Ayubur Rahman, Lecturer
Professor Rahman
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Contact information
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Southern California
3620 S. Vermont Avenue, KAP 210
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531
Tel: (213) 740-0603 main office
Fax: (213) 744-1426
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Biographical Information
Ph.D. — 1989 — Civil Eng. — Clemson University, Clemson, S. Carolina
MS — 1984 — Civil Eng. — Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BS — 1978 — Civil Eng. — University of Engineering & Tech., Bangladesh
Dr. Rahman is currently working as a Consulting Engineer in addition to his responsibilities as a Senior Engineer in Caltrans. He has several years of teaching, research and industrial experience. While working for consulting engineering firms, he was involved with many landmark projects. He was responsible for the design of and specification for the base isolation bearings and dampers for the seismic strengthening of the Los Angeles City Hall. He developed 3-D computer models and designed the vertical and lateral load resisting systems for the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Eiffel Tower II in Los Vegas, and Dryfes and Gates Tower at MIT.
Dr Rahman is an expert in computer modeling and linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of structures. He has worked on several National Science Foundation sponsored research projects and developed computer programs for linear and nonlinear analysis. He published several research papers in the refereed journals and presented many research papers and reports in national and international conferences. Dr. Rahman has over 19 years of teaching experience. For the last 9 years, he has been teaching at USC as a part-time lecturer in the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Research Interests
- Seismic strengthening of existing structures
- Linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of structures
- Seismic load resisting system for complex structures
Professional Registration
Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California
Partial list of Dr. Rahman’s Publications
Naeim, F., Martin, J. A., Gong, V., Norton, G., Schindler, B. S. and Rahman, A, “Structural Analysis and Design of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles,” Proceedings, Convention of the Structural Engineers Association of California, 1999.
Youssef, N., Nuttall, B., Rahman, A. and Hata, O., “Passive Control of Los Angeles City Hall,” Proceedings, The 1995 ASME/JSME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 23-27, 1995.
Youssef, N., Nuttall, B., Rahman, A. and Tahtakran, O., “The Role of Reinforced Concrete in the Stiffening and Strengthening Above Base Isolation for a Tall Historic Landmark: Los Angeles City Hall, “Proceedings, The Third National Concrete and Masonry Engineering Conference, San Fransisco, CA, June 15-17, 1995.
Rahman, A. and Anand, S. C., “Empirical Mohr-Coulumb Failure Criterion for Concrete Block-Mortar Joints,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 8, August 1994.
Youssef, N., Nuttall, B., Rahman, A. and Hata, O., “Passive Control of Los Angeles City Hall,” Proceedings, First World Conference on Structural Control, Los Angeles, CA, August 3-5, 1994.
Anand, S., C. and Rahman, A., “Accurate Estimation of Interface Shear Stresses in Composite Masonry Walls, “ Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No.2, March 1993.
Kariotis, J. C., Rahman, A. and El-Mustapha, A. M., “Investigations of Current Seismic Design Provisions for Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls, “ The Structural Design of Tall Buildings, Vol. 2, No. 3, September 1993.
Rahman, A. and Anand, S. C., “Thermal Stresses in Composite Masonry Walls,” The Masonry Society Journal, Vol. 11, No.1, August 1992.
