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Professor
Dr. Terje Haukaas
Bio

Professor Terje Haukaas has been a member of the structural engineering group in the Department of Civil Engineering since 2003. He received his Master's and PhD degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in 1999 and 2003. Originally from Norway, Dr. Haukaas obtained his undergraduate degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim in 1996 after obtaining an engineering degree from the Stavanger University College in 1994 and a technician degree from the Stavanger Technical College in 1992.  He worked as a researcher and engineer in Norway from 1996 to 1998. Prior to entering the field of engineering, Dr. Haukaas had become a Journeyman and Master Builder of carpentry. Dr. Haukaas conducts research on probabilistic modelling of hazards, structures, and impacts, with emphasis on computational simulation models. He has co-authored a number of journal papers on reliability, sensitivity, and optimization analysis applied to civil engineering problems. Software development is an integral part of Dr. Haukaas’ research. He developed the first version of the Matlab toolbox FERUM and he implemented the first reliability and sensitivity options in OpenSees. He later spearheaded the development of Rt and Rts, which are computer programs for multi-hazard and multi-model reliability and optimization analysis. 

Awards & Honours

  • 2016-2017 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
  • President, Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association (CERRA), 2015-2019
  • Semi-Plenary Speaker, COMPDYN 2017, Rhodes, Greece, June 15-17, 2017
  • Keynote Speaker, ICCSTE'16, Ottawa, Canada, May 5-6, 2016
  • Chair (organizer), ICASP12, Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15, 2015
  • Early Career Keynote Speaker, ICOSSAR 2013, New York, June 16-20, 2013
  • Student Appreciation Award from the Civil Undergraduate Student Club: Top 4th Year Professor 2015, 2016
  • Student Appreciation Award from the Civil Undergraduate Student Club: Top 3rd Year Professor 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
  • Best paper award, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2007
  • Fulbright Fellowship, 1998
Research Area / Group
Structural & Earthquake Engineering
Research Interests

Probabilistic mechanics, structural reliability and optimization, timber engineering, earthquake engineering, decision making, risk, advanced structural analysis, finite elements, response sensitivity analysis, software development.

Courses
CIVL 332

Structural Analysis

Introduction to indeterminate structural analysis; approximate analysis of structures; calculation of displacements using virtual work; flexibility (force) method; stiffness method for frames; moment distribution method.

CIVL 435

Advanced Structural Analysis

Shear flow, shear deformation, St. Venant torsion, warping torsion, P-delta and geometric stiffness, buckling of columns and frames, cylindrical shells, beams on elastic foundation, shear wall analysis, elasto-plastic analysis. Introduction to the finite element method.

CIVL 518

Reliability and Structural Safety

Probability theory and random variables. Performance functions and probability of non-performance: simulations and FORM/SORM methods. Applications. System reliability. Time-dependent reliability and introduction to stochastic processes.

Latest Publications

2020

R. Costa, Haukaas, T., and Chang, S. E., “Predicting population displacements after earthquakes”, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, vol. 1311658, no. 4, pp. 1 - 19, 2020.
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R. Costa, Haukaas, T., and Chang, S. E., “Agent-based model for post-earthquake housing recovery”, Earthquake Spectra, vol. 162018, p. 875529302094417, 2020.
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2019

I. Lok, Eschelmuller, E., Haukaas, T., Ventura, C., Bebamzadeh, A., Slovic, P., and Dunn, E., “Can We Apply the Psychology of Risk Perception to Increase Earthquake Preparation?”, Collabra: Psychology, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 47, 2019.
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M. Mahsuli and Haukaas, T., “Risk Minimization for a Portfolio of Buildings Considering Risk Aversion”, Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 145, no. 2, p. 04018241, 2019.
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R. Costa, Haukaas, T., Chang, S. E., and Dowlatabadi, H., “Object-oriented model of the seismic vulnerability of the fuel distribution network in coastal British Columbia”, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 186, pp. 11 - 23, 2019.
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2018

M. Mahsuli and Haukaas, T., “Risk minimization for a portfolio of buildings considering risk aversion”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2018.
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R. Costa, Haukaas, T., Chang, S., and Dowlatabadi, H., “Object-oriented Model of the Seismic Vulnerability of the Fuel Distribution Network in Coastal British Columbia”, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2018.
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2016

J. A. Yazdi, Haukaas, T., Yang, T., and Gardoni, P., “Multivariate fragility models for earthquake engineering”, Earthquake Spectra, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 441-461, 2016.
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G. S. Pai, Lam, F., and Haukaas, T., “Force transfer around openings in cross laminated timber shear walls”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 143, no. 4, 2016.
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2013

T. Tannert and Haukaas, T., “Probabilistic models for structural performance of rounded dovetail joints”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 139, 2013.
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Contact
terje@civil.ubc.ca
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604.827.5557
Personal Website:
http://terje.civil.ubc.ca
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