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Program Area: Structural Engineering Education Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1973 M.S., Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1970 B.S., Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1969 Honors - ASCE Teacher of the Year, 1974, 75, 76, 85, 89, 92, 98, 01 and 2003 - Distinguished Service Award, College of Engineering, April 1977 - Fellow, American Concrete Institute, March 1984 - Chi Epsilon Excellence in Teaching Award, Great Lakes District, April 1989 - Teaching Excellence Award, College of Engineering, Dec. 1989 - State of Michigan Teaching Award, April 1990 - Delmar L. Bloem Award for Distinguished Service, Amer. Concrete Inst., 1991 - Excellence in Faculty Service Award, College of Engineering, March 1995 - Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan Assoc. of Governing Boards, 1996 - Joe W. Kelly Award, American Concrete Institute, March 1999 - Arthur Y. Moy Award, ACI Michigan Chapter, December 2000 - RCRC Boise Award, American Concrete Institute, April 2002 - Structural Research Award, American Concrete Institute, March 2003 Professional Affiliation and Activities: Member of several technical committees within the American Concrete Institute, including Chairman of the Building Code Committee (ACI-318), Member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Earthquake Engineering Institute (EERI) and Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). Technical Interests: My primary research activities have centered on studies of inelastic behavior of reinforced concrete RC) members and connections under large load reversals (i.e. earthquake-type loading). My more recent research activities have included studies of the earthquake resistant design of structures of mixed construction, i.e., a combination of steel beams and RC columns and the use of high-performance fiber reinforced cementitious composites for increased energy dissipation and stiffness retention in critical locations of RC structures. I also have significant research and professional experience with seismic repair of damaged RC structures and the seismic retrofit of existing structures to modern seismic design levels. Within the American Concrete Institute (ACI) I am currently serving as the Chairman of the Building Code Committee and was one of the leaders that that advocated for the introduction of the Strut and Tie Method (STM) for shear design of RC members. Most of my funding comes from the National Science Foundation and the ACI Concrete Research Council. Selected Publications Wight, J.K., and Parra-Montesinos, G. (2003). "Use of strut and tie model for deep beam design as per ACI 318 code," ACI Concrete International, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 63-70. Quintero-Febres, C.G. and Wight, J.K. (2001), "Experimental Study of Reinforced Concrete Interior Wide Beam-Column Connections Subjected to Lateral Loading," ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 98, No. 4, pp. 572-582. Wight, James K., Parra-Montesinos, G., and Canbolat, B.A. (2003). "Seismic behavior of high-performance fiber reinforced cement composite coupling beams," Otani Symposium 2003, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 357-372. Parra-Montesinos, Gustavo and Wight, James K. (2000), "Seismic Response of Exterior RC Column-to-Steel Beam Connections," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 10, pp. 1113-1121. Hueste, M.B.D. and Wight, J.K. (1997), "Evaluation of a Four-Story Reinforced Concrete Building Damaged During the Northridge Earthquake", Earthquake Spectra, EERI, Vol. 13, No. 3, August 1997, pp. 387-414. |
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