RESEARCH INTERESTS

Analysis and design of reinforced/prestressed concrete bridges. Evaluation and rehabilitation of existing bridge structures and buildings. Development of new computer models to predict dynamic and static nonlinear response of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures under service loads, overloads and failure loads. Verification of computer models by means of large or full-scale experimental testing. Earthquake resistant design of reinforced concrete and concrete masonry structures. Development of new large-scale structural testing techniques. Seismic assessment and retrofit of bridges. Application of Polymer Matrix Composites (PMC) in civil structures.

PUBLICATIONS

More than 240 papers and 100 technical reports mainly related to seismic design of bridges and buildings.

EDUCATION

Dipl. Ing.University of Stuttgart, West Germany, 1976 (Civil Engineering) M.Sc. University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1978 (Civil Engineering)

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1982 (Civil Engineering) P.E. State of California, 1985 (Civil Engineering)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1982-1983:	Design Engineer, Philipp Holzmann AG, Frankfurt, West Germany
1983-1987:	Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego
1985-1993:	Assoc. Director, Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems Laboratory, UC, San Diego
1987-1989:	Associate Professor of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego
1989-Present:	Professor of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego
1993-Present:	Director, Charles Lee Powell Structural Research Laboratories, University of California, San Diego
1995-Present:	Chair, Division of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego

SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS, AND PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

K.B. Woods Award in recognition of a paper of outstanding merit entitled "Response of a 45· Skew RC Girder Bridge Model to AASHTO Trucks and Overload Construction Vehicles," 62nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1983.

K.B. Woods Award for the paper entitled: "Seismic Retrofit of Bridge Columns by Steel Jacketing," Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 1992.

ASCE Raymond C. Reese Research Prize, 1992.

ACI (American Concrete Institute) "Outstanding Concrete Project of 1993" award for the design of the Scripps Crossing Pedestrian Bridge, March 1994.

PCA (Portland Cement Association) 1994 Concrete Bridge Award, Award of Excellence for the Design of the Scripps Crossing Bridge, Presented at the ACI Annual Spring Meeting in Salt Lake City, March 9, 1995.

ASCE 1995 Moisseiff Award for the paper entitled, “Seismic Response of Full-Scale Five-Story Reinforced Masonry Building,” Journal of Structural Engineering, published March 1994, awarded March 1995.

The CERF Charles Pankow Award for Innovation, Innovative Concept Category, for the design paper entitled, “The Carbon Shell Space Truss Bridge,” Civil Engineering Research Foundation, awarded February 5, 1996.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Seible, F., Chapter on “Urban Infrastructure: Seismic Hazard Mitigation,” McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology, 1997, pp. 474-477.

Seible, F., Priestley, M.J.N., Hegemier, G.A., and Innamorato, D., “Seismic Retrofit of RC Columns with Continuous Carbon Fiber Jackets,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, May 1997 Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 52.

Sanchez, A.V., Seible, F., and Priestley, M.J.N., “Seismic Design and Retrofit Solutions for Flared Bridge Columns,” Proceedings, Second National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, Sacramento, CA, July 8-11, 1997, 15 pp.

Seible, F., and Priestley, M.J.N., “Lessons Learned from Bridge Column Performance during the Northridge Earthquake,” Proceedings of the CUREe, the Northridge Earthquake Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA 9/20-22/97, 17 pp.

Seible, F., “Advanced Composites for Bridge Infrastructure Retrofit and Renewal,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Composite Construction, Innsbruck, Austria, September, 16-18, 1997, 6 pp.

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