Luke Gaggley

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering

Expected December 2025

Research Project

The physical realization of and experimental investigation of a nonlinear passsive structural control device.

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November, 2023: The paper "Impact of strongback on structure with varying damper and stiffness irregularity arrangements" authored by Abolghasemi, Wierschem, and Denavit has been published in the Journal of Constructional Steel Research.

June, 2023: Dr. Wierschem, Anika Sarkar, Sima Abolghasemi, Wyatt Cupp, and Jonathan Shell attended the 2023 ASCE EMI Conference where they gave four presentations. Additionally, Dr. Wierschem chaired a structural control session he organized.

June, 2023: The paper "Development of small-scale buckling-restrained brace analog for physical experiments of structural systems" authored by Wierschem, Kirk, and Denavit has been published in the Journal of Constructional Steel Research.

April, 2023: Dr. Wierschem won the 2023 UTK Tickle College of Engineering Professional Promise Award.

April, 2023: Griffin Barley, Carter Manson, Lucas Nelson, and Jonathan Shell present research posters at the UTK Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement.

April, 2023: Dr. Wierschem won the Faculty Research Mentoring Award for the Tickle College of Engineering at the UTK Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement.

April, 2023: Dr. Wierschem attended the 2023 Steel Conference / SSRC Annual Stability Conference where a paper he co-authored was presented.

February, 2023: Dr. Wierschem and Anika Sarkar attended the 2023 IMAC Conference where Anika presented a paper. Additionally, Dr. Wierschem chaired a structural control session he co-organized.

January, 2023: The paper "Performance of structures with clutch inerter dampers subjected to seismic excitation" authored by Talley, Sarkar, Wierschem, and Denavit has been published in the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering.