Wassim Ghannoum, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: ECJ 4.708
Phone: (512) 232-0897
Fax: (512) 471-7259
Email: ghannoum@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: C1747
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department-STR
301 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C1747
Austin, TX 78712-1068
Area(s) of Expertise:
Structural Engineering
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Structural Engineering and Mechanics of Materials, 2007
M. Eng. McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Structural Engineering, 1999
B. Eng., McGill University, Montreal, Cananda, Structural Engineering, 1996
Technical Interests:
Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures; structural analysis; structural dynamics; earthquake engineering; extreme loading on structures
Selected Publications:
1. Wassim M. Ghannoum, Jack P. Moehle, Yousef Bozorgnia, " Analytical Collapse Study of Lightly Confined Reinforced Concrete Frames Subjected to Northridge Earthquake Ground Motions", Journal of Earthquake Engineering, in press.
2. Wassim M. Ghannoum, Yoon Bong Shin, Jack P. Moehle “Collapse Tests of Lightly Confined Reinforced Concrete Columns and Frames”, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Report 2005/10, Proceedings, First NEES/E-DEFENSE Workshop on Collapse Simulation of Reinforced Concrete Building Structures, Berkeley, California, 6–8 July, 2005