NSF SAVI Wall Institute
Virtual International Institute for Performance Assessment of Structural Wall Systems
Ken Elwood
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The University of Auckland, New Zeland
(604) 822 0581
https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/k-elwood
• Seismic assessment of existing concrete and masonry buildings
• Performance-based seismic design, seismic retrofit, nonlinear structural analysis, shake table testing, earthquake disaster resilience
• Structural & Earthquake Engineering
Dr. Elwood received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002, M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995, and B.A.Sc. from the University of British Columbia in 1993. Dr. Elwood is actively involved in research related to the seismic response of concrete and masonry buildings, in particular the assessment of older buildings not designed to modern seismic design criteria. Dr. Elwood is a member of several building code committees in Canada and the United States, including Standing Committee for Earthquake Design for the National Building Code of Canada, ASCE 41 Standards Committee for Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit, and ACI 318H Subcommittee on Seismic Effects for Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete. Dr. Elwood is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
