Welcome to Kathryn Stehle who joins the group as a BS student.

Welcome to Jonathan Shell who joins the group as a BS student.

Welcome to Paxton Lifsey who joins the group as a BS student.

The paper “Evaluation of steel building structures with inerter-based dampers under seismic loading” authored by Talley, Javidialesaadi, Wierschem, and Denavit has been published in Engineering Structures.

Dr. Wierschem and Anika Sarkar presented at the 2021 ASCE EMI Conference in a structural control session organized by Dr. Wierschem.

Lindsay Helferich graduated with her MS in Civil Engineering.

Welcome to Carter Manson who joins the group as a BS student.

Welcome to Trey Lavender who joins the group as a BS student.

Welcome to Alex Burns who joins the group as a BS student.

Dr. Wierschem won the 2021 Tickle College of Engineering’s Teaching Fellow Award.

Welcome to Grady Owen who joins the group as a BS student.

Welcome to Alex Shafer who joins the group as an MS student.

The paper “Design and performance evaluation of inerter-based tuned mass dampers for a ground acceleration excited structure” authored by Abdollah Javidialesaadi and Dr. Wierschem has been published in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.

The paper “Displacement mitigation–oriented design and mechanism for inerter-based isolation system” co-authored by Dr. Wierschem has been published in the Journal of Vibration and Control.

Welcome to Sima Abolghasemi who joins the group as a PhD student.

Abdollah Javidialesaadi graduated with his PhD in Civil Engineering.

Dr. Wierschem won the UTK Civil and Environmental Engineering 2020 Research Recognition Award.

Congratulations to Abdollah Javidialesaadi who passed his final defense for his PhD! Sadly it could not be done in person, but he did a great job via zoom.

The paper “Numerical Study of the Symmetric Single-Sided Vibro-Impact Nonlinear Energy Sink for Rapid Response Reduction of a Cantilever Beam” authored by Wenke Li et al. has been accepted for publication in the Journal “Nonlinear Dynamics”.

The paper “Dynamic analysis of track nonlinear energy sinks subjected to simple and stochastic excitations” co-authored by Dr. Wierschem has been accepted for publication in the Journal “Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics.”

Dr. Wierschem gave an invited seminar during a return visit to the University of Illinois.

Dr. Wierschem was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project entitled “CAREER: Protecting Buildings and Structures from Vibration Damage using Variable Inertance Mechanisms”.

Dr. Denavit and Dr. Wierschem were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project entitled “Dual System Strongback Designs for Seismic Damage-Resistant Structures”.

Welcome to Ruichen Guo who joins the group as a BS student.

Dr. Wierschem attended the 2019 Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Users Training Workshop for the UCSD, Lehigh, and SimCenter facilities hosted by UCSD.

The paper “Simulating offset blast loads experimentally using shake-table-generated ground motions: Method development and validation” authored by Dr. Wierschem et al. has been accepted for publication in the Journal “Structural Control and Health Monitoring.”

The paper “Multi-objective design and performance investigation of a high-rise building with track nonlinear energy sinks” co-authored by Dr. Wierschem has been accepted for publication in the Journal “The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings.”

The paper “Numerical Study of a Single-Sided Vibro-Impact Track Nonlinear Energy Sink Considering Horizontal and Vertical Dynamics” authored by Wenke Li et al. has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.

Welcome to Anika Sarkar who joins the group as a PhD student.

Welcome to Lindsay Helferich who joins the group as an MS student.

The paper “Energy transfer and passive control of single-degree-of-freedom structures using a one-directional rotational inertia viscous damper” authored by Abdollah Javidialesaadi and Dr. Wierschem has been published in Engineering Structures.

Dr. Wierschem and Abdollah Javidialesaadi attended the 2019 ASCE EMI Conference in Pasadena, CA where Abdollah presented a paper and Dr. Wierschem organized a session on innovations and advances in passive structural control.

The paper “An Inerter-enhanced Nonlinear Energy Sink” authored by Abdollah Javidialesaadi and Dr. Wierschem has been published in the Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.

Dr. Wierschem won the UTK Civil and Environmental Engineering 2019 Outstanding Teaching Award.

Abdollah Javidialesaadi won the 2019 Extraordinary Professional Promise award at the Chancellors Honor Banquet.

Dr. Wierschem attended the HYSIM19 workshop on New Frontiers and Innovative Methods for Hybrid Simulation in Zurich Switzerland.

Dr. Wierschem attended the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 2019 Annual Meeting in Vancouver Canada where he also participated in a post-disaster reconnaissance workshop.

Abdollah Javidialesaadi attended IMAC 2019 in Orlando, FL. Abdollah presented the paper “Response of a SDOF system with an inerter-based tuned mass damper subjected to non-stationary random excitation”.

The paper “On the energy transfer mechanism of the single-sided vibro-impact nonlinear energy sink” authored by Wenke Li et al. has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Sound and Vibration.

