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Michele Barbato

 
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Dr. Barbato received the ASCE 2009 Moisseiff Award, for the paper “Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames”, Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), June 2008, as an “important contribution to the knowledge of the dynamic response of composite steel-concrete structures”. The award was presented at the Structures Congress 2009, Austin (TX), April 30, 2009.

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Michele  Barbato, Ph.D.Structural Engineering & Mechanics3531 Patrick F. Taylor Hall(225) 578 8719(225) 578 4945mbarbato@lsu.edu

 Personal Website

 Biography

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Modeling and analysis of reinforced concrete, steel and steel-concrete composite structures;
• Modeling and analysis of reinforced concrete structures retrofitted with fiber reinforced polymers;
• Modeling and analysis of soil-foundation-structure interaction systems;
• Finite element methods for response/response sensitivity analyses of structural/geotechnical systems;
• Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics;
• Random vibration theory and stochastic process modeling;
• Computational reliability analysis of structural and geotechnical systems;
• Numerical optimization methods and their application to structural engineering problems (e.g, structural reliability and structural optimization)


EDUCATION
Ph. D.                         2007 – University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)
M.S.                           2005 – University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)
B.S. (Laurea Degree)  2002 – University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome  (Italy)


ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
10/2007 – present     : Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (USA)
04/2002 – 09/2007   : Research Assistant, University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)
06/2007 – 07/2007   : Teaching Assistant, ROSE School, Pavia (Italy)
03/2007 – 06/2007   : Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)
09/2006 – 02/2007   : Visiting Scholar, University of Chiety-Pescara “G. D’Annunzio”, Pescara (Italy)   
03/2006 – 06/2006   : Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)
03/2005 – 06/2005   : Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)
03/2003 – 06/2003   : Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)

 

AWARDS

·    ASCE 2009 Moisseiff Award, for the paper “Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames”, Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), June 2008, as an “important contribution to the knowledge of the dynamic response of composite steel-concrete structures”. Received at the Structures Congress 2009, Austin (TX), April 30, 2009.


 

Professional Membership and Licenses

  • AEI Member 2008
  • EMI Member 2008 – present
  • SEI Member 2008 – present
  • AISC Educator Member 2008 – present
  • ASCE Associate Member 2008 – present (Student Member, 2007 – 2008)
  • Engineers Without Borders (EWB-USA), Member 2008 – present
  • Professional Board of Engineers of Isernia (Italy), License # 371, 2002 – present
  • Professional Engineer, Civil, Isernia (Italy), September 2002

 

 

Professional Community Services

  • Paper reviewer for several International Journals
  • Member of ASCE Dynamics Committee, 2008 – present
  • Member of ASCE Probabilistic Methods Committee, 2009 – present
  • Member (invited) of Working Party 4.4.7 “Nonlinear dynamic analysis for design and assessment of RC structures”, Task Group 4.4 “Computer modelling and design”, Commission 4 “Modelling of structural behaviour and design”, fib (fédération internationale du béton), 2009 - present


 

RESEARCH GRANTS

Current Research Grants

·        Louisiana Board of Regents, Economic Development Assistantships (EDAs) 2009-2010, “A probabilistic performance-based methodology for mitigation of wind-borne debris impact hazard and design of impact resistant building envelope components”, August 2009-July 2013, $100,000, PI.

·        LSU Council on Research, 2008-2009 Faculty Grant Program, “Probabilistic characterization of building envelope component resistance to wind-borne debris impact using experimental fragility curves”, July 2008-August 2009, $10,000, PI.           
(http://www.research.lsu.edu/frg_recipients08-09.pdf)

·        Louisiana Board of Regents, NSF EPSCoR, Pfund program, “Probabilistic demand analysis of dynamically-excited uncertain structural systems”, April 2008-May 2009, $10,000, PI.    
(http://www.laregents.org/www2/main/Pfund%202008%20awards.pdf)

·         LSU College of Engineering, Fund for Innovation in Engineering Research (FIER) program, “A probabilistic performance-based approach for wind-borne debris hazard mitigation”, March 2008-April 2009, $ 20,000, PI.            
(http://www.eng.lsu.edu/news_events/viewnews.php?id=260)

