Nader Panahshahi, Ph.D.
Department of Civil
Engineering
Southern
Voice: (618) 650-2819
/ Fax: (618) 650-2555 / E-mail: npanahs@siue.edu
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering (January 1982 – May 1987)
Dissertation:
Compression and Tension Lap splices in Reinforced Concrete Members Subjected to
Inelastic Cyclic Loading.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (September 1980 - December 1981)
Project: Finite
Element Analysis of Plates Subjected to Transverse and Temperature Loading.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (January 1977 - July 1980)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Professor (July 2004
- present)
Department
of Civil Engineering, Southern
Associate Professor
(July1996- June 2004) and Chairperson (2001-2004)
Department
of Civil Engineering, Southern
Assistant Professor (September
1990 - June 1996)
Department
of Civil Engineering, Southern
Graduate Research Assistant (August1982 - December 1996)
Department
of Structural Engineering,
Graduate Teaching Assistant (August1985 - December 1986)
Department
of Structural Engineering,
Graduate Teaching Assistant (August 1980 -December 1981)
Student Assistant
(January 1980 - May 1980)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Structural Engineer
(July 1998 – June 2000, part-time)
Horner
& Shifrin, Inc.,
Post-Doctoral Associate (April 1987 - August 1990)
COURSES TAUGHT AND DEVELOPED
Mechanics of Solids (CE 242)
Structural Analysis I & II (former CE 340 and CE 445)
Structural Engineering II (CE 343)
Concrete Structures (former CE 442)
Advanced Concrete Design (CE 446)
Prestressed Concrete Structures (former CE 447)
Matrix Analysis of Structures
(former CE 541)
Vibrations and Structural Dynamics
(former CE 542)
Earthquake Engineering (CE 549)
Advanced Structural Analysis (CE 445)
PUBLICATIONS
Al Harash, M.T., Rathore, A., and Panahshahi, N., “Inelastic Seismic Response of RC Buildings with Plan Aspect Ratio of 3:1 with Floor Diaphragm Openings,” Proceedings, ASCE/SEI 2010 Structures Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Orlando, Florida, May 12-15, 2010.
Cross, W.B., Vaughn, B., Panahshahi, N., Petermeier, P., Siow, Y., and Domagalski, T., “Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Bridge Girder Shear Distribution Factors.” ASCE Bridge Engineering Journal, May/June 2009.
Rathore, A., Panahshahi, N., and Al Harash, M.T., “Seismic Response of RC Buildings with Floor Diaphragm Openings.” ACI Fall Convention, American Concrete Institute, St. Louis, MO, November 2-6, 2008.
Al Harash, M.T., Panahshahi, N., and Truman, K.,
“Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Floor Diaphragm
Openings.” Proceedings, The Fourteenth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, AIEE,
Vaughn,
B., Cross, W.B., Panahshahi, N.,
“Experienced Gained and Lessons Learned from an Extensive Bridge Monitoring
Research Project,” Proceedings, ASCE/SEI
2008 Structures
Congress, American Society
of Civil Engineers, Vancouver, Canada, April 24-26,
2008.
Shrestha, R., Maharjan, L., Cross, W.B., Panahshahi, N.,
Vaughn, B., Petermeier, D., and Siow, Y., “Analytical and Experimental
Investigation of Shear Distribution Factors,” Proceedings, ASCE/SEI 2007 Structures Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Long Beach, California, May 16-19, 2007.
Hanselman., M. , Cross, W.B., Panahshahi, N., Vaughn, B., Petermeier,
D., and Siow, Y., “Long Term Investigation of Live Load on Illinois Bridges,”
Proceedings, ASCE/SEI 2007 Structures Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Long
Beach, California, May 16-19, 2007.
Molki, M., Panahshahi, N., Rossow, M., and Gumidelli, S. K., “The Response of Framed Steel Structures to Fire,” Heat Transfer Engineering Journal, 28(4),
2007.
