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EMMANUEL  “MANOS” MARAGAKIS, Ph.D.

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Current Affiliation

Professor and Chair


Contact Information

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mail Stop 258

University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, NV 89557

T: 775-784-6937

F: 775-784-1390


Education

YEAR

DEGREE

UNIVERSITY

1985

Ph.D

California Institute of Technology

1981

M.Sc.

California Institute of Technology

1980

B.Sc

National Technical University of Athens, Greece


Research Interests

Earthquake response of buildings and bridges; computer simulation; full-scale field and laboratory experimental research of bridges and their components; dynamic and earthquake response of railway bridges; fatigue analysis of railway bridge connections; underground piping systems; earthquake response of non-structural components.


Recent Publications

1.  Vlassis, A., Maragakis, M., Saiidi, M., “Experimental Evaluation of Longitudinal Seismic Performance of Bridge Restrainers at In-Span Hinges”, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 32, No 2, March 2004, pp.96-105.

2.  Chen, Q., Douglas, B.M., Maragakis, E.A., Buckle, I.G., “Extraction of Hysteretic Properties of Seismically Isolated Bridges from Quick-Release Field Tests”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 31, February 2002, pp. 333-351.

3.  Meis, R., Maragakis, M., Siddharthan, R., “Static Axial Behavior of Some Typical Restrained and Unrestrained Pipe Joints”, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 29(5), September 2001, pp. 485-491.

4.  Vlassis, A., Maragakis, M., Saiidi, M., “An Update on Analytical and Experimental Research on Bridge Restrainers”, Transportation Research Records No. 1770, pp.132-138, 2001.

5.  Maragakis, E., Douglas, B., Chen, Q., “Full-Scale Field Failure Tests of a Railway Bridge”, Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, September/October 2001, pp. 356-362.


Courses Taught

Course Code

Course Title

CEE 243

Computer Programming for Civil Engineers

CEE 372

Strength of Materials

CEE 371

Mathematical Methods in Civil Engineering

CEE 381

Structural Analysis I

CEE 486/686

Structural Analysis II

CEE 704

Finite Element Analysis

CEE 723

Advanced Reinforced Concrete

CEE 724

Applied Elasticity

CEE 727

Matrix Methods in Structural Analysis

CEE 726

Theory of Plates and Shells


Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions

·          Member, ASCE, EERI, CUREE, NEES, AREMA

·          Chair of TRB Committee AFF50 on the Seismic Design of Bridges

·          Member of the control panel of ATC 58 for the development of experimental protocols for testing non-structural components.

·          Member of AREMA committee 9 on the Seismic Response of Railway Bridges

·          Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Nevada, Reno (1994-now)





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