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2014-2015 Annual Report, June 26, 2015
North Carolina State University Student Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute page 1
2014-2015 ANNUAL REPORT
North Carolina State University Student Chapter
of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Report Date: June 26, 2015
This report summarizes the membership and activities conducted by the North Carolina State University Student
Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute during the 2014-2015 academic year.
MISSION & GOALS
The objective of EERI-NCSU student chapter is to promote the study and practice of earthquake engineering in
the university and the community, to strive to solve national earthquake engineering problems in order to
protect people and property from the effects of earthquakes, to further the professional development of the
students, and to improve inter-disciplinary communication.
MEMBERSHIP
The North Carolina State University Student Chapter had a total of 10 members in 2014-2015.
OFFICERS
The Board consisted of the following members:
Role Name EERI Member Number Email Student Status
President Diego Aguirre 15214 [email protected] Graduate student
Vice-President Emrah Tasdemir 17443 [email protected] Graduate student
Treasurer David Overby [email protected] Graduate student
Secretary Ana Gabriela Haro 17442 [email protected] Graduate student
Secretary Cuiyan Kong 17550 [email protected] Graduate student
Secreatry Nihar Gogoi [email protected] Graduate student
* From left to right: Cuiyan Kong, Ana Haro, Diego Aguirre, Emrah Tasdemir, Dr. Mervyn Kowalsky, David Overby, Nihar Gogoi
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FACULTY & INDUSTRYADVISORS
Advisor Type Name Affiliation Email
Faculty Dr. Mervyn Kowalsky Professor at NCSU [email protected]
Industry Dr. Satraijt Das Practitioner with WSP [email protected]
MEMBERS
A complete list of members is shown below.
Name EERI Member Number Email Student Status
Vivek Samu [email protected] Graduate student
Casey Shanahan [email protected] Graduate student
Saket Kabra [email protected] Graduate student
Long Vo [email protected] Graduate student
Steven Thornton [email protected] Undergraduate student
Carmelina Pappalardo [email protected] Undergraduate student
Jackson Pitofsky [email protected] Undergraduate student
Arjun Jayaprakash [email protected] Graduate student
Rahul Nagwekar [email protected] Graduate student
Heramb Mahajan [email protected] Graduate student
Shinyoung Kwung [email protected] Graduate student
Harleen Sandhu [email protected] Graduate student
Mayank Tanwar [email protected] Graduate student
Sugandha Singh [email protected] Graduate student
Payel Chatterjee [email protected] Graduate student
Suhrud Kulkarni [email protected] Graduate student
Shrikrishnan Madhavan [email protected] Graduate student
Abhinav Shankar [email protected] Graduate student
Chaitanya Shetti [email protected] Graduate student
Tiancong Lin [email protected] Graduate student
Carlos Vega [email protected] Undergraduate student
BUDGET & FINANCIALS
Sponsor Name/Organization Description Contact Person Amount
NCSU – Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Financial support for 5 graduate students to attend the 2015 EERI
Annual Meeting
Renee Howard $ 4,000
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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
REGULAR CHAPTER MEETINGS
Kick-off meeting (November 5, 2014)
This was an informational session for prospective members as the student chapter was not active during the last 2 years. During the event the EERI-NCSU student chapter president gave an introduction to earthquake engineering, discussed the objectives of the student chapter, presented the officers, talked about all the activities the EERI has and also briefly introduced the activities planned for the semester.
Seminar: Wavelet-based damage detection methods (November 19, 2014)
NC State University Ph.d. student and EERI student chapter president Diego Aguirre presented his topic of study during his Master of Science studies in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Students and
faculty members attended this session which focused on damage detection methods for reinforced concrete structures.
Seminar: Performance limit states of circular RC bridge columns (January 28, 2015)
Dr. Chad Goodnight, who is a former NC State student, presented this seminar, in which based on the results of an experimental program of 30 circular RC well-confined bridge columns, he talked about new strain limits and showed recommended modifications to current design methods.
FRIEDMAN FAMILY VISITING PROFESSIONAL VISIT (April 24, 2015)
As part of the Friedman Family Visiting Professional program, the EERI NC State student chapter was selected to
host Dr. Nathan Gould who is the director and chief of technology for ABS Consulting Advanced Engineering
Division in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Gould is a practicing structural engineer with over 23 years of experience in the
design, construction and rehabilitation of major structures in all regions of the United States.
EERI-NCSU officers gave Dr. Gould a tour to the Constructed Facilities Laboratory (CFL). The objective of this tour
was to show the structural laboratory at NC State University as well as to show the different ongoing research
projects. In the figure below is Dr. Nathan Gould and MS student David Overby explaining his research on high
strength steel for seismic applications.
After the tour to the CFL, EERI officers took Dr. Gould to the different facilities in Centennial campus at NC State
University. Subsequently, officers had lunch with him after which Dr. Gould gave a presentation on
performance based seismic retrofitting. His visit ended with presentations from the officers about their
respective research projects.
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ELECTION & ELECTION RESULTS
An election for officers for the 2015-2016 academic year was held in May 2015. The table below shows the new
officers appointed to the Chapter board who will take office on August 2015.
Role Name EERI
Member Number Email Student Status
President Diego Aguirre 15214 [email protected] Graduate student
Vice-President Emrah Tasdemir 17443 [email protected] Graduate student
Treasurer Christopher Price [email protected] Graduate student
Secretary Ana Gabriela Haro 17442 [email protected] Graduate student
Secretary Cuiyan Kong 17550 [email protected] Graduate student
Secretary David Overby [email protected] Graduate student
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
Included at the end of this report are the flyers from the events hosted during the 2014-2015 academic year.
When: Wed., Nov. 5th
Where: Mann Hall 321
Time: 12:30 PM
The EERI is a national,
nonprofit, technical society for
students and professionals of:
Structural Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Earth Science
Social Science
Architecture
Member Benefits:
EERI competitions: seismic design, poster, paper
Travel grants to EERI annual meetings
Online access to Earthquake Spectra Journal
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