Cross, B., Panahshahi,
N., Vaughn, B., Petermeier, P., and Siow, Y., “Investigation of Select LRFD Design Factors through
Instrumentation of Bridge Bearings,” Physical
Research Report No. 152, Illinois Department of Transportation, June 2006.
Panahshahi, N., Molki, M., Rossow, M., Rabiei, K., and
Gharib, K, “The Response of Framed Steel Structures to Fire,”
Proceedings, ASCE/
Erschen, B., Cross, W.B., Panahshahi, N.,
Vaughn, B., Petermeier, D., Siow, Y., Domagalaski, T., “Investigation of AASHTO
LRFD Shear Distribution Factors through Instrumentation of Bridges,” Proceedings, ASCE/
Panahshahi, N., Cross, W.B., Marianos, W.N., Ivanov, G.V. and Shrestha, S., “Seismic
Design Evaluation of Illinois Highway Bridges Using Proposed NCHRP and AASHTO
Standard Specifications,” Proceedings, The
Eight U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
(EERI), San Francisco, April 18 - 22, 2006.
Panahshahi, N., "Building Structural Dynamics -
Response to Horizontal Ground Motions," ASCE Seminar on Seismic
Provisions in the
Panahshahi, N., Cross, B., Arjomandnia,
N., Emami, B., Biller, J., Ivanov, G., Shrestha, S., Arab, A., Kummar, S.,
Marianos, W.N., and Pezeshk, S., “Evaluation of Comprehensive Seismic Design of
Bridges (LRFD) in
Emami, B., and Panahshahi, N., “A Comparison
Study of Different Resisting Systems in Seismic Design of Highway Bridges Using
Proposed NCHRP Provisions,” Proceedings, ASCE/
Panahshahi, N., Cross, W.B., Marianos, W.N., Emami,
B., Biller, J., and Arjomandnia, N., “A
Comparison Study of Seismic Design of Illinois Highway Bridges Using Proposed
NCHRP and AASHTO Standard Specifications,” Proceedings, The Fourth National Seismic Conference and Workshop on Bridges and
Highways, Federal Highway
Administration, Memphis, TN, February 9 - 11, 2004.
Smith, S., Panahshahi,
N., Snell, Luke, “Computer Graphic Tools to Identify Reinforcement
Placement Problems,” Concrete
International, American Concrete Institute, December 2003.
Emami, B., Siegfried, D., and Panahshahi, N.,
“A Comparison Study of Seismic Design of Highway Bridges Using AASHTO Standard
Specifications and Proposed NCHRP Provisions,” Proceedings, The Sixth International Conference on Civil
Engineering, Isfahan, Iran, May 5 – 7, 2003.
Westphal, M. and Panahshahi,
N., “Deflections of Wood Roof Diaphragms in Moderate Seismic Risk Regions,”
Proceedings, The Seventh
Panahshahi, N., "Building Structural
Dynamics - Response to Horizontal Ground Motions," ASCE Seminar on
Seismic Provisions in the IBC 2002, St. Louis, Missouri, May, 10, 2002.
Arab, A., Panahshahi,
N., Siegfried, D., and Darvish, J., "Rehabilitation of a Mid-America
Water Reservoir for Immediate Occupancy for a 2500 year Earthquake Event Using
Nonlinear Seismic Dampers," Proceedings, The 2001 Structures Congress,
American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington, DC, May 21-23, 2001.
Panahshahi,
N. and Lu, J.,
"Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Setbacks,"
Proceedings, The Sixth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering,
Seattle, Washington, May 31 - June 4, 1998.
Panahshahi,
N. and Lu, C.,
"Inelastic Seismic Response of RC Intermediate and Special Moment
Resisting Frames," Proceedings, The ASCE Structures Congress XV,
Cross, W.B.,
Romick-Allen, R., Panahshahi, N., and Hanna, S., "Analysis of Rules
and Regulations for Metal Coil Truck Transport," Journal of
Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, November -
December 1996.