Dr. Wierschem gave a seminar during his visit to the University of Minnesota hosted by Professor Lauren Linderman.

Abdollah Javidialesaadi has won a top-off fellowship in recognition of his academic accomplishments.

Ridge Ramsey graduated with his MS in Civil Engineering.

Dr. Wierschem gave a seminar during his visit to Harbin Engineering University hosted by Professor Tiejun Yang and Dr. Xinhui.

Dr. Wierschem attended The World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring in Qingdao, China where he presented a paper.

Dr. Wierschem gave a seminar during his visit to Hunan University of Technology hosted by Professor Jingling Wang.

The ISIG 6DOF shake table has been installed and is awaiting commissioning later in Summer 2018.

Dr. Wierschem, Abdollah Javidialesaadi, and Wenke Li attended the 2018 ASCE EMI Conference in Cambridge, MA. Abdollah presented a paper at the conference on the decentralized optimization of the RIDTMD and Wenke presented a paper on the SSVI Track NES.

The paper “Three-element vibration absorber-inerter for passive control of single-degree-of-freedom structures” authored by Abdollah Javidialesaadi and Dr. Wierschem has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.

Dr. Steven Anton from Tennessee Tech University visits the University of Tennessee as a guest of Dr. Wierschem and gives the seminar “Microsecond State Monitoring: Enabling Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring”.

The paper “Optimal design of rotational inertial double tuned mass dampers under random excitation” authored by Abdollah Javidialesaadi and Dr. Wierschem has been accepted for publication in Engineering Structures.

Dr. Wierschem attended IMAC 2018 in Orlando, FL. Dr. Wierschem presented the paper “A Numerical Investigation of a Gravity-Compensated Nonlinear Energy Sink for the Passive Control of Flooring Systems”.

The paper “Response attenuation in a large-scale structure subjected to blast excitation utilizing a system of essentially nonlinear vibration absorbers” authored by Dr. Wierschem has been published in the Journal of Sound and Vibration.

Welcome to Wenke Li who joins the group as a visiting Ph.D. Student for 1 year from Harbin Engineering University in Harbin, China.

Welcome to Will King who joins the group as an undergraduate research assistant.

Dr. Wierschem, Abdollah Javidialesaadi, Ridge Ramsey, and Codi Drake attended the 3rd Huixian International Forum on Earthquake Engineering for Young Researchers in Champaign, IL. Abdollah presented a paper at the conference on the seismic performance of inerter-enhanced tuned mass dampers.

Dr. Wierschem presents “Laser Metrology of Steel Girder Splice Connections” at the AASHTO T14 subcommittee meeting in Denver, CO.

Dr. Wierschem presents at the 13th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology (13ANCRiSST) (Link) in Tokyo, Japan.

Dr. Wierschem attended the 2017 ASCE EMI Conference in San Diego, CA. Dr. Wierschem presented a paper at the conference on the Gravity Compensated Nonlinear Energy Sink (GCNES).

Welcome to Tyler Short who joins the group as a summer MS research assistant. Tyler is co-advised with Dr. Denavit.

Tim Jones graduates with his MS in Civil Engineering and will join Burns & Mcdonnell in Kansas City, MO.

Codi Drake wins the Discovery LLC Undergraduate Research Award certificate and prize at the 21st Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURECA) 2017 research poster competition.

Dr. Wierschem presents “Laser Metrology of Steel Girder Splice Connections” at the ASCE Knoxville Branch Professional Development Seminar.

The paper “Response attenuation in a large-scale structure subjected to blast excitation utilizing a system of essentially nonlinear vibration absorbers” authored by Dr. Wierschem has been published in the Journal of Sound and Vibration.

Dr. Wierschem and Abdollah Javidialesaadi attended IMAC 2017 in Garden Grove, CA. Dr. Wierschem presented a paper at the conference on the H-infinity optimization of a rotational inertia double-tuned mass damper (RIDTMD).

Welcome to Codi Drake who joins the group as an undergraduate research assistant.

Welcome to Ridge Ramsey who joins the group as an MS student.

Dr. Fernando Moreu from the University of New Mexico visits the University of Tennessee as a guest of Dr. Wierschem and gives the seminar “Performance Assessment and Condition Monitoring of Railroad Bridges Using Displacements”.

Dr. Wierschem and Abdollah Javidialesaadi attended the combined Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2016 (EMI 2016) and Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference 2016 (PMC 2016) in Nashville, TN. Abdollah presented a paper at the conference on the H2 optimization of a tuned viscous mass damper (TVMD) system which includes a rotational inertia device.

Welcome to Tim Jones who joins the group as an MS student.

Dr. Wierschem attends the NSF NHERI Experimental Facility workshop at Oregon State University

Welcome to Abdollah Javidialesaadi who joins the group as a PhD student.