·        LA DOTD, LTRC, “Performance evaluation of buried pipe systems”, 01/01/2008 – 03/31/2009, $ 75,000, PI.     
(https://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/pdf/2008/capsule_086gt.pdf)

·         LSU Council on Research, Summer Stipend Program, “Development of a novel record-and-site-based stochastic model for generation of synthetic ground motions”, 07/01/2008 – 07/31/2008, $ 5,000, PI.        
(http://www.research.lsu.edu/ssp2008.shtml)

 

COURSES OFFERED

·         CE 7700    Random Vibrations (Spring 2008): Graduate level course

·         CE 4435    Indeterminate Structural Analysis (Spring 2008, Spring 2009): Undergraduate level course

·         CE 3415    Structural Analysis I (Fall 2008): Undergraduate level course

·         CE 7420    Limit Analysis and Design (Spring 2009): Graduate level course 

 


 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED JOURNAL  ARTICLES

  1. Barbato M. “Efficient Finite Element Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Beams Retrofitted with Fibre Reinforced Polymers.” Computers and Structures, 87(3-4):167-176.
  2. Barbato M and Conte JP. (2008). “Spectral Characteristics of Non-Stationary Random Processes: Theory and Applications to Linear Structural Models.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 23(4):416-426. 
    (Selected among the ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles in Engineering, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, for April-June 2008).   
    http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/engineering/12/journal/probabilistic-engineering-mechanics/02668920/archive/19/
  3. Zona A,  Barbato M and Conte JP. “Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames.”
    Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 134(6):986-997.
  4. Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2007). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis using Three-Field Mixed Formulation: General Theory and Application to Frame Structures.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 69(1): 114-161.
    http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2675
  5. Barbato M and Conte JP (2006). “Finite Element Structural Response Sensitivity and Reliability Analyses using Smooth versus Non-Smooth Material Constitutive Models.” International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 1(1-2): 3-39.
    http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2674
  6. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2006). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Continuous Steel-Concrete Composite Girders.” 
    Steel and Composite Structures, an International Journal, 6(3): 183-202.
  7. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams with Deformable Shear Connection.” 
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), 131(11):1126-1139.
    http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2693
  8. Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis: a Comparison between Force-Based and Displacement-Based Frame Element Models.” 
    Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 194(12-16):1479-1512.  
    (Selected among the ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles in Engineering, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, for January-March 2005)
    http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2668
  9. Conte JP, Barbato M and Spacone E (2004). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis using Force-Based Frame Models.”
    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 59(13):1781-1820.
    http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2878
     

PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS

  1. Gu Q, Barbato M and Conte J.P. (2009). “Finite element response sensitivity and reliability analysis of structural and/or geotechnical systems.” Full paper submitted, 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (10th ICOSSAR), September 13-17, 2009, Osaka (Japan).
  2. Barbato M and Conte J.P. (2009). “A new efficient simulation technique for a fully non-stationary stochastic earthquake ground motion” Full paper submitted, 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (10th ICOSSAR), September 13-17, 2009, Osaka (Japan).
  3. Zona A, Barbato M, Dall’Asta A, Dezi L (2009). “Probabilistic nonlinear finite element analysis for design assessment of continuous steel-concrete composite girders.” Abstract accepted, 33rd IABSE Symposium on Sustainable Infrastructure, September 9-11, 2009, Bangkok (Thailand).
  4. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “Nonlinear dynamic analysis of steel-concrete composite frame structures with full and partial shear connection under earthquake excitation.” Proceedings, 5th European Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL 2008), September 3-5, 2008, Graz (Austria).
  5. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “Extension of the DP-RS-Sim hybrid method to time-variant structural reliability analysis.” American Institute of Physics Proceedings, 2008 Seismic Engineering International Conference (MERCEA’08), July 8-11, 2008, Messina (Italy)      
    Available online in     American Institute of Physics Proceedings, Vol. 1020, pp. 1693-1700, DOI:10.1063/1.2963800 (http://link.aip.org/link/?APCPCS/1020/1693/1)
  6. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Nonlinear dynamic analysis of steel-concrete composite frame structures under seismic ground motions.” Proceedings, 3rd International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (ICSCS’07), July 30-August 1, 2007, Manchester (England, UK).
  7. Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Extension of spectral characteristics to complex-valued random processes and applications in structural reliability.” Proceedings, 10th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), August 1-3, 2007, Tokyo (Japan).
  8. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2006). “Response sensitivity and probabilistic response analyses of reinforced concrete frame structures.” Proceedings, 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8th NCEE), April 18-22, 2006, San Francisco (California, USA).
  9. Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Smooth versus non-smooth material constitutive models in gradient-based optimization for structural reliability analysis.” Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (9th ICOSSAR), June 19-23, 2005, Rome (Italy).
  10. Barbato M, Conte JP and Peng B-F (2004). “Response mean upcrossing rate for linear MDOF systems subjected to fully nonstationary earthquake ground motion model.” Proceedings, 13th World Conference on Earth­quake Engineering (13th WCEE), August 1-6, 2004, Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada).
  11. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2004). “Finite element response sensitivity analysis of continuous steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (ICSCS’04), September 2-4, 2004, Seoul (Korea).
  12. Monti G and Barbato M (2003). “Fiber-section FE of FRP-strengthened RC beam in flexure, shear and confinement.” Proceedings, 6th International Symposium on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, July 8-10, 2003, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Singapore).

