Keri Ryan, Ph.D.

Keri L. Ryan

Current Affiliation

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mail Stop 0258, SEM 227
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89557
T: (775) 784-6928.
F: (775) 784-1390
Email: klryan@unr.edu

Education

YEAR DEGREE UNIVERSITY
2004 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, CA
1999 M.S. University of California, Berkeley, CA
1998 B.S. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Research Interests

  • Advanced seismic protection of buildings and bridges.
  • Seismic isolation.
  • Analysis and design of steel structures.
  • Nonlinear analysis and simulation.
  • Economic life cycle performance evaluation of structural systems.
  • Seismic response of nonstructural components.

Recent Publications

  • Sayani, Prayag J., Emrah Erduran and Keri L. Ryan, “Comparative response assessment of minimally compliant low-rise base-isolated and conventional steel moment resisting frame buildings”, Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), Accepted for publication, 2010.
  • Erduran, Emrah and Keri L. Ryan, “Comparative response assessment of minimally compliant low-rise conventional and base-isolated steel braced frames”, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, In Press, 2010.
  • Keri L. Ryan, Keri L., Lucy Arendt, and Desiray Larsen, “Evaluation of design review process and requirements for seismic-isolated buildings”, Earthquake Spectra, 26(4), 1101-1116, 2010.
  • Erduran, Emrah and Keri L. Ryan, “Effects of torsion on the behavior of steel braced frames”, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, In Press, 2010.
  • Shafieezadeh, A. and Keri L. Ryan, “Robust stability and performance of filter enhanced H2/LQG controllers for nonlinear structures”, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, In Press, 2010.
  • Keri L. Ryan. and Curtis L. Earl, “Analysis and design of inter-story isolation systems with nonlinear devices”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 14(7):1044-1062, 2010.
  • Sayani, Prayag J. and Keri L. Ryan, “Evaluation of approaches to characterize seismic isolation systems for design”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 13(6):835-851, 2009.
  • Sayani, Prayag J. and Keri L. Ryan, “Comparative evaluation of base-isolated and fixed-base buildings using a comprehensive response index”, Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 135(6):698-707, 2009.
  • Keri L. Ryan and Jose Polanco, “Problems with Rayleigh damping in base-isolated buildings”, Technical Note, Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 134(11):1780-1784, 2008.
  • York, Kelby and Keri L. Ryan, “Distribution of lateral forces in base-isolated buildings considering isolation system nonlinearity”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 12(7):1185-1204, 2008.
  • Shafieezadeh, Abdollah, Keri L. Ryan, and YangQuan Chen, “Fractional order filter enhanced LQR for seismic protection of civil structures”, Special issue on “Discontinuous and Fractional Dynamical Systems” Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, ASME, 3(2):21404, 2008.
  • Keri L. Ryan and Anil K. Chopra, “Estimating bearing response in symmetric and asymmetric-plan isolated buildings with rocking and torsion”, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 35(8):1009-1036, 2006.
  • Keri L. Ryan and Anil K. Chopra, “Estimating seismic demands for isolation bearings with building overturning effects”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132(7):1118-1128, 2006.

Courses Taught

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE
CEE 372 Strength of Materials
CEE 724 Applied Elasticity

Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions

  • Member: ASCE, EERI, NEES Consortium
  • Organized and chaired conference sessions
  • Peer reviewer of journal and conference manuscripts
  • Peer reviewer of proposals for National Science Foundation
  • Recipient: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (Short-Term) 2011
  • Participant: 6th, 7th and 8th Planning Meetings for NEES/E-Defense Collaboration, E-Defense, Miki City, Japan, 2007, 2009 and 2010.  Coordinator of Isolation and Control Working Group
  • Participant: ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEED) Teaching Workshop.  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.  July 13-18, 2008.
  • Participant: MR Damper FHT Workshop at the Colorado NEES Facility. Boulder, CO.  Aug. 6-7, 2007.
  • Recipient: NACADA Outstanding New Advisor Certificate of Merit – Faculty Academic Advising 2007.
  • Participant: NSF WEE ’06 – Workshop for the Advancement and Retention of Underrepresented and Minority Engineering Educators, Arlington, VA.  March 5-8, 2006.
  • Recipient: USU Outstanding New Advisor Award – Faculty Academic Advising 2006.