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James Brownjohn
Professor of Structural Dynamics
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My research expertise includes:
- vibration serviceability
- structural health monitoring (SHM)
- system identification
- human biomechanics
- wind engineering
- measuring and evaluating the performance of structures at full scale, including deformation and extreme loads
- ambient vibration testing and operational modal analysis using minimal portable equipment, including calibrated humans
Alex Pavic
Professor of Vibration Engineering
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My research expertise includes:
- vibration serviceability - looking at how large structures vibrate in day to day usage
- human comfort when using structures and buildings
- slender civil engineering structures, such as long-span floors, footbridges and grandstands, which are occupied and dynamically excited by humans
- human-induced dynamic forces applied on human musculo-skeletal systems
Paul Reynolds
Professor of Structural Dynamics and Control and EPSRC Leadership Fellow
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My research expertise includes:
- vibration serviceability, specifically control and mitigation of vibrations using technology
- building structures that use fewer materials but still perform well. We can use VSimulators to explore those limits in a more rigorous and in depth manner.
- dynamic testing and monitoring - I have tested a number of UK sports stadia and examined solutions to the London Millennium Bridge problem.
Prakash Kripakaran
Senior Lecturer
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My research expertise includes:
- Data analytics for structural health monitoring
- Machine learning and statistical techniques for anomaly detection
- Model updating, system identification and uncertainty propagation
- Bridge scour assessment and monitoring
- Evaluation of debris impact forces on bridge structures
- Numerical and experimental characterisation of drag and lift forces on bridge piers and decks”
Ki Young Koo
Lecturer
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My research expertise includes:
- structural health monitoring (SHM)
- civionics: wireless sensors for field measurements of civil infrastructures
- machine learning for structural health monitoring
- structural degradation detection and quantification
- finite element model updating
- system identification
Stana Zivanovic
Associate Professor
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My research expertise includes:
- human motion analysis
- human response to vibration and other perturbations in built environment
- human-structure and human-human interaction and synchronisation
- vibration serviceability assessment
- dynamics of lightweight (e.g. fibre-reinforced polymer and aluminium) structures and human-structure systems
Adam Brownjohn
VR/Lab Technician
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My role involves me working within the Structures Lab, providing general assistance with projects, from helping to build field apparatus to various metal related work such as welding.
Sina Safari
PhD Student
Sina is a PhD student in the College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Science (CEMPS) at the University of Exeter. He graduated from the University of Tabriz with a MSc in Hydraulic structures. He joined the Vibration Engineering Section (VES) in December 2018 under the supervision of Dr. Julian M. Londono Monsalve, being awarded a fully funded scholarship from the College.
Sina carried out research on fluid-structure interaction (FSI) in underground and ground liquid storage tanks under seismic loading, inelastic behavior of structures equipped with damping and base-isolation devices.
Sina's current research topic is titled “Modeling modern engineering structures under extreme operational conditions”.
His research interests include: Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design, Structural Control, Structural Health Monitoring, Nonlinear System Identification (NSI), Experimental Testing, Modelling and Simulation of Nonlinear Systems.
Atheer Al-Anbaki
EMPS Visiting Scholar
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Atheer joined the University of Exeter in 2014 to pursue a PhD under the supervision of Prof Aleksandar Pavic, which he successfully completed in 2018. Atheer is now an EMPS Visiting Scholar, working remotely from Iraq, where he holds a full-time Lecturer position at the University of Anbar.
His main research interests are in the field of vibration serviceability of civil structures, including
- vibration serviceability of building floors, such as lightweight and ultra-lightweight floors
- human-induced dynamic forces
- dynamic testing and structural modelling of full-scale civil structures (e.g. building floors, grandstands, and footbridges)
- footfall excitation of slender civil structures
Nimmy Abraham
PHD student
Nimmy Mariam Abraham graduated with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, subsequent to gaining a Bachelor of Technology degree in Civil Engineering from the TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, India. She has worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Nimmy joined the Vibration Engineering Section at the University of Exeter in September 2019 to pursue her PhD under the supervision of Professor Stana Zivanovic and Prof Genevieve Williams. Her studies focus on pedestrian-structure dynamic interaction on wobbly bridges.
Naser Taleshi
PhD student
Naser Taleshi obtained his B.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering in 2012. He received an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering- Biomedical Engineering from the University of Tehran in 2017. During his MSc study, he worked on the effects of attentional focus on muscle synergies and their recruitment during learning a balance control task.
He joined the Vibration Engineering Section (VES) at the University of Exeter in September 2019 and is currently conducting an EPSRC-funded PhD study under the supervision of Prof James Brownjohn and Dr Genevieve Williams. His research is supported by the state-of-the-art VSimulators facility at Exeter Science Park and is set to explore the dynamics of human-structure interaction.
Specifically, his study will explore the mechanisms of balance and stability for different types of floor motion (roll, pitch, heave, and sway) at different levels and frequencies representing real life situations in transport and on structures.
Naser's research interests include nonlinear dynamics of human-structure interaction, nonlinear time series analysis on the human kinematic and kinetic measurements, bioinspired modelling, human balance control and sensory integration.
Sigong Zhang
Sigong is a research fellow in the Vibration Engineering Section.
He obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Canada followed by postdoctoral training in timber engineering at the University of Alberta.
In 2020, Sigong received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. His current research interests include human-structure interaction, mass timber panels and analytical modelling of structural elements with complicated boundary conditions, attachments, and discontinuities.
Katy Manning
Academic staff list
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Professor of Structural Dynamics |
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Professor of Vibration Engineering |
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Postgraduate researchers in VES
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Exploring the balance and control methods used by people standing or walking on moving surfaces. |
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Working on the Smart Construction Technology project to bring computer vision technology to detect fire risks on construction sites in South Korea and enable a national-wide surveillance system to reduce these |
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You will be supported by supervisors at the forefront of their field, work on industry-led projects and network with global engineering consultancy companies.
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