Bios - Steve

GENERAL INFORMATION

Dr. Steve Cai is an Associate Professor at Louisiana State University. He is serving as the coordinator of Structures Group and director of Bridge Innovative Research and Dynamics of Structures laboratory.

Since he started his academia career in 2000, Dr. Cai have served as Principal Investigator for more than 30 federal, state government, and university funded projects, with a total funding of more than $3.9 millions as PI or co-PI. His research interests include bridge performance evaluation, instrumentation, and testing, applications of advanced materials, steel-concrete and prestressed concrete structures, vibration control/mitigation, long-span bridge aerodynamics, and wind engineering. Dr. Cai has published over 150 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings in these research areas. He has graduated 6 Ph.D. (5 at LSU) and 3 M.S. students (all at LSU). Talented and self-motivated researchers and students are welcome to join the research group.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

1993    Ph.D. in Civil/Structural Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

1987    M.S. in Civil/Structural Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

1983    B.S. in Civil/Structural Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

1995    P.E. registration in Maryland

1996    P.E. registration in Florida (Inactive)

HONORS AND AWARDS

2009 100 outstanding research and creative faculty - Rainmakers Award, LSU

2009 Co-author of an journal paper awarded "Collingwood Prize", ASCE

2008 Best paper award, ASCE Earth and Space conference, Long Beach, CA

2008 100 outstanding research and creative faculty- Rainmakers Award, LSU

2008 Roy Paul Daniels Distinguished Professorship, LSU

2006 Achievement Awards, Department of CEE, LSU

1994 Engineering QAQC Group Award: Michael Baker Jr., Inc.

1993 Best Student Paper Award: 10th International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh

1993 Merit Award: James F. Lincoln ARC Welding Foundation

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD

2006-present Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, LSU

2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, LSU

2000-2001 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University

1996-2000 Senior Structural Engineer, Florida DOT, Tallahassee, FL

1993-1996 Project Engineer, Complex Structures Group, Michael Baker Jr., Inc

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Secretary/Treasurer,American Association for Wind Engineering

Associate Editor, Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE

Commitee Chair, Experimental Analysis and Instrumentation, EMI/ASCE

Proposal reviewer for NSF, etc.

Paper reviewer for more than 30 journals, and many conferences

Committee Menbers, ASCE, ACI, TRB

COURSES INFORMATION

Courses taught at LSU

CE 3415 Structural Analysis I

CE 4410 Principle of Reinforced Concrete

CE 4420 Principle of Prestressed Concrete

CE 4460 Design of Bridges

CE 7409 Advanced Concrete Theory

CE 7430 Structural Design for Dynamic Loads

CE 7701 Advanced Bridge Engineering

Courses taught at KSU

CE 833 Advanced Structural Analysis II,

CE 742 Advanced Steel/Bridge Design

CE 530 Statics and dynamics.

SELECTED RECENT TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS (Total publications include more than 80 journal papers and 70 conference proceedings and 100 presentations)

2009(11)

1. Cai, C.S., Oghumu, S. and Megers, D. (2009).”Finite Element Modeling and Development of Equivalent Properties for FRP Bridge Panels.” Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE. 14(2), 112-121 (SCI)
2. Cai, C. S., Chandolu. A., and Araujo, M. (2009) “Quantification of Intermediate Diaphragm Effects of Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges on Load Distributions” PCI Journal, 54(2), 48-63. (SCI)
3. Cai, C. S., Araujo, M., Nair, A., and Shi, X. (2009) “Static and Dynamic Performance Evaluation of a Prestressed Concrete Bridge Through Field Testing and Monitoring” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 9(4), 1-18 (scheduled, In press)
4. Hou, S., Cai, C. S., and Ou, J. P. (2009) “Seismic Damage Identification for Steel Structures Using Distributed Fiber Optics” Applied Optics, 48(22), 4483-4489.(SCI)
5. Chen, S.R., Cai, C.S., and Walshon, B. (2009). “From Normal Operation to Evacuation: Single-Vehicle Safety under Adverse Weather, Topographic and Operational Conditions” Natural Hazards Review, ASCE, 10(2), 68-76.
6. Deng, Lu and Cai, C. S. (2009) “Identification of Parameters of Vehicles Moving on Bridges” Engineering Structures, 31(10), 2474-2485.(SCI)
7. Nair, A. and Cai, C.S. (2009) “Damage detection of concrete structures using acoustic emission” Key Engineering Materials Vols. 400-402, 101-106, online at http://www.scientific.net
8. Nie, J.G., Qin, K. and Cai, C.S. (2009)"Seismic Behavior of Composite Connections - Flexural Capacity Analysis" Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 65(5), 1112-1120. (SCI)
9. Nie, J.G., Tang, L. and Cai, C. S. (2009).“Performance of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams under Combined Bending and Torsion” J. of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 135(9), 1048-1057. (SCI)
10. Shi, X. M., Cai, C. (2009) “Simulation of Dynamic Effects of Vehicles on Pavement Using A 3-D Interaction Model” J. of Transportation Eng., ASCE, 135(10), 736-744. (SCI)
11. Wu, W.J. and Cai, C. S. (2009) “Comparison of Deck-anchored Damper and Clipped Tuned Mass Damper on cable vibration reduction.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, 32(6), 741-754. (SCI)

