swood@mail.utexas.edu
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College: Engineering

Home Department: Civil Engineering

Education: PhD, University of Illinois

Research interests:Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures; evaluation of existing structures; earthquake engineering.

Recent Publications:Breña, S.F., Wood, S.L., and Kreger, M.E., "Increasing the Flexural Capacity of Typical Reinforced Concrete Bridges in Texas using Carbon Fiber Reinforcing Polymer Composites," Research Report 1776-2, Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory, University of Texas, May 2001

Sittipunt, C., Wood, S.L., Lukkunaprasit, P., and Pattararattanakul, P., "Cyclic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls with Diagonal Web Reinforcement," Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 98, No. 4, July/August 2001, pp. 554-562

Wood, S.L. and Neikirk, D.P., "Development of a Passive Sensor to Detect Cracks in Welded Steel Construction," Proceedings, U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research in Urban Earthquake Disaster Mitigation, Third Grantees Meeting, Seattle, Washington, August 2001

Posada, M. and Wood, S.L., "Seismic Performance of Precast Industrial Buildings in Turkey," Proceedings, 7th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Boston, MA, Paper 543, July 2002