Graduate Student Lectures (GSL)
Spring 2007
Organized by Dr. Jelena Srebric
The Graduate Student Lectures are an opportunity for graduate students in the Architectural Engineering department to share their research with their peers and the community. It also serves as a valuable tool for the graduate students by giving them experience in speaking in the public forum, a tool that will prove most valuable when they defend their thesis.
The Graduate Student Lectures are back for Spring of 2007. The Schedule for this series of lectures follows and will be updated as more information becomes available. If you are interested in a previous year of the GSL series please follow the appropriate link below.
Previous Series
Spring 2004 Series
SPRING
2007 |
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| Sezer Atamturktur |
January 25, 2007 |
Nonlinear Finite Element Validation with
Nonlinear Dynamics: When can a Historic Masonry Monument be Left without
Repair? |
| Leidy Klotz |
February 22, 2007 |
The Relationships between Transparency, Process Mapping,
and Sustainable Building Delivery |
| Sinem Korkmaz |
March 22, 2007 |
High Performance Green Project Delivery |
| Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco |
April 19, 2007 |
Studying Thermal Performance of Green Roofs with Laboratory
Experiments |
Remember to check back regularly for the latest information on Graduate Student Lectures.
Nonlinear Finite Element Validation with Nonlinear Dynamics: When can a Historic Masonry Monument be Left without Repair?
Thursday, January 25 - 12:00PM - 107 Engr. Unit B
Sezer Atamturktur
Flyer
Today's historic masonry monuments were built based on geometric pre-scientific tools, which were developed through accumulated experience rather than modern engineering codes. Contemporary engineers, when called upon to assess the performance of a historic building or to design a retrofit scheme, are confronted with a perplexing structure, which clearly defies the rules of modern engineering. Although several techniques have been proposed in the last century, much needs to be done to accurately understand the real behavior of masonry monuments. Given the known vulnerability of masonry monuments to earthquakes and the number of in-service historic buildings in seismically active regions, assessment of the dynamic response of these structures is particularly important. The present study hypothesizes that the nonlinear finite element method, when validated against nonlinear dynamic testing, can be used to understand the earthquake performance of a monumental historic masonry structure. Based on this hypothesis, the prior knowledge on the topic is evaluated with a critical view and to remedy this problem, a proposed research program is presented.
Attendance: 20 students and 2 faculty members
The Relationships between Transparency, Process Mapping, and Sustainable Building
Delivery
Thursday, February 22 - 12:00PM - 107 Engr. Unit B
Leidy Klotz
Flyer:
Delivery Transparency is recognized as valuable in sustainable building delivery. Process mapping is recognized as facilitating transparency. Through study of ongoing process mapping and sustainable building delivery at Penn State’s Office of the Physical Plant (OPP), greater understanding of the relationship between transparency, sustainable building delivery, and process mapping can be acquired. This enhanced understanding will benefit the building industry, and particularly the growing sustainable building market sector. This presentation will outline the current status of the research at OPP, sharing developed process maps and discussing potential value for all Architectural Engineering disciples. In addition, the planned next steps of the research will be presented.
Attendance: 11 students and 1 faculty member
High Performance Green Project Delivery
Thursday, March 22 - 12:00PM - 108 Engr. Unit B
Sinem Korkmaz
Flyer
High performance green (HPG) buildings are becoming more widely adopted due
to their potential to reduce energy costs and improve the health and productivity
of occupants. Delivering a high performance green facility without increasing
project costs can be challenging. Although it is widely accepted in the green
building community that HPG building project delivery requires intense interdisciplinary
collaboration, owner commitment to sustainability and inclusive project teams
to meet the set performance goals, little discussion has been devoted to the
definitions of HPG project delivery processes and project performance. This
presentation will outline the development of a set of metrics to assess HPG
building delivery processes and performance outcomes. Lessons learned from preliminary
data collection and certain steps of the process will be discussed.
Attendance: 18 students and 1 faculty member.
Studying Thermal Performance of Green Roofs with Laboratory Experiments
Thursday, April 19 - 12:00PM - 107 Engr. Unit B
Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco
Flyer
Green roofs are becoming increasingly popular in the U.S. with the green roof
industry growing at a rate of 50% for the last four years. Moreover, more than
15 local governments in the U.S. are in the process of establishing incentives
to promote green roofs. At present, design engineers do not have a standard
calculation procedure or a tool to calculate energy savings from green roofs.
This presentation will introduce green roofs and their benefits to society and
the environment and outline the current status of the green roof research in
thermal performance. Moreover, it will present preliminary results of the thermal
performance of a new lightweight tray for the green roof medium. The presentation
will further describe the experimental procedure used to measure the heat flux
and to calculate the thermal resistance of green roofs.
Attendance: