Adolfo B. Matamoros

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Kansas

Adolfo B. Matamoros
2150 Learned Hall

1530 West 15th Street
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2225
USA

Voice: (785) 864-3761
Fax:     (785) 864-5631

e-mail: amatamor@ku.edu

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Degrees:

 

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

MS University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lic University of Costa Rica

 

Research Interests:

 

·        design and behavior of reinforced concrete members

·        steel connections

·        adaptive media

·        earthquake engineering

·        information technology

 

Courses Taught:

 

CE 250 - Engineering Systems Analysis

CE 562 - Structural Design I (Design of Steel Structures)

CE 563 - Structural Design II (Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures)

CE 704 – Structural Dynamics

CE 762 – Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Members

CE 763 – Advanced Concrete Design I (Prestressed Concrete)

CE 790 - Structural and Seismic Detailing

CE 790 – Reinforced Concrete Bridge Design

 

Current and Resent Research Projects:

 

·        Developing a Taxonomy for Document Management, Kansas Department of Transportation.

·        Assessment of Non-NEES Equipment Site User Requirements, Washington University.

  • K-16 Over Tuttle Creek Fatigue Repair Project,  Kansas Department of Transportation.
  • Collaborative Research:  Using NEES as a Testbed for Studying Soil Foundation-Structure Interaction, University of Texas, Austin/National Science Foundation.
  • Reduced Brace Section (RXS): Proof of Concept, Butler Heavy Structures.
  • Web-Enhanced Teaching Module. American Institute of Steel Construction,

 

Papers and Committee Reports

 

  • Brachmann, I., Browning, J., Matamoros, A., “Drift –Dependent Confinement Requirements for Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Cyclic Loading,” ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 101, No.5, September-October 2004, pp. 669-677.
  • Reetz, R., Von Ramin, M., and Matamoros, A., “Performance of Mechanical Splices Within The Plastic Hinge Region of Beams Subjected to Cyclic Loading,” 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., August 1-6, 2004. 14 pp.
  • Russell, R., Matamoros, A., Browning, J., “Strain Limits for Plastic Hinge Regions of Reinforced Concrete Columns,” 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., August 1-6, 2004. 13 pp.
  • Brachmann, I., Browning, J., and Matamoros, A., “Relationships Between Drift and Confinement in Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Cyclic Loading,” 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., August 1-6, 2004. 15 pp.
  • Wood, S., Anagnos, T., Arduino, P., Eberhard, M., Fenves, G., Finholt, T., Futrelle, J., Jeremic, B., Kramer, S., Kutter, B., Matamoros, A., McMullin, K., Ramirez, J., Rathje, E., Saiidi, M., Sanders, D., Stokoe, K., Wilson, D., “Using NEES to Investigate Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction,” 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., August 1-6, 2004. 6 pp.
  • Gur, T., Ramirez, J., Sozen, M., Pay, C., Johnson, A., Bobet, A., Matamoros, A., Irfanoglu, A., and Aikin, L., “Performance of School Buildings in Bingol during the 1 May 2003 Earthquake,” 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., August 1-6, 2004. 15 pp.
  • Lambrecht, J., Matamoros, A., “Energy Dissipation using High-Performance Composite Elements in Concentrically Braced Steel Frames,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Network and Center Based Research For Smart Structures Technologies and Earthquake Engineering, Osaka, Japan, July 6-9, 2004, pp. 109-114.
  • Matamoros, A., Garcia, L. E., Browning, J., and Lepage, A., “The Flat-Rate Design Method for Low- and Medium-Rise Reinforced Concrete Structures, “ ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 101, No. 4, July-August 2004, pp. 435-446.
  • ACI Committee 408, “ACI 408R-03, Bond and Development of Straight Bars in Tension, Report by ACI Committee 408,” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Michigan, November, 2003, 49 pp.
  • Roddis, W. M. K., Matamoros, A., “Overcoming the Language Barrier: AISC’s CIS/2 Initiative” Towards a Vision for Information Technology in Civil Engineering, 4th Joint Symposium on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, Nashville, Tennessee, 12-15 November, 2003, pp. 298-305.
  • Matamoros, A., Browning, J., and Luft, M., “Evaluation of Simple Methods for Estimating Drift of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Subjected to Earthquakes,” Earthquake Spectra, The Professional Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Vol. 19, I 4, November 2003, pp. 839-861.
  • Matamoros, A., Kuok-Hong, “Design of Simply Supported Deep Beams using Strut-and-Tie Models,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 100, No. 6, November-December. 2003, pp. 704-712.
  • Matamoros, A., and Roddis, W. M. K., “WWWeb Enhanced Teaching of Steel Design,” Publication in Digital Format, American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago, IL., September 2003.
  • Matamoros A. and Sozen, M., “Drift Limits of High-Strength Concrete Columns Subjected to Load Reversals,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE., V. 129, No. 3, March 2003,  pp. 297-313.
  • Darwin, D., McCabe, S., Browning, J., Matamoros, A., and Zuo, J., “Evaluation of Development Length Design Expressions,” Bond in Concrete – from research to standards – International Symposium sponsored by CEB – FIP and International Federation for Structural Concrete, Budapest, Hungary, 20-22 November 2002, pp. 747-754.
  • Matamoros, A. “Smart Composites with Shape Memory Alloy Fibers,” Workshop on Smart Structural Systems, Workshop on Smart Structural Systems organized for U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research Programs on Smart Structural Systems (Auto-adaptive Media) and Urban Earthquake Disaster Mitigation. Building Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, October 18-19, 2002, pp. 175-180.
  • Aguilar, G., Matamoros, A., Parra-Montesinos, G., Ramirez, J., and Wight, J., “Experimental Evaluation of Design Procedures for Shear Strength of Deep Reinforced Concrete Beams,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 99, No. 4, July-August 2002, pp. 539-548.
  • Matamoros, A., and Ramirez, J., “Example 6: Prestressed Beam,” Example for the Design  of  Structural Concrete with Strut-and-Tie Models, SP-208, American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2002, pp. 163-184.
  • Browning, J., Matamoros, A., Marsh, J., “Evaluation of Simple Methods for Performance Assessment of Buildings Subjected to Earthquakes,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Structural Dynamics, Hong Kong 13 –15th December 2000, Elsevier, pp. 809-819.

