Construction and Steel Structure

Gilbert A Hegemier recieved his PhD from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Solid Mechanics and Structures. He currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) where he initiated the formation of the Department of Structural Engineering, guided the development of UCSD’s unique large-scale test facilities, and there he also serves as Associate Director of the Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER). His research areas include large-scale laboratory experiments, field testing, and computational analysis of civil structures subject to dynamic loading events such as blast, impact, and seismic. He has published over 100 journal papers on these topics and is an internationally recognized expert on protective technologies for civil structures.