2008(10)

12. Chen, S.R., Chang, C.C., and Cai, C. S. (2008) “Study on Stability Improvement of Suspension Bridge with High-sided Vehicles under Wind using Tuned-Liquid-Damper” Journal of Vibration and Control, 14(5), 711-730. (SCI )
13. Bai, Y., Nie, J.G., and Cai, C. S. (2008). “A New Connection System for Confined Concrete Colum and Beams - Part II: Theoretical Modeling” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 134(12), 1800-1809. (SCI )
14. Nie, J.G. Bai, Y. and Cai, C. S. (2008). “A New Connection System for Confined Concrete Colum and Beams - Part I: Experimental Study” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 134(12), 1787-1799. (SCI )
15. Nie, J.G., J. S. Fan, and Cai, C. S. (2008) “Experimental Study of Partially Shear Connected Composite Beams with Profiled Sheeting” Engineering Structures, 30(1), 1-12.
16. Nie, J.G., Tian, C. Y., and Cai, C. S. (2008) “Effective Width of Steel-Concrete Composite Beam at Ultimate Strength State” Engineering Structures, 30(5), 1936-1407. (SCI )
17. Nie, J. G., Kai, Q. and Cai, C. S. (2008) “Seismic behavior of connections composed of CFSSTCs and steel–concrete composite beams—experimental study”, Journal of Steel Construction Research, 64(10), 1178-1191.(SCI )
18. Nie, J. G., Kai, Q. and Cai, C. S. (2008) “Seismic behavior of connections composed of CFSSTCs and steel–concrete composite beams —finite element analysis”, Journal of Steel Construction Research, 64(6), 680-688. (SCI )
19. Okeil, A.M. and Cai, C. S. (2008) “Survey of Short- and Medium-span Bridge Damage Induced by Hurricane Katrina”J. of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 13(4), 377-386. (SCI )
20. Shi, X. M., Cai, C. S., and Chen, S. R. (2008) “Vehicle Induced Dynamic Behavior of Short Span Bridges Considering Effect of Approach Span Condition” J. of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 13(1), 83-92. (SCI )
21. Shi, X. M., Cai, C. S. (2008) “Suppression of Vehicle Induced Bridge Vibration Using Tuned Mass Damper” Journal of Vibration and Control, 14(7): 1037–1054. (SCI )

2007(15)

