RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Research Projects
Several research projects are underway and the projects include both fundamental and applied research.
Project Title: Modeling of composite-reinforced moment connections
Description: Analytical of beam-to column moment connections that can be used for parametric studies
Investigators: Emma Leitner
Status: current
Project Title: US housing technologies and their application to Chinese market
Description: Identification of US housing technologies that can be potentially applicable in Chinese environment
Investigators: Zhang Yuan
Status: US part finished/in progress
Project Title: Stochastic analysis of components and claddings on roofs of low-rise buildings
Description: Failure probability of roofs subjected to random wind
Investigators: Maral Amini
Status: current
Project Title: Pre- and pos-crack behavior of radially reinforced arches
Description: Composite fiber reinforced laminated arches and tested in bending
Investigators: Bohumil Kaskal and Robert Blass, Graduate Assistant
Status: current
Project Title:Low-rise buildings subjected to wind loads - stochastic analysis of buildings loaded by wind load in PA
Description:Main force resisting system analysis using database of wind loads in PA and accounting for uncertainties in the system and wind speeds
Investigators: Bohumil Kaskal and Tanya Myers, Graduate Assistant
Status: finished
Project Title:Hygro-Thermal Performance of Imperfectly Protected Bellow-grade Walls with Interior Insulation
Description: Testing of CMU walls with imperfect damp proofing and various insulation strategies
Investigators: Bohumil Kaskal and Brian Wolfgang, Graduate Assistant
Status: current
Residential Construction Program
Undergraduate
scholarships in Residential Construction
J.
Roger Glunt Graduate Fellowship in Residential Construction
National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB) - Student Chapter
Pennsylvania Housing Research
Center
Hankin
Distinguished Lecture series
