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Current Affiliation

Associate Professor

Contact Information

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mail Stop 258
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
T: (775) 784-4512
F: (775) 784-1390

Education

Research Interests

• Theoretical and experimental aspects of earthquake engineering and structural dynamics, focusing on hazard mitigation and seismic fragility of structural and nonstructural systems.
• Experimental and analytical studies of seismic performance, design and retrofit of buildings and bridges with/without earthquake protective systems.

Recent Publications

• Pekcan, G., Linke, C., and Itani, A. M. (2009), "Damage Avoidance Design of Special Truss Moment Frames with Energy Dissipating Devices." Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, 65 (6), 1374 - 1384. (online: October, 2008)
• Abdel-Mohti, A. and Pekcan, G. (2008), “Seismic response of skewed RC box-girder bridges.” Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, IEM and MCEER, (in press).
• Carden L.P., Pekcan G., and Itani A.M., (2008), “Investigation of Flange Local Bending under Flexible Patch Loading.” Engineering Journal, AISC., 1st Quarter.
• Carden, L., Pekcan, G., and Itani, A., (2007), “Web Yielding, Crippling and Lateral Buckling Under Post Loading.” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 133(5), 665-673.
• Carden, L.P., Pekcan G., Itani, A.M., (2007), “Flange and Web Limit States in Beams subjected to Patch Loading.” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, 63(1), 45-54.
• Pekcan G., Itani A.M., and Carden L.P., (2006), “Design of Bridge Falsework for Gravity Loads.” Journal of Bridge Engineering, Taylor and Francis, 2(3), 155-168.
• Cantrell, P., Pekcan, G., Itani, A., Valesquez, N., (2006), “The Effect of Engineering Modules on Student Learning in Middle School Classrooms.” Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, 95(4), 301-309.
• Ajrab, J., Pekcan, G., and Mander, J. B., (2004), "Rocking Wall-Frame Structures with Supplemental Tendon Systems," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 130 (6), 895 - 903.

Courses Taught

Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions

• Member, ASCE, EERI, CUREE, NEES, ASEE, TRB
• Contributor to ATC-58 - Interim Shake Table Test Protocol For Quantifying Seismic Fragility of Motion-Sensitive Nonstructural Components.
• Project Manager for NEES – Earthquake Engineering data model and metadata development in collaboration with the NEES System Integrators, NCSA.
• NEES Site and Project Manager at the University of Nevada, Reno – Development of Telepresence functions and infrastructure for remote participation and research collaboration.
• Experimental and analytical investigation of steel STMF systems.
• Experimental and analytical investigation of seismic response characteristics of skewed highway bridges.
• Experimental evaluation and seismic qualification testing of various non-structural systems.
• Experimental investigation of seismic response of timber bridges.
• Experimental and analytical investigation of the seismic response of a 1:3 scale sway frame of a deck-truss bridge with and without supplementary damping systems.
• Ambient (traffic) vibration tests on the North Grand Island deck-truss bridge.
• Quick release (snap back) experiments and system identification of two-three span slab-on-girder highway bridges with seismic isolation elements.
• Development of seismic design methodologies for linear and nonlinear viscous damping devices.
• Experimental and analytical investigation of the seismic response of a 1:4 scale steel model structures retrofitted with and without tension-only supplementary damping systems.
• Experimental and analytical investigation of the seismic response of a 1:3 scale reinforced concrete model structures retrofitted with and without supplementary damping systems.
• Quasi-static and dynamic testing of steel beam-column connections.
• Development of a nonlinear computational models and implementation in Drain-2DX.
• Instructor of record for course offered through the College of Extended Studies on the development of curriculum and teaching modules with engineering content for K7-9 students and teachers.