09)


14. Luke Hogan (FS09, WS10) 15. Brandon Schafer (SS11, FS11) 16. Gabriel Farrar (SS11, FS11, FS12) 17. Lauren Svoboda (SS11) 18. Brian Hodge (WS12, SS12, FS12) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITES: Journal Editorial Board Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 6/1/2014-present. Advances in Structural Engineering, 1/1/2014-present. The Scientific World Journal, 6/1/2012-5/31/2013 ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 9/15/2009-present. Structural Control and Health Monitoring: an International Journal, on-line at Wiley InterScience and published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-2011.

Journal Editorship Associate Editor for Civil Structural Health Monitoring, June 1, 2014 – present. Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, September 15, 2009 – May 1, 2014. Guest editor for the special issue of Structural Engineering and Mechanics: an International Journal with a theme of earthquake engineering and mechanics, October, 2006.

Conference Chair, Co-Chair of Workshop and Conference Track 1. 4th International Conference on Structures and Building Materials, March 15 and 16,

2014, Guangzhou, China. 2. ASCE Structures Congress: Materials, Advanced Materials and Methods (track), St.

Louis, May 18-21, 2006. 3. Geotechnical and Bridge Seismic Design Workshop: New Madrid Seismic Zone

Experience, Cape Girardeau, October 28 and 29, 2004.

Conference Organization/Steering/Scientific Committees 1. 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization, Special Session on Smart

Infrastructure and Built Environment, Hong Kong, China, January 7-9, 2015. 2. 6th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, Barcelona, Spain, July 15-

17, 2014. 3. Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring:

Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, Part of the 21st SPIE’s International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 9-13, 2014.

4. 6th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Hong Kong, December 9-11, 2013.

5. 7th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, Oakland, CA, May 20-22, 2013.

6. Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring: Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, Part of the 20th SPIE’s International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 10-14, 2013.



8. 6th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Structures Technology Sponsored by ANCRiSST, Dalian, China, July 25-26, 2011.



11. 5th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology Sponsored by ANCRiSST, Boston, Massachusetts, July 29 – August 1, 2009.


13. 8th Structural Materials Technology (SMT): NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges, Oakland, California, September 8-12, 2008.

14. 6th National Seismic Conference for Highways and Bridges, South Carolina, July 28-31, 2008.


16. 2nd International Conference on Structural Condition Assessment, Monitoring and Improvement (SCAMI-2), Changsha, China, November 19-21, 2007.


18. 7th Structural Materials Technology (SMT): NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges, and 6th International Symposium on NDT in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE), St. Louis, Missouri, August 14-18, 2006.

19. 2006 ASCE Structures Congress, St. Louis, Missouri, May 18-21, 2006. 20. Smart Structures and NDE Joint Conference: Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies

for Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, Part of the 13th SPIE’s International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, February 26-March 2, 2006

21. 1st US-Portugal International Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering, Lamego, Portugal, July 11-13, 2005.


22. Smart Structures and NDE Joint Conference: Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, Part of the 12th SPIE’s International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 6-10, 2005

23. Fiber Optical Sensors, SPIE Conference, Ottawa, Canada, September 27-29, 2004. 24. 6th Structural Materials Technology (SMT): NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges 2004,

Buffalo, New York, September 14-17, 2004 25. Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace

Systems, Part of the 11th SPIE’s International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 14-18, 2004.

26. 1st International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructures, Tokyo, Japan, November 13-15, 2003.

27. 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California, March 28-31, 2001.

UM SYSTEM/UNIVERSITY/DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE (PARTIAL LIST): 1. Chair of Search Committee for Department Chair, 2015-2016 2. Mentoring Committee for Deng Wen and Grace Yan, 2015-2018 3. Member of the UM Research Board, 2014-2016 4. Member of Missouri S&T Faculty Research Award Committee, 2014-2015 5. Member of Missouri S&T Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Committee,

2014-2015 6. Task Force for UM Research Board Review, 2014 7. Chair of Search Committee for Structures Position, 2012-2013 8. Campus Third-Year Review Committees for Elizabeth Cudney from Engineering

Management and Serhat Hosder from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2010 9. Campus Third-Year Review Committee for Katie Shannon from Biological Sciences,

2009 10. Mentoring Committee for Jeffery Volz, 2008-2013 11. Missouri University of Science and Technology P&T Committee, 2008-2010 12. Missouri University of Science and Technology Engineering Discipline P&T Committee,

2008-2010 13. Assistant Professor Search Committee (two positions), 2007-2008 14. Jones Endowed Chair Professor Search Committee, 2007 - present 15. Missouri Transportation Institute (MTI) Restructuring Task Committee, Sept.-Dec., 2007 16. Departmental P&T Committee Chair, 2007-2010 17. Interim Director of the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, Sept. 2006-2010 18. Departmental Graduate Affairs Committee (2004-present), Chair 2005 - 2006 19. School of Engineering Honor Program (2004-2007), Departmental Director 20. Departmental Computer Committee (1999-present), Chair prior to 2003 21. Academic Council Computer Policy Committee (1999-2003), Member 22. School of Engineering Awards and Recognition Committee (2003-present), Member 23. School of Engineering Agenda and Nominating Committee (1999-2001), Member 24. Departmental Teaching Load Models (2005), Strawman Writer 25. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute/UMR Student Chapter (1997-present),

Founding Faculty Advisor


26. Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE) Program (1998-2006), Departmental Coordinator

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