Steel Structures Subramanian
Ceumar Pee
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During the 1980s he worked as a practicing civil engineer with TECHINT in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was involved in project management of large industrial projects and the design of steel structures. He also participated in the development of an engineering integrated system.
During the early 1990s while at Georgia Tech for his doctoral degree, he studied the use of nonstructural elements such as precast facade cladding for the passive control of seismic response of buildings. This research resulted in the formulation of an energy-based design criterion, expressed as an optimization procedure for the use of energy dissipating facade cladding.
Before joining Florida Tech, Dr. Pinelli worked in California in seismic risk evaluation. Since joining Florida Tech in 1995, he has been involved in research related to the strength of anchors in high-strength concrete, the study of break-away connections of highway signs under the action of wind and traffic, tornado damage to low rise buildings, damping of seismic vibrations using tuned mass dampers and MR dampers, and the effect of wind on structures. He is also the founder and director of the Wind and Hurricane Impact Laboratory (WHIRL).
A Model to Evaluate the Benefit and Cost of Hurricane Mitigation Measures: Vulnerability Component. Funded by the Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation & Product Development, through the International Hurricane Research Center at FIU.
Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model: Funded by the Florida Department of Financial Services, through the International Hurricane Research Center at FIU
Measurement & Characterization of Hurricane Wind Loads on Structures Using a Wireless Sensing Networking System. Funded by the National Science Foundation.