22. Cai, C. S., Araujo, M., Chandolu, A., Avent, R. R., and Alaywan, W. (2007) “Diaphragm effects of prestressed concrete girder bridges - a review and discussion” Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE, 12 (3), 161-167.
23. Cai, C. S., Wu, W.J. and Araujo, M. (2007) “Cable vibration control with a TMD-MR damper system: experimental exploration.” J. of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 133(5), 629-637. (SCI )
24. Cai, C. S., Nie, J. G. and Shi, X. M. (2007) “Interface slip effect on bonded plate repairs of concrete beams.” Engineering Structures, 29(6), 1084-1095. (SCI )
25. Cai, C. S., Shi, X. M., Araujo, M. and Chen, S. (2007) “Effect of Approach Span Condition on Vehicle-induced Dynamic Response of Slab-on-Girder Road Bridges.” Engineering Structures, 29(12), 3210-3226. (SCI )
26. Chen, S.R., Cai, C. S., and M. Levitan (2007) “Understand and improve dynamic performance of transportation system – a case study of Luling Bridge” Engineering Structures, 29(6), 1043-1051. (SCI )
27. Chen, S.R. and Cai, C. S. (2007) “Equivalent wheel load approach for slender cable-stayed bridge fatigue assessment under traffic and wind: feasibility study” J. of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 12(6) 755-764. (SCI ) .
28. Cheng, J., Zhang, J., Cai, C. S., and Xiao, R. C. (2007) “A new approach for solving inverse reliability problems with implicit response functions” Engineering Structures, 29(1), 71-79. (SCI )
29. Cheng, J., Cai, C. S., and Xiao, R. C. (2007) “Probabilistic response analysis of cracked prestressed concrete beams” Advances in Structural Engineering, An International Journal, 10(1), 1-10. (SCI )
30. Cheng, J., Cai, C. S., and Xiao, R. C. (2007) ”Estimation of cable safety factors of suspension bridges using artificial neural network based inverse reliability method,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering; 70(9), 1112–1133. (SCI )
31. Cheng, J., Cai, C. S., and Xiao, R. C. (2007) “Application of artificial neural networks to the response prediction of geometrically nonlinear truss structures” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal 26 (3), 251-262. (SCI )
32. Deng, Lu, and Cai, C. S. (2007) “Applications of fiber optic sensors in civil engineering” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal 25(5), 577-596. (SCI )
33. Nie, J. G., Cai, C. S., T. R. Zhou, and Y. Li (2007) “Experimental and analytical study of prestressed steel-concrete composite beams considering slip effect” J. of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 133(4), 530-540. (SCI )
34. Wu, W.J. and Cai, C.S. (2007) “Theoretical exploration of a taut cable and a TMD system” Engineering Structures, 29(6), 962-972. (SCI )
35. Yu, Z.W, Ding, F.X and Cai, C. S. (2007) “Experimental behavior of circular concrete-filled steel tube stub columns” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 63(2), 165-174. (SCI )
36. Zhang, Y. and Cai, C. S. (2007) “Load distribution and dynamic response of multi-girder bridges with FRP decks” Engineering Structures, 29(8), 1676-1689. (SCI )

2006(6)

37. Cai, C.S., Wu, W.J. and Shi, X. M. (2006) “Cable vibration reduction with a Hung-on TMD System: I. Theoretical Study.” J. of Vibration and Control, 12(7), 801-814. (SCI )
38. Chen, S.R., and Cai, C. S. (2006) “Unified approach to predict the dynamic performance of transportation system considering wind effects” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, 23(3), 279-292. (SCI )
39. Nie, J. G., Cai, C. S., Wu, H., and Fan, J. S. (2006) “Experimental and theoretical study of steel-concrete composite beams with openings in concrete flange” Engineering Structures, 28(7), 992-1000. (SCI )
40. Wu, W. J. and Cai, C. S. (2006) “Experimental study of magnetorheological dampers and application to cable vibration control.” J. of Vibration and Control, 12(1), 67-82. (SCI )
41. Wu, W.J., Cai, C. S. (2006) “Cable vibration reduction with a Hung-on TMD System: II. parametrical study.” J. of Vibration and Control, 12(8), 881-899. (SCI )
42. Zhang, Y., Cai, C. S., Shi, X. M. and Wang, C. (2006) “Vehicle induced dynamic performance of a FRP versus concrete slab bridge” J. of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 11(4), 410-419. (SCI )

2005(6)

43. Cai, C. S. (2005) “Discussion on the AASHTO LRFD load distribution factors for slab-on-girder bridges”, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE, 10(3), 171-176.
44. Cai, C. S., Shi, X. M., Voyiadjis, G. Z. and Zhang, Z. J. (2005) “Structural performance of bridge approach slab under given embankment settlement.” J. of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 10(4), 482-489.
45. Cheng, J., Cai, C. S., and Xiao, R. C. (2005) “Probabilistic shear-lag analysis of structures using systematic RSM.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, 21(5): 507-518. (SCI )
46. Cheng, J., Cai, C. S., Xiao, R. C., and Chen, S. R., (2005) “Flutter reliability analysis of suspension bridges.” J. of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 93(10), 757-775. (SCI )
47. Nie, J. G., Cai, C. S., and Wang, T. (2005) “Stiffness and capacity of steel-concrete composite beams with profiled sheeting.” Engineering Structures, 27(7), 1074-1085. (SCI )
48. Shi, X. M., Cai, C. S., Voyiadjis, G. Z., and Zhang, Z. J. (2005) “Design of ribbed concrete approach slab based on interaction with the embankment” Transportation Research Record, J. of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1936, 181-191. (SCI )

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