Panahshahi,
N., "Basic Seismic
Design for Concrete Buildings," New Madrid Zone Regional Seminar on
Seismic Engineering Issues," EERI Regional Seminar Series,
Panahshahi,
N., Lin, C., and Zhang H.,
"Interactive Concrete Beam Design (ICBED): An Educational Tool,"
Proceedings, The Fourth International Conference on the Application of
Artificial intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering, Cambridge,
England, August: 28-30, 1995.
Cross, W.B.,
Romick-Allen, R., Panahshahi, N., and Hanna, S.J., "Summary Steel
Coil Securement Project," 44th
Annual
Cross, W.B.,
Hanna, S.J., Panahshahi, N., and Romick-Allen, R., "Analysis of
Rules and Regulations for Steel Coil Truck Transport", Report VB-HI,
Illinois Transportation Research Center, Edwardsville, Illinois, March 1995.
Panahshahi,
N., Reinhorn, A.M., and
Kunnath, S.K., "Earthquake Simulation Study of a One-Sixth Scale-Model RC
Building with Flexible Floor Diaphragms," Proceedings, The Fifth U.S.
National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Chicago, IL, July 10 -14,
1994.
Panahshahi,
N., "Seismic Design
for Concrete Buildings," Central U.S. Regional Seminar on Seismic
Engineering Issues, EERI Regional Seminar Series, Oakland, California,
January 26-27, 1994 and November 30-December 2, 1994.
Panahshahi,
N., and Lu, J.,
"Influence of Inplane Floor Flexibility on Seismic Strengthening of
Reinforced Concrete Buildings," Proceedings, 1993 National Earthquake
Conference,
Panahshahi,
N., White, R.N., and
Gergely, P., "Reinforced Concrete Compression Lap Splices under Inelastic
Cyclic Loading," American Concrete Institute Structural Journal,
March-April 1992 (received The ACI Structural Research Award in 1994).
Panahshahi,
N., Reinhorn, A.M.,
Kunnath, S.K., Lu, L.W., Huang, T., and Yu, K., "Seismic Response of a 1:6
R/C Scaled Model Structure with Flexible Floor Diaphragms," American
Concrete Institute Structural Journal, May-June 1991.
Kunnath, S.K., Panahshahi,
N., and Reinhorn, A.M., "Seismic Response of R/C Buildings with
Inelastic Floor Diaphragms," Journal of Structural Engineering,
American Society of Civil Engineers, April 1991.
Kunnath, S.K.,
Reinhorn. A.M., and Panahshahi, N., "Computational Modeling of
Inelastic Seismic Response of RC Buildings with Inplane Floor Flexibility",
American Concrete Institute Spring Convention,
Panahshahi,
N., Kunnath, S.K.,
Reinhorn, A.M., Lu, L.W., and Huang, T., "Inelastic Modeling of R/C
Buildings with Flexible Floors," Proceedings, Fourth
Reinhorn, A.M.,
Kunnath, S.K., and Panahshahi, N., "Modeling of R/C Building
Structures with Flexible Floor Diaphragms (IDARC2)," Technical NCEER
Report No. 88-0035,
Panahshahi,
N., Reinhorn, A.M., Lu,
L.W., and Huang, T., "Seismic Response of Building Structures with
Flexible Floor Diaphragms," American Concrete Institute Annual
Convention,
Panahshahi,
N., White, R.N., and
Gergely, P., "Compression and Tension Lap Splices in R/C Members Subjected
to Inelastic Cyclic Loading," Report No. 87-2, Department of
Structural Engineering,
Panahshahi,
N., White, R.N., and
Gergely, P., "Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete Compression
Lapped Splices Subjected to Inelastic Cyclic Loading," American
Concrete Institute Annual Convention,
Panahshahi,
N., White, R.N., and
Gergely, P., "Behavior of Lap Splices in Wide R/C Sections Under Severe
Repeated Loads," Report No. 84-1, Department of Structural
Engineering,
EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS
Cross, B., Panahshahi, N., and Vaughn, B., “Investigation of
Selected LRFD Design Factors Though Instrumentation of Bridge Bearings,”
Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), $250,000 (2004-2006).
