This the interim web page for the Donald G. Fears Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma. This historic structures laboratory is currently in the midst of a three-year renovation that is intended to restore it as a national facility for research and education in Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics (SESM).
The ongoing renovations are funded by the University of Oklahoma, and include installation of Gig-E connectivity, wireless networks, data-acquisition and sensor technology, restoration of shaker table and pseudodynamic testing capabilities, and the deployment of novel visualization and human-computer interaction facilities for use in Civil Engineering applications.
Like the renovation of Fears Lab, this web page is a work in progress -- for now, just enjoy the brief biographies of the team of hard-working people we've assembled to rebuild this Oklahoma facility for use as a networked national engineering resource.
Lisa is a new Ph.D. student in structural engineering, and she is also a practicing structural engineer in the Oklahoma City area. Lisa's proposed Ph.D. study is oriented towards the application of transient finite-element multimechanics principles to the design of blast-resistant infrastructure. Lisa is the technical coordinator on the OU subaward of the NEESgrid project, where she works on the Computational Simulation Portal activities.
Jamaal Jackson is a Masters' student specializing in dynamics applications in structural engineering. His undergraduate background is in physics, and he has experience in parallel computing and in other high-technology areas. He is currently leading the shaker table renovation effort at Fears Lab, and is also designing some of the model buildings that will be used to test the fixed and portable shaker tables.
Kyran (Kim) Mish is the director of Fears Lab, and has a background in structural mechanics and computational engineering. He has a productive history in engineering practice, including service as a faculty member at the University of California at Davis, professional practice as a bridge engineer in California, and management experience as the founding director of the Center for Computational Engineering at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His current research efforts are in earthquake engineering and national security venues.
Gene is a Ph.D. candidate in structural engineering, and a practicing structural engineer with a diverse history of successful design experience. His Ph.D. research is in the experimental validation of nonlinear structural finite-element analyses. Gene's technical background includes work in structural mechanics, structural engineering, and architectural engineering, and so he provides one-stop shopping for all things relating to built infrastructure
html by k.d. mish, Jan 31th, 2003