Civil Engineering Seminar Series – Structural Behavior & Seismic Performance Of Low Yield Point (LYP) Steel Shear Wall Systems
BIO: Tadeh Zirakian received his Ph.D. in Structural and Earthquake Engineering and minoring in Structural Mechanics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science at Loyola Marymount University, and will start his Assistant Professorship Appointment at the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Management at the California State University, Northridge, in July 2015. Zirakian has been lecturing numerous general engineering, mechanical engineering, and civil engineering courses at various institutions and universities including the University of California, Los Angeles, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California State University, Los Angeles, and Loyola Marymount University. Zirakian has authored and co-authored numerous research papers published and presented in prestigious engineering journals and conferences. His primary research interests are in Structural and Earthquake Engineering, with emphases on the stability of thin-walled structures as well as seismic design and performance evaluation of structural systems and buildings.