Lab News

Michael Janik, undergraduate research assistant, presented at the UST Inquiry Poster Session Fall 2025. His research focused on improved approaches to post-process data from structural steel testing.

October 2025

Professor Jose Capa Salinas was selected, among many applicants, to participate in the 2025 ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop at Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO).

August 2025

Professor Jose Capa Salinas was the recipient of the Advancing Structural Steel Education Award to participate in a hands-on workshop organized by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).

July 2025

Professor Jose Capa Salinas was the recipient of the 2025 NSF NHERI RAPID Natural Hazard and Disaster Reconnaissance Equipment Training travel grant to participate in a 4-Day Intensive Hands-On Workshop.

July 2025

Rebecca Bishop, undergraduate research assistant, presented at the UST Inquiry Poster Session Spring 2025. Her research focused on developing and testing innovative structural steel connection types.

May 2025

Ian Hensley, undergraduate research assistant, received the 2025 AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) Student Travel Grant to attend the NASCC: The Steel Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

April 2025

Professor Jose Capa Salinas participated and presented at the NSF-funded NHERI-NIED/E-Defense Research Collaboration Meeting in Miki City, Japan. This is the 1st Research Collaboration meeting in this new phase of partnership between researchers from NHERI (U.S.) and NIED (Japan).

January 2025

Professor Jose Capa Salinas was awarded the 2025 Fred Burggraf Award in the aviation category for his recent publication: "Blue Unmanned Aerial Systems Explained: The Current Drone Market, Flight Regulations, and Debunking Common Misconceptions."

January 2025

Professor Jose Capa Salinas was featured in the May/June 2024 issue of Civil Engineering Source, the American Society of Civil Engineers Magazine.

May 2024