Professor Andrew Kennedy
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
University of Notre Dame
168 Fitzpatrick Hall
Notre Dame, IN
46615 USA
Zhongduo Zhang
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Zhongduo is studying different aspects of storm and tsunami inundation using data taken during experiments in Japan, and in Oregon. Research includes the modeling of tsunami inundation at high resolution, and evaluation of how a sheltering wall can decrease (and sometimes increase!) loading in a dense structural array. Zhongduo's work is funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Joaquin Pablo Moris Barra
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Joaquin is studying loading from storm waves and tsunamis within an array of buildings, with focus on how loads are reduced by increasing sheltering. Joaquin spent four months taking laboratory data, and is using both analysis of laboratory data and also Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling in his work, and some aspects may appear in forthcoming professional standards. These projects have been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Joaquin is about to begin a new position as an assistant professor at the Universidad Católica del Norte in Antofagasta, Chile.
Hannah Spero
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Hannah is studying landslide-generated tsunamis in Washington State, examining field evidence and performing computational simulations to evaluate their potential size and destructive capabilities. Hannah is the recipient of a highly-competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Research Program (GFRP) award, which allows her great freedom in research directions.