Past Projects

  • "Dynamic Loading of Bridges due to Approach Depression", January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2008, Florida Department of Transportation, Principal Investigator.
  • "Crashworthiness Assessment of Paratransit Buses", June 15, 2006 - March 31, 2009. Transit Office, Florida Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator.
  • "Rollover Testing of Paratransit Buses". May 1, 2006 - August 30, 2007. Federal Transit Administration. Principal Investigator.
  • "Passenger Safety in Transit Buses". June 7, 2005 - August 30, 2006. Federal Transit Administration. Principal Investigator.
  • "Localized Structural Damage Modeling". Student Research Associate Program, September 22, 2005 - September 21, 2008. Subcontract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency through the Pennsylvania State University. Principal Investigator.
  • "Progressive Collapse Methodology Development", September 1, 2004 - August 30, 2005, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Technology Development Project #DTRA0006, Sub-contract from Pennsylvania State University. Principal Investigator (Co-PI: Dr. Nur Yazdani).
  • "DTRA Consortium Partnership Process Implementation" May 20, 2003 - May 19, 2006. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Principal Investigator.
  • "Structural Integrity and Safety of Public Transit Buses", January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005, Florida Department of Transportation, Principal Investigator.
  • "Transportation Safety Center at the Florida A&M University", September 1, 2004 - August 31, 2007, Federal Transit Administration,Principal Investigator (Co-PI: Dr. Charles Wright,CESTA).
  • "Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Existing Florida DOT Bridges", December 15, 2002 - March 31, 2005, Transit Office, Florida Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator.
  • "Energy Absorbing Armor Mounting for Light-Weight Army Vehicles", January 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004, US Army Research Laboratory, Principal Investigator.
  • "Emerging Imaging and GPS/GIS Technologies Applications for Civil Infrastructure Assessment and Management", May 2002 - April 2004, FSU Research Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Dr. Yassir AbdelRazig).
  • "Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Needs Fellowship Program", August 2001 - August 2004, U.S. Department of Education, Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Dr. Anna Vaughn Cooke, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Florida A&M University).
  • "Evolutionary Algorithms for Decision Making and Design Optimization in Civil and Environmental Engineering", May 2001 - April 2003, FSU Research Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Dr. Amy Chan Hilton).
  • "Evaluation of Traffic Crash Fatality Causes and Effects", September 2001- August 2003, Florida Department of Transportation, Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Dr. Lisa Spainhour).
  • "Structural Condition Assessment of Existing Structures", April 1, 2000 - March 31, 2002, FSU Research Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Dr. Primus Mtenga).
  • "Vehicle Trajectories Resulting from Traversing FDOT Street Curbs", September 1, 1999 - August 31, 2001, FHWA/FDOT, Principal Investigator.
  • "Crashworthiness and Safety of Public Transportation Buses", April 1, 1999 - September 30, 2002, Florida Department of Transportation, Principal Investigator.
  • "Acquisition of High-Performance Computing Environment by the Institute for Transportation Technologies", January 22, 1999 to September 30, 2000, USDOT/Silicon Graphics, Principal Investigator.
  • "Investigation of Bridge Fenders for Ship Impact", September 1, 1997 - April 30, 2000, Florida Department of Transportation, Co- Principal Investigator (P.I.: Dr. Nur Yazdani).
  • "Blast Response of Structural Components", June 28, 1999 to December 28, 1999, US Army Corps of Engineers, Principal Investigator.
  • "Computational Mechanics of Reinforced Concrete Walls due to Explosions", August 10, 1998 to April 30, 1999, US Army Corps of Engineers, Principal Investigator.
  • "Structural modifications of existing BCT guardrail terminals", January 1, 1997 - September 30, 1999. Florida Department of Transportation. Contract WPI# 0510652, Principal Investigator.
  • "Analysis of dynamic stress fields in pavements and transportation infrastructure", January 1, 1996 - December 31, 1998. National Science Foundation, contract No. HRD-9550687, Principal Investigator.
  • "Conceptual analysis of an aesthetic bridge barrier", February 28, 1996 - April 22, 1997. Florida Department of Transportation, Principal Investigator.
  • "Review and critique of current finite element vehicle models used by FHWA", May 15, 1995 - July 7, 1995. Design Concept Research Division, FHWA, Washington D.C., Principal Investigator.
  • "Finite element models of roadside safety structures", January 1, 1995 - April 30, 1997. Federal Highway Administration, Principal Investigator.
  • "Protocol for developing DYNA3D finite element codes for vehicle impacts", May 30 - July 22, 1994. Design Concept Research Division, FHWA, Washington D.C., Principal Investigator.
  • "Deicer tests using a walk-in cold chamber". October - November 1993, Federal Highway Administration, Principal Investigator.
  • "Ice forces on a cone shaped structure". December 92 - January 1993, ARCO Alaska, Principal Investigator.
  • "Finite element and closed form analysis". July 93 - August 93. Pavements Division, FHWA, Washington D.C., Principal Investigator.
  • "Symbolic matrix operating system PRISM for R&D". August - October 1992. National Highway Institute, McLean, VA. Principal Investigator
  • "Stress analysis for the automatic distraction system," . May August 1990. Autogenesis, a Biomedical Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.
  • "Elastic buckling of tapered thin walled beams," May August 1990. Faculty Development Grant, University of Alaska Anchorage. Principal Investigator.
  • "Instability of thin walled bars with random imperfections," July August 1987 Faculty Development Grant, University of Alaska Anchorage. Principal Investigator.