 

Research Reports

·        Von Ramin, Malte, and Matamoros, A., “Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Members Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Loads, SM Report No. 72, University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, June 2004, 517 pp.

  • Ozcebe, G., Ramirez, J., Wasti, T. and Yakut, A. (Technical Editors) “1 May 2003 Bingol Earthquake Engineering Report,” Joint Report to TUBITAK and NSF, Middle East Technical University and Purdue University, http://bridge.ecn.purdue.edu/~anatolia/BINGOL/Joint%20Report.pdf , 2003, 139 pp.
  • Zeckmann, R., and Matamoros, A., “Use of Strut-and-Tie Models to Calculate the Strength of Deep Beams with Openings,“ SM Report No. 69, University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, July 2002, 69 pp.

·        Brachmann, I., Browning, J., and Matamoros, A.  “Drift Capacity Approaches of Rectangular Slender Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Cyclic Loading,” SM Report No. 68, University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, May 2002, 221 pp.

·        Von Ramin, M., Matamoros, A., and Browning, J.  “Effect of Shear Strength and Geometry on Performance of Short-Period Systems,” SL Report 02-1, University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, May 2002, 125 pp.

·        Luft, M., and Matamoros, A., “Performance of Reinforced Concrete Structures Subjected to Earthquake Motions,“ SM Report No. 62, University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, May 2001, 69 pp.

  • Eberhard, M., Matamoros, A. and Whittaker, A. ¨Royal Palm Resort Investigation, Cyclic Testing of Reinforced Concrete Captive Columns¨. Report No. EERCL-STI/97-01.  Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California at Berkeley, June 1997, 120 pp.

 

Professional Organizations

  • American Concrete Institute

o       Committee 314, Simplified Design of Concrete Buildings, (2004).

o       Committee 408, Bond and Development of Reinforcement, Member and Secretary (2000 – present).

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o       Committee 445, Shear and Torsion, Member (2003 – present)

o       Committee 439, Steel Reinforcement, Member (2004).

o       TAC Technology Transfer Committee, ITG-4: High-Strength Concrete for Seismic Applications, member and co-author. (2003 – present)

o       Ad hoc Committee on Shear on Prestressed Concrete Members, Chair (2003 – present).

o       Committee 341, Earthquake Resistant Concrete Bridges, Member (2004).

·        American Institute of Steel Construction

o       Information Technology Committee

  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
  • NEES Consortium, Inc.
  • Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering
  • American Society of Engineering Educators

 

Honors and Awards

  • Bellows Scholar, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, 2003
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society