Our lab merges experimental and computational techniques to creatively redefine structural design.
Our research group is made up of a small team of talented students with a wide range of skills and experience. We explore advanced computational and experimental methods to characterize structural response. Our aim is to develop innovative structural systems that improve structural performance and reduce the effects of natural hazards on the built environment.
- Resilient and sustainable design and retrofit of building structures and offshore renewable energy systems
- Performance-based earthquake engineering
- Next-generation computational modeling, including real-time hybrid simulation for fluid-structure interaction
Barbara G. Simpson
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Email: bsimpson@stanford.edu
I began my career with an architectural engineering degree at the University of Kansas. After receiving my undergraduate degree, I worked in Los Angeles at Thornton Tomasetti before pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley with an emphasis in structural engineering. I began my academic career as a faculty member at Oregon State University. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor at Stanford University.
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