Construction Management

Kerry Slattery

Kerry Slattery

Mailing Address
Department of Construction
School of Engineering, Box 1803
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1803

Phone: 618/650.2853
Fax: 618/650.3374

Office: EB Room 3079

e-mail: kslatte@siue.edu

Education

Ph.D. Engineering Science, 1989, University of Mississippi

Master of Science in Engineering, 1985, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, 1980, University of Illinois - Urbana.

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Experience

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (1999-Present)

Assistant Professor

  • Analysis Design and Construction of Structural Systems
  • Construction Methods
  • Construction Materials
  • Estimating and Bidding
  • Computer Applications in Construction
  • Heavy Civil Construction
  • Statics and Mechanics of Solids.
  • Management

Washington University, St.Louis (1996-2001)

Affiliate professor of Civil Engineering

  • Teach Probabilistic Methods in Civil Engineering Design
  • Decision Analysis in Construction Operations
  • Engineering Economics and Senior Seminar
  • Developing interactive design softare for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for three-deimensional arch dam layout on topographical map and for finite element preprocessing, and finite element analysis

Duke Engineering Group Inc, St.Louis, MO (1996-1999)

Director of Engineering

  • Developed data acquisition software for composite manufacturing process monitoring
  • Developed computer-controlled ship fender system
  • Developed software to control six-axis filament winding machine for complex shapes
  • Developed software to calculate ply shapes for complex composite parts

Washington University, St.Louis, MO (1990-1996)

Assistant professor, Civil Engineering

  • Structural Dynamics, Random Vibrations, and Materials Lab
  • Performed research in computer simulation of damage progression in advanced composite materials

The University Of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (1988-1989)

Research Assistant

Olin Corporation, Marion, IL (1985-1988)

Senior Development Engineer

  • Designed gas generators
  • Developed design/analysis methods for composite sabot
  • Performed finite element analysis using PATRAN

U.S. Army Engineer Division, Huntsville(1983-1985)

Project Officer

20th Engineer Battalion, Ft,Campbell, KY (1980-1983)

Combat Engineer Officer

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Awards & Honors

  • NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship
  • NASA Graduate Fellowship
  • U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal
  • U.S. Army Fellowship
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • University honors and High Honors, University of Illinois.
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Research

American Institue of Steel Construction, "Development of Teaching Aids for Steel Construction Management," 2004-2005

Illinois Department of Transportation, "Developing Long Range Traffic projection Models for Illinois," 2003-2004

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Implementation of Design by analysis Methods for Massive Concrete Structures, " 2002

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , "Enhancement of Design by Analysis methods for Massive Concrete Structures," 2001

U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, "Development of Design by Analysis Methods for Massive Concrete Structure," 2000

LINE U.S.Navy, "Development of Low Cost Process to provide Improved Carbon Fiber-Vinyl Ester Adhesion, " 1998-1999

U.S.Navy, " Elastomeric Composite Bumpers, " 1996-1999

U.S.Navy, " Energy Dissipation Characterization & design Methodology for Composite Materials, " 1996

U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, "Automated Layout of Multi-Center Arch Dams," 1996-1999

ARPA,"Affordable Polymeric Composite material Synthesis and Processing, " 1992-1994

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Publications

  • Slattery, k.T. and G.A. Riveros(2006) A Parametric Template for Solid Models of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Proceedings of the 17th Analysis and Computation Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers. (Abstract accepted, Paper submitted for peer review, Conference in May 2006)
  • Slattery, K.T. and A. Kharbanda (2005) Using Web Camera Technology to Monitor Steel Construction, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Construction Engineering and Management, October 16-19, 2005 (Accepted)
  • Slattery, K.T. (2004) Computerized Structural Modeling, Concrete International, American Concrete Institute. (Refereed)
  • Slattery, K.T., Kay D.H., Ehlmann, B.K. and Y.Wang (2004) Final Report: Developing Long Range Traffic Projection Models for Illinois, Illinois Transportation Research Center, Illinois Department of Transportation.
  • Slattery, K.T. (2003) "Using the Shack Project to Introduce Parametric Construction Management", ASC Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference, Clemson University - Clemson, South Carolina, April 10-12, 2004, 325-330. (Refereed)
  • Slattery, K.T. (2003) "Finite Element Analysisin Construction - An Application for Studying Foundation Response to Earth Backfill", ASC Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference, Clemson University - Clemson, South Caolina, April 10-12, 2004 325-330.(Refereed)
  • Slattery,K.T. and G.A. Riveros (2003) Design by Analysis of Innovative Navigation Structures - Theoretical Manual, ERDC/ITL TR-03-4, U.S.Army Corps of Engineers.
  • Slattery,K.T. and G.A. Riveros (2003) Design by Analysis of Innovative Navigation Structures - User Manual, ERDC/ITL TR-03-5, U.S.Army Corps of Engineers.
  • Slattery,K.T. (2002) "Automated Design and Analysis of Marine Structures During "In-the-Wet" Construction", ASC Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference, Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University - Blacksburg, Virgina, April 11-13, 2002, 325-330.(Refereed)
  • Slattery,K.T. and S.N. Bodapati(2001), "Risk Management of Construction - A Graduate Course," Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference, Associated Schools of Construction International, 49-56. (Refereed)
  • Slattery, K.T. (2000), "Design by Analysis Tool for teaching Formwork design," Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference, Associated Schools of Construction International, 21-26. (Refereed)
  • Slattery, K.T. (1999), NISA Preprocessor User's Manual, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  • Slattery, K.T. (1995) "A Random-Damage Finite Element for Modeling Failure in Advanced Composite Materials," Composite Materials: Fatigue and Fracture - Fifth Volume, ASTM STP 1230,R.H. Martin, Ed., American Society for Testing and materials, Philadephia, 1995, pp. 232-245.(Referred)
  • Slattery, K.T. (1995) "Random-Damage Finite Element for Studying Micromechanical Failure Mechanisms in Advanced Composites." Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials.
  • Slattery,K.T (1994) "Mechanistic Model of Creep-Rupture Process in Filamentary Composites," Proceedings of the ASCE Materials Congress, ASCE, New York.
  • Hackett, R.M. and K.T.Slattery (1992)"Modeling Stiffness Degradation in Fibrous Composite Materials," Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 4(2), 196-211. (Refereed)

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