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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo introduces a new, graduate-level course worth three credit hours called “Emerging Technologies in Bridge Engineering” (CIE-580). The course is designed to explore some of the most recent developments in the field of bridge engineering, with a focus on the design and construction of highway bridges. Topics include seismic protective systems and retrofitting, bridge preservation strategies, design and analytical software, structural instrumentation and health monitoring, comprehensive
bridge information modeling (BrIM), accelerated project delivery, and high performance materials. The course will give students a head start on grasping the most pressing issues and most feasible solutions to problems facing practicing engineers today.

The course is available online; applicable toward a master’s program in bridge engineering; applicable toward an advanced certificate in bridge engineering; and was developed in collaboration with American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) subcommittee on bridges and structures. Training modules qualify for professional development credit, and free, live webinars are available for selected, invited speakers.

The course will be held on Monday evenings, and lasts from 5:00 p.m. to 7:50 p.m.

The first course begins on Aug. 30, 2010, and comes from Waseem Dekelbab, Ph.D., P.E., PMP, senior program officer at the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Transportation Research Board. His session is called, “NCHRP Leveraging Resources for Better Transportation.” To register for the free, live webinar, click here. To register for professional development credit (or to attend in-person for free if space permits), contact Michele at (716) 645-3307. This session is worth 1.5 PDH.

To enroll in the entire course, visit www.eng.buffalo.edu/EngiNet/. See below for an updated speaker list. Stay tuned to www.eng.buffalo.edu/EngiNet/courses/offerings/?yrsem=1009 for updates and information.

Speaker list
Aug. 30, 2010 — Waseem Dekelbab, Transportation Research Board Highway Research Project Selection

Sept. 13, 2010 — Derrell Manceaux , Fed. Highway Administration Seismic Retrofitting of Bridges and Michel Bruneau, University at Buffalo Buckling Restrained Braces and Structural Fuses

Sept. 20, 2010 — W. Jay Rohleder, Jr., Figg Engineers Inc. Innovations in Segmental Bridge Construction and Michael Adams, Federal Highway Administration Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Abutments

Sept. 27, 2010 — Phil Yen, Federal Highway Administration AASHTO's New Seismic Design Guide Specifications and Michael Constantinou, Univ. at Buffalo LRFD Procedures for Elastomeric Bearings

Oct. 4, 2010 — John Fisher, Lehigh University Fatigue Design: Its Past, What it is Today, and its Future and Lou Triandafilou, Fed. Highway Administration Trends in High Performance Materials

Oct. 11, 2010 — Earl Dubin , Fed. Highway Administration Moveable Bridges and Patrick Clarke, WA Dept. of Transportation Floating Bridges

Oct. 18, 2010 & Oct. 25, 2010 — Sreenivas Alampalli , NY Dept. of Transportation Structural Health Monitoring and Salvatore Salamone, Univ. at Buffalo Health Monitoring of Prestressing Tendons in Post‐tensioned Concrete Bridges

Nov. 1, 2010 — Jerry DiMaggio, Transportation Research Board Geotechnology; Past, Present & Future and Ken Fishman, McMahon & Mann, Engineers, PC Metallically Stabilized Earth Systems, Design and Performance

Nov. 8, 2010 — Ed Wasserman, TN Dept. of Transportation Emerging Technologies in Bridge Design & Construction and Stuart Chen, Univ. At Buffalo Bridge Information Modeling (tentative)

Nov. 15, 2010 — Mary Lou Ralls, Ralls Newman, LLC Successes in Accelerated Bridge Construction and Amjad Aref, University at Buffalo Seismic Performance of a Segmental Bridge System