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10/2026 The 25th Wei-Wen Yu International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures was successfully held in Madison, WI. It was productive, active, and fun! Our group published two conference proceedings papers: (1) titled "Instantaneous center method for shear strength assessment of bare steel deck diaphragms with different fastener types" (link) and (2) "Cold-temperature-induced thermal