Education:
Ph.D., Structural Engineering
University of California, San Diego
Degree Awarded: June 18^th, 2006
Graduate Student Researcher: July 17^th, 2002 - May 31^st, 2006
Dissertation: Axial Force Transfer Mechanisms within Cast-In-Steel-Shell Piles

M.S., Civil Engineering
San Diego State University
Degree Awarded: May, 2001
Thesis: Application of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete to Seismic Beam-Column Joints

B.S., Civil Engineering
University of California, Davis
Degree Awarded: September, 1999

Research Interests:
Composite Steel Shell-Reinforced Concrete Bond, Seismic Design of Structures, Seismic Isolation, Floating Reinforced Concrete Structures, Full-Scale Laboratory or Field Experiments

Citizenship:
U.S. Citizen, Hometown: Santa Monica, California

Other Relevant Info:
Current Residence: La Jolla, California
Age: 29, single. Meeting and getting to know single, smart, cute, nice women is another research interest! :)
I placed just a few pages from my website on the PEER server because I no longer have a student website allocation at UCSD.

Updated: August, 2006