UBC Civil Engineering

Dr. Terje Haukaas

Dr.Terje Haukaas
Dr. Terje Haukaas, Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Location: CEME - Room 2011
Telephone: 604.827.5557
Facsimilie: 604.822.6901
Email: terje@civil.ubc.ca

 

Biography:

  • Journeyman, Carpentry, Norway, 1987
  • Technician, Stavanger Technical College, Norway, 1992
  • Master Builder, Carpentry, Norway, 1993
  • Engineer, Stavanger University College, Norway, 1994
  • Sivilingeniør, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 1996
  • Research Fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 1997
  • Structural Engineer/Analyst, Reinertsen Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 1998
  • Fulbright Fellow, 1998
  • M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1999
  • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2003 (“Finite element reliability and sensitivity methods for performance-based earthquake engineering”)
  • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia, APEGBC, 2005

Research Interests:

Structural safety, probabilistic methods in civil engineering, risk assessment, decision making under uncertainty, design optimization, earthquake engineering, structural analysis, finite elements, response sensitivity analysis, software development, OpenSees.

More about my research here.

Courses:

  • CIVL 332 Structural Analysis
  • CIVL 435 Advanced Structural Analysis
  • CIVL 518 Reliability and Structural Safety

Recent Publications


Journals

  • Sharma, G., Haukaas, T., Hall, R. “Bayesian statistics and production reliability assessments for mining operations.” Accepted March 2009 for publication in International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment.
  • Choe, D.E., Gardoni, P., Rosowsky, D. Haukaas, T. (2009) “Seismic fragility estimates for reinforced concrete bridges subject to corrosion.” Structural Safety, 31, pp. 275–283.
  • Bebamzadeh, A., Haukaas, T., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A. , Fernlund, G. (2009) “Response sensitivities and parameter importance studies in composites manufacturing.” Journal of Composite Materials,43(6), pp. 621-659.
  • Bebamzadeh, A., Haukaas, T. (2008) “Second-order sensitivities of inelastic finite element response by direct differentiation.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 134(10), pp. 867-880.
  • Scott, M.H., Haukaas, T. (2008) “Software framework for parameter updating and finite element response sensitivity analysis.” ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 22(5), pp. 281-291.
  • Haukaas, T. (2008) “Unified reliability and design optimization for earthquake engineering.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 23, pp. 471–481.
  • Zhong, J., Gardoni, P., Rosowsky, D., Haukaas T. (2008) “Probabilistic seismic demand models and fragility estimates for reinforced concrete bridges with two-column bents.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 134(6), pp. 495-504.
  • Choe, D.E., Gardoni, P., Rosowsky, D. Haukaas, T. (2008) “Probabilistic capacity models and seismic fragility estimates for RC columns subject to corrosion.” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 93, pp. 383-393.
  • Koduru, S.D., Haukaas, T., Elwood, K.J. (2007) “Probabilistic evaluation of global seismic capacity of degrading structures.” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 36, pp. 2043-2058.
  • Choe, D.E., Gardoni, P., Rosowsky, D. Haukaas, T. (2008) “Probabilistic capacity models and seismic fragility estimates for RC columns subject to corrosion.” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 93, pp. 383-393.
  • Zhu, L., Elwood, K.J., Haukaas, T. (2007) “Classification and seismic safety evaluation of existing reinforced concrete columns.” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 133(9), pp. 1316-1330.
  • Riederer, K.A., Haukaas, T. (2007) “Cost-benefit importance vectors for performance-based structural engineering.” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 133(7), pp. 907-915.
  • Haukaas, T., Der Kiureghian, A. (2007) “Methods and object-oriented software for FE reliability and sensitivity analysis with application to a bridge structure.” ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 21(3), pp. 151-163.
  • Liang, H., Haukaas, T., Royset, J.O. (2007) ”Reliability-based optimal design software for earthquake engineering applications.” Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34, pp. 856-869.
  • Mathakari, S., Gardoni, P., Agarwal,P., Raich, A., Haukaas, T. (2007) “Reliability-based optimal design of electrical transmission towers using multi-objective genetic algorithms.” Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 22, pp. 282-292.
  • Koduru, S.D., Haukaas, T. (2006) “Uncertain reliability index in finite element reliability analysis.” International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 1(1/2), pp. 77-101.
  • Haukaas, T. (2006) “Efficient computation of response sensitivities for inelastic structures.” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 132 (2), pp. 260-266.
  • Haukaas, T., Scott, M. H. (2006) “Shape sensitivities in the reliability analysis of nonlinear frame structures.” Computers & Structures, 84 (15), pp. 964-977.
  • Haukaas, T., Der Kiureghian, A. (2006) ”Strategies for finding the design point in nonlinear finite element reliability analysis.” Journal of Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 21 (2), pp. 133-147.
  • Zhu, L., Elwood, K.J., Haukaas, T., Gardoni, P. (2006) “Application of a probabilistic drift capacity model for shear-critical columns, deformation capacity and shear strength of reinforced concrete members under cyclic loading.” ACI Special Publication (SP-236), American Concrete Institute, 21 pages.
  • Der Kiureghian, A., Haukaas, T. Fujimura, K. (2006). ”Structural reliability software at the University of California, Berkeley.” Structural Safety, 28, pp. 44-67.
  • Haukaas, T., Der Kiureghian, A. (2005). “Parameter sensitivity and importance measures in nonlinear finite element reliability analysis.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 131(10), pp. 1013-1026.

Conference Proceedings

  • Adebar, P., Korchinski, A., Haukaas, T. (2007) “ Influence of ground motion on effective stiffness of high-rise cantilever walls,” Proceedings of the Ninth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 26-29 (10 pages).
  • Charlet, A. Y., Schellenberg, A., Elwood, K.J., Haukaas, T., Mahin, S.A. (2007) “Hybrid simulation of the gravity load collapse of reinforced concrete frames”, Proceedings of the Ninth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 26-29 (10 pages).
  • Haukaas, T., Gardoni, P., Bebamzadeh, A. (2007) “Bayesian finite elements.” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan, July 31-August 3 (8 pages).
  • Koduru, S.D., Haukaas, T. (2007) “Global seismic reliability analysis of structures with FORM.” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan, July 31-August 3 (8 pages).
  • Zhong, J., Gardoni, P., Rosowsky, D.V. and Haukaas, T. (2007) “Probabilistic seismic demand models and fragility estimates for reinforced concrete bridges with two-column bents.” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan, July 31-August 3 (8 pages).
  • Koduru, S.D., Haukaas, T. (2007) “Seismic reliability analysis with probabilistic models for ground motion and structure.” Proceedings of COMPDYN ’07: ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Rethymno, Crete, Greece, June 13–16 (12 pages).
  • Haukaas, T. (2007) “Unified reliability and design optimization in earthquake engineering.” Proceedings of the Risk Acceptance and Risk Communication Workshop, Stanford, California, March 26-27 (10 pages).
  • Zhu, L., Elwood, K.J., Haukaas, T. (2006) “Assessment of expected failure mode for reinforced concrete columns.” Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, April 18-21, San Francisco, California (10 pages).
  • Scott, M.H., Haukaas, T. (2006)  "Modules in OpenSees for the next generation of performance-based engineering." Proceedings of the 17th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference, ASCE Structures Congress, St. Louis, MO (12 pages).
  • Haukaas, T. (2006). “Cost-benefit importance vectors for design improvement decisions.” Proceedings of the 2nd forum of the International Forum on Engineering Decision Making, Lake Louise, Canada, April 26-29, (10 pages).

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