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Prof. Robert G. Driver
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta
Autobiography:
My research interests lie primarily in the field of steel structures engineering, including member, connection, and system behavior, as well as steel-concrete composite structures and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures using innovative steel solutions. I have recently begun investigations into multi-hazard approaches to structural survivability and robustness, as well as resistance to progressive collapse. My past research activity includes the development of torsional design provisions for wide-flange beams, which have been included in the Canadian steel design standard and cited in standard textbooks. I have also conducted research into optimizing the use of high performance steel in bridge plate girders that has resulted in the development of a corrugated web configuration and an internally stiffened double-plate web. The corrugated web results have been used in a highway bridge in Pennsylvania, USA. I conducted the first ever large-scale test of a multi-storey steel plate shear wall (and several subsequent tests) to confirm its outstanding performance under extreme cyclic loading. This research is also referenced extensively in the Canadian and American national steel design standards and is used world-wide. My work on bolted and welded connections is widely cited and has influenced North American design codes and standards in several areas.
Education:
• Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of Alberta, 1996
• M.Sc. in Structural Engineering, University of Alberta, 1987
• B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, 1983
Research Interests:
1. global robustness in steel structures;
2. reliability of fillet welded connections;
3. seismic rehabilitation of concrete frames using steel confinement collars, including behaviour of collared columns under cyclic shear-dominant loading;
4. protective structures and behavior under blast-loading;
5. harmonization of bolted connection design provisions for codification;
6. progressive collapse mitigation in buildings;
7. performance of steel plate shear walls in low and moderate seismic regions;
8. large-scale testing of steel plate shear walls with partially encased composite columns;
9. optimization and dynamic behavior of steel plate shear walls
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