Dr. Kaspar William, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
FACULTY WEBSITE-
Areas of expertise
- Computational failure mechanics
- Constitutive modeling
- Interface modeling
- Localization analysis
- Damage mechanics of cohesive/frictional materials and ultrasonic detection
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Awards
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Clarence Eckel Faculty Prize for Excellence, CEAE Dept., University of Colorado Boulder, 2008.
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Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE Class of 2004).
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Nathan M. Newmark Medal Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, 2003.
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Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, F. ASCE, 2001.
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Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, F. ASME, 1999.
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AvH Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Bonn, Germany, 1998.
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Distinguished Achievement Award, CEAE-Department, University of Colorado Boulder, 1996.
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Fellow of the US-Association of Computational Mechanics, F. USACM, 1995.
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Publications
- Willam, K., Blackard, B. & Citto, C.,(2010), "Failure Studies on Masonry In_ll Walls: Experimental and Computational Observations", Proc. Euroc 2010 on Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures, N. Bi_cani_c, R. de Borst, H. Mang, and G. Meschke (eds.), CRC Press, A Balkema Book, Taylor & Francis Group,London, UK, pp. 757-765.
- Blackard, B., Willam, K. & Mettupalayam, S.,(2009), "Experimental Observations of Masonry In_lled Reinforced Concrete Frames with Openings", American Concrete Institute, ACI-SP 265-9, Thomas T.C. Hsu Symposium on Shear and Torsion in Concrete Structures, (A. Belarbi, Y.-L. Mo and A.S. Ayoub, eds.), pp. 199-222.
- Willam, K., Lee, K., Xi, Y. & Lee, J., (2008), "Spalling of Concrete due to Combined Heating and Drying", Proc. CONCREEP8 Conf., Tanabe, T., Sakata, K., Mihashi, H., Sato, R., Maekawa, K., and Nakamura, H. eds., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 2, pp. 1013-1019.
- Willam, K.,(2008), "Alexander C. Scordelis: Legacy in Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete", IASS IACM 2008 Congress "Spanning from Nano to Mega", Cornell University, Ithaca, June 28-31, 2008, Audio-Visual CD Record. Lee, K., Xi, Y. & Willam, K., (2008), "Coupling E_ect between Temperature and Moisture on the Deformation of Concrete", Proc. CONCREEP8 Conf., Tanabe, T., Sakata, K., Mihashi, H., Sato, R., Maekawa, K., and Nakamura, H. eds., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 1, pp. 257-260.
- Lee, J., Xi, Y. and Willam, K., (2007), "Strength and Sti_ness of Concrete under Heating and Cooling Treatments", FramCoS-6 Conference, Catania Italy, Proc Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, A. Carpinteri, P. Gambarova, G. Ferro and G. Plizzari (eds.), Vol. 2, pp. 1709-1714.
- Blackard, B., Kim, B., Citto, C., Willam, K. and S. Mattupalayam, (2007), "Failure Issues of Brick Masonry", FramCoS-6 Conference, Catania Italy, Proc Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, A. Carpinteri, P. Gambarova, G. Ferro and G. Plizzari (eds.), Vol. 2, pp. 1587-1594.
- Willam, K., Lee, K., Lee, J. and Xi, Y., (2006), "Issues of Thermal Collapse Analysis of RCS", Structures Congress of ASCE, May 18-20, 2006, St. Louis MI, 10-page electronic paper, Conf. CD.
- 4-page electronic paper, Conf CD.Willam, K., Basche, H., Lee, K. and Xi, Y., (2006), "Assessment of RC Bond under Severe Temperatures", Proc.Euro-C 2006, March 27-30, 2006, Mayrhofen Tyrol Austria, Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures, G. Meschke, R. de Borst, H. Mang, and N. Bi_cani_c (eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 647-656.
- Willam, K., Lee, K. and Xi, Y., (2005), "Issues of Reinforced Concrete Structures under Extreme Temperature Events", Proc. 5th Intl Conf on Computation of Shell & Spatial Structures, E. Ramm, W.A. Wall, K.-U. Bletzinger and M. Bischo_ (eds.), Salzburg, IASS IACM 2005, Salzburg Austria, June 1-4, 2005, p. 239.
For more publications, see faculty website above, CV below or google scholar profile here.
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Patents
- None available.
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Grants and Funded Research
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DOE-NEUP-IRP: Cask Mis-Loads Evaluation Techniques, Washington D.C., 2016-2020 (K. Willam PI, UIUC, USC, UMN, PNNL, ANATECH)
- DOE-NEUP: Multiple Degradation Mechanisms in Reinforced Concrete Structures, Modeling and Risk Analysis, Washington D.C., 2016-2019 (K. Willam PI,Y. Xi Co-PI, B. Gencturk Co-PI, B. Spencer Co-PI, H. Huang Co-PI)
- ORNL: Thermal Response of RCS in Nuclear Power Plants (K. Willam, PI, Y. Xi, Co-PI), 2008-09.
- NEESR-SG: Seismic Performance Assessment of Retrofit of Non-ductile RC Frames with Infill Walls (K. Willam, PI, S. Metupalayam, Co-PI), 2005-2009.
- NSF: High Temperature Effects on Concrete Materials: A Multiscale Approach, (K. Willam, PI, Y. Xi, Co-PI), 2004-2008.
- NSF-CMMI: Interface Mechanics of Masonry Panels under Biaxial Loading. Washington D.C., 2011-2015 (K. Willam PI, Ashraf Ayoub, Co-PI)
- NSF: Simulation Platform for the Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Structures, (K. Willam PI, X-Y. Cai, Co-PI, C. Farhat, Co-PI, B. Shing, Co-PI), 2000-2003.
- CASI: Ultrasonic Damage Simulation in Engineering Materials, CSU-Fort Collins, 1998-2000 (K. Willam PI).
- NSF: Accelerated Testing and Modeling of Concrete Durability, Washington D.C., 1998-2001 (Y. Xi PI, K. Willam Co-PI, and D. Frangopol, Co-PI).
- AFOSR: Dynamic Performance Evaluation of Conventional and Non-Conventional Concrete, Bolling AFB, 1997-1998 (K. Willam PI, L. Bond Co-PI, and Y. Xi Co-PI).
More research information in ResearchGate profile here.
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Curriculum Vitae
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