What: Lecture by Caroline Bennett on Mitigation of Weldment Cracking in Steel Highway Structures Due to the Galvanizing Process
When: Thursday, November 5th 5:00-6:30pm
Where: University of Minnesota Rapson Hall, Room 100
1 PDH Available!
Caroline Bennett is the Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor in and chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Kansas (KU). Her research has addressed some of the most pressing challenges in structural engineering, including fatigue and fracture performance of steel infrastructure, constraint-induced fracture in steel bridges, and innovative structural retrofit strategies for a wide range of structures.
Bennett has led national projects with the Federal Highway Administration, the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center, and several state Departments of Transportation, delivering solutions that extend the service life of structures and improve infrastructure performance.