 

OTHER CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS                     

  1. Barbato M (2008). “Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analyses of structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (abstract), 4th Conference of Italian Researchers, November 8, 2008, Houston, TX (USA).
  2. Zona A, Barbato M, Dall’Asta A, Dezi L (2008). “Response uncertainty evaluation of continuous steel-concrete girders designed with plastic theory.” Proceedings (abstract), VII Italian Workshop on Composite Structures, October 23-24, 2008, Benevento (Italy).
  3. Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2008). “Simplified probabilistic response analysis of steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings (abstract), VII Italian Workshop on Composite Structures, October 23-24, 2008, Benevento (Italy).
  4. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2008). “A new hybrid reliability analysis method: the Design Point - Response Surface – Simulation method.” Proceedings (full paper), 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-17, 2008, Beijing (China).
  5. Gu Q., Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “A new sensitivity and reliability framework for structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (full paper), 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-17, 2008, Beijing (China).
  6. Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2008). “Probabilistic response analysis of steel-concrete composite structures.” Proceedings (abstract), First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), June 17-20, 2008, New Orleans (LA, USA).
  7. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “Recent advances in sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analysis of structural systems.” Proceedings (abstract), First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), June 17-20, 2008, New Orleans (LA, USA).
  8. Barbato M (2008). “Accurate and efficient finite element modeling of FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete beams.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
  9. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “The Multidimensional Visualization in the Principal Planes method for time-invariant reliability analysis applications.” Proceedings (abstract),  Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
  10. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “A new hybrid method for structural reliability analysis: the Design Point - Response Surface - Simulation (DP-RS-Sim) method.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
  11. Gu Q., Barbato M, and Conte JP (2008). “Finite element response sensitivity analysis for structural models using multi-point constraints.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
  12. Conte JP, Barbato M and Gu Q (2007). “Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analyses.” Proceedings (keynote paper), International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno, (Crete, Greece).
  13. Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Simplified probabilistic dynamic response analysis of structural systems.” Proceedings (full-length paper), International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno, (Crete, Greece).
  14. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2006). “Framework for finite element response sensitivity and reliability analyses of structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (1st ECEES), September 3-8, 2006, Geneva (Switzerland).
  15. Barbato M, Conte JP and Zona A (2006). “Response sensitivity analysis of frame structures using finite elements based on three-field mixed formulation.” Proceedings (abstract), 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (7th WCCM), July 16-22, 2006, Los Angeles (California, USA).
  16. Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2004). “Nonlinear finite element response sensitivity analysis of steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 9th ASCE EMD/SEI/GI/AD Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, July 26-28, 2004, Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA).
  17. Conte JP, Barbato M and Spacone E (2004). “Force-based finite element response sensitivity Analysis of frame structures.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, June 13-16, 2004, University of Delaware, Newark (Delaware, USA).
  18. Barbato M, Monti G and Santinelli F (2003). “Fiber-section FE of FRP-strengthened RC beam for seismic analysis.” Proceedings (full-length paper), fib-Symposium Concrete Structures in Seismic Regions, May 6-9, 2003, Athens (Greece).
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