Faculty
Swaminathan Krishnan
Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering and Geophysics
Degrees and Appointments
B.S., Indian Institute of Technology, 1992; M.S., Rice University, 1994; Ph.D., Caltech, 2003. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 2006-07; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Geophysics, 2007-10; Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering and Geophysics, 2010-.
Tel: 626-395-4466
Fax: (626) 568-2719
Assistant
Carolina Oseguera
susta@caltech.edu
(626) 395-4271
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Research Overview
Professor Krishnan's research group is striving to unify computational seismology and earthquake engineering in the form of rupture-to-rafters simulations for robust earthquake damage prediction, preparation, mitigation, and disaster response.
List of Research Areas
Structural dynamics, structural stability, earthquake engineering, computational mechanics, 3-D nonlinear analysis of tall buildings and long-span bridges, computational seismology, ground motion simulation
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