In my previous blog posts, I looked at the active and semi-active mass damping techniques. These techniques help protect buildings from potential structural damage caused by seismic ground motions and high winds. In this blog post, I want to focus...
As a young engineering professor, you have a great idea for research. But you need funding to start. And that often means writing a research proposal. The Ph.D. gave you good training in presenting research ideas, planning the work, and...
Quanser YOUser Webinar Many freshman engineering students are choosing their program or area of concentration with very little understanding of engineering itself. While traditional lab courses help students better grasp the studied theories, they rarely help to instill the idea...
In my previous post, I focused on the translational mass dampers as one of the strategies for active control of vibrations in tall structures. Today, let's explore a semi-active control using a different type of mass dampers - the magnetorheological...
Though we released the Autonomous Vehicles Research Studio last year, the development did not stop there. In this blog post, I will recap our work on the drone component of the research studio. Some of you might have seen the...
If you were on the top floor of a tall building on a windy day, did you get that feeling the building is swaying? High winds can cause tall structures to swing or deflect. If you did not notice anything,...
