Northeastern University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering  

Jerome F. Hajjar, Ph.D., P.E.

CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair

Director, Laboratory for Structural Testing of Resilient and Sustainable Systems (STReSS Laboratory)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

400 Snell Engineering Center

360 Huntington Avenue

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000 USA

617-373-3242 (telephone); 617-373-4419 (fax); jf.hajjar@northeastern.edu


CURRENT RESEARCH

Examples of current research may be found at the following websites:

National Science Foundation

4C2B: Century-Scale Carbon-Sequestration in Cross-Laminated Timber Composite Bolted-Steel Buildings, Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere (HESTIA), Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, Department of Energy

Ensuring Long-Term Availability and Bankability of Offshore Wind Through Hurricane Risk Assessment and Mitigation, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC, Department of Energy) and Massachusetts Clean Energy Council

Physics-Reinforced Deep Learning for Structural Metamodeling, National Science Foundation

FastFloor:  Behavior of Modular Steel Deck Floor Assemblies, Charles Pankow Foundation, MKA Foundation, American Institute of Steel Construction, Nucor Corp., and Schuff Steel Co.

Steel Deck Innovation Initiative:  Transforming Building Structural Resilience Through Innovation in Steel Diaphragms, National Science Foundation, American Institute of Steel Construction, American Iron and Steel Institute, Steel Deck Institute, Steel Joist Institute, and Metal Building Manufacturers Association


PRIOR RESEARCH

National Science Foundation, George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation and Industry

Controlled Rocking of Steel Frame Structures with Replaceable Energy-Dissipating Fuses, National Science Foundation and American Institute of Steel Construction

System Behavior Factors for Composite and Mixed Structural Systems, National Science Foundation and American Institute of Steel Construction

National Science Foundation and Industry

CRISP Type 2:  Identification and Control of Uncertain, Highly Interdependent Processes Involving Humans with Applications to Resilient Emergency Health Response, National Science Foundation, Critical Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Systems and Processes (CRISP)

NRI-Large: Fast and Accurate Infrastructure Modeling and Inspection with Low-Flying Robots, National Science Foundation

Deconstructable Systems for Sustainable Design of Steel and Composite Structures, National Science Foundation and American Institute of Steel Construction

Reliability-based Hurricane Risk Assessment for Offshore Wind Farms, National Science Foundation and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

An Integrated Platform for Validated Prediction of Collapse of Structures, National Science Foundation

Reconfiguring Steel Structures:  Energy Dissipation and Buckling Mitigation Through the Use of Steel Foams, National Science Foundation

Performance Assessment and Performance-Based Design Methodology for Composite Construction with Application to Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Structural Systems, National Science Foundation and American Institute of Steel Construction

Other Federal Agencies

Rapid Automated Damage Detection using Autonomous Robots (RAD2AR), Department of Homeland Security (subaward from the Pacific Northwest Economic Region Foundation) and Global Resilience Institute, Northeastern University 

Disaster Resilience of Buildings, Infrastructure, and Communities, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Massachusetts Port Authority

State Agencies

Massachusetts Research Partnership:  Development of a National Offshore Wind Research Agenda, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center 

American Institute of Steel Construction and Industry

Thermal Break Strategies for Cladding Systems in Building Structures, Charles Pankow Foundation, American Institute of Steel Construction, American Composites Manufacturers Association, and the Pultrusion Industry Council

Bolted Steel Slip-Critical Connections with Fillers, American Institute of Steel Construction

Illinois Center for Transportation and Illinois Department of Transportation

Calibration and Refinement of Illinois’ Earthquake Resisting System Bridge Design Methodology, Illinois Department of Transportation

DOCUMENTATION SITES

Northeastern University Civil and Environmental Engineering Report Series

Newmark Structural Engineering Report Series

Research Reports Published via Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Reports Published via Minnesota Department of Transportation and Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota

For information about our undergraduate program in civil engineering: Northeastern University CEE Undergraduate Program

For information about our graduate program in civil engineering: Northeastern University CEE Graduate Program

For undergraduate application materials and admissions information: Northeastern University College of Engineering Undergraduate Programs

For graduate application materials and admissions information: Northeastern University College of Engineering Graduate Programs

For information about our engineering library: Snell Library


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