Panahshahi, N., and Cross, B., “Evaluation of Comprehensive
Seismic Design of Bridges (LRFD) in
Cross, W.B., Panahshahi,
N., Romick-Allen, R., and Hanna, S.J., "Analysis of Rules and
Regulations for Steel Coil Truck Transport",
Panahshahi,
N., "Seismic Response
of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Flexible Floor Diaphragm,"
INTERNAL (SIUE) GRANTS ($77,467)
Funded University Research (FUR: $20,378)
Panahshahi, N., Molki, M. (Co-PI), and Rossow, R.(Co-PI), “Fire
Induced Progressive Collapse Study of Framed Steel Structures,” $4,200 (FY 2003).
Panahshahi, N., and Smith, S. (Co-PI), “3D Computer
Simulations of Reinforcing Steel in Earthquake Resistant Structure,” $8,050 (FY
2002).
Panahshahi, N., “LRFD Bridges Design in
Cross, B., Panahshahi, N., and Romick-Allen, R., “Evaluation of
Earthquake Design Provisions for Wood Buildings,” $3,200 (FY 1997).
Excellent in Undergraduate Education (EUE:
$20,425)
Cross, B., Lin, C., and Panahshahi, N., “Earthquake Engineering Instructional Software for Civil Engineers,” $4,825 (Project # 97-025).
Panahshahi, N., “IBC 2000 Comprehensive Reinforced Concrete Design Project,” $3,560 (Project # 01-43).
Panahshahi, N., "Interactive Reinforced Concrete Design: Columns," $4,000 (Project # 96-060).
Panahshahi, N., Cross, B., and Rossow, M., "A Slide of a Structure is Worth a 1000 Words," $1,340 (Project # 95-067).
Panahshahi, N., "Interactive Reinforced Concrete Design," $900 (Project # 94-071).
Panahshahi, N., Cross, B., and Rossow, M., "Earthquake Evaluation of the SlUE Campus Buildings," $5,800 (Project # 93-110).
Excellent in Graduate Education (EGE: $9,600)
Panahshahi, N.and Romick-Allen, R., "Advanced Computer-Aided Structural Engineering Using Workstations," $5,800 (1992).
Panahshahi, N. and Rossow, M.,"Recruiting Materials For Graduate Civil Engineering Students," $3,800 (1994).
Summer Research Fellowship (SRF: $9,000)
Panahshahi, N., "Earthquake Response of Reinforced
Concrete Setback Buildings," $2,000.00, 1991.
Panahshahi, N., "Seismic Performance of Concrete Buildings with Shearwalls," $5,000.00, 1991.
Panahshahi, N.,
"Inelastic Seismic Response of RC Buildings with Inplane Floor
Flexibility," $2,000.00, 1990.
Research Equipment and Tool Competition ($18,064)
Romick-Allen, R., Panahshahi, N., and Cross, B., "Low Frequency Accelerometer Calibrator," $2,400.00,1995.
Cross, B., Romick-Allen, R., and Panahshahi,
N., "Digital Data Recorder,
Panahshahi, N. and Eneyo, E. "860 MB Microdisk Hard Drive, Two 16 MB RAM, and Software," $3,705.00, 1992.
AWARD & HONORS
2003 National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) Excellence
in Structural Engineering Award for “Stacy Park Reservoir Seismic Retrofit
Project,” Horner and Shifrin, Inc. -- Project
Manager: D. Siegfried, Structural
Engineers: N. Panahshahi and A. Arab (2003)
Chi Epsilon,
the National Civil Engineering Honor Society (2000-present)
1994 American
Concrete Institute Structural Research Award for coauthoring "Reinforced
Concrete Compression Lap Splices under Inelastic Cyclic Loading," with Dr.
Richard N. White and Dr. Peter Gergely, published in
Guy James
Scholar (1980)
President’s and
Dean’s Honor Roll (1978-1980)
AFFILIATIONS
Member:
ASCE Seismic Effects Committee (1998-2004)
American Concrete Institute (
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
ASCE Structures Committee- St. Louis Section.
Associate Member: