M. Asghar Bhatti

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Joined the College of Engineering: 1980 

Education: Ph.D., Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, University of California-Berkeley, 1980
M.S., Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, University of California-Berkeley, 1975
B.E., Civil Engineering, University of Karachi, 1972

Special Fields of Knowledge:Structural design and optimization; Computational Mechanics; Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering; Modeling, artificial intelligence and simulation. 

Present Research Interests:Performance-based optimum design of semi-rigid frames; Simulation of wind loading of highway signs; Modeling forces in human muscles including fatigue; Productivity loss in civil construction projects. 

Selected Publications:

• Bhatti, M.A., Advanced Topics in Finite Element Analysis of Structures: with Mathematica and MATLAB Computations, 590 pages, ISBN 0-471-64807-9, John Wiley, New York 2006.
• Öztaşa, A.,  Palab, M., Özbayb, E.,  Kancab, E., Çağlarc, N.,  and Bhatti, M.A. "Predicting the compressive strength and slump of high strength concrete using neural network," Journal of Construction and Building Materials, Volume 20, Issue 9, November 2006, Pages 769-775.
• Bhatti, M.A., Vignes, R. and Han, R.P.S., "Muscle Forces and Fatigue in a Virtual Soldier Environment," SAE 2005 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars – Mechanical Systems, Paper No. 2005-01-2712, pp. 2930-2936, March 2005.
• Bhatti, M.A., Fundamental Finite Element Analysis and Applications: with Mathematica and MATLAB Computations, 700 pages, ISBN 0-471-64808-6, John Wiley, New York 2005.
• Bhatti, M.A., Practical Optimization Methods With Mathematica Applications, 715 pages with CD, ISBN 0-387-98631-6, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers; Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, June 2005-Present; Member Structural Engineering Institute committees on Methods of Analysis and Optimum Structural Design; Member American Society of Engineering Education; Treasurer/Secretary, American Society of Engineering Education, Civil Engineering Division, 2004-Present Member American Concrete Institute; Founding Member, International Society on Maintenance And Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures (iSMARTi); Co-Chairman with Hosin Lee, Fifth International Symposium on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, iSmarti, To be held Summer 2007 in Park City, Utah; Member, Transportation Research Board, Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications in Transportation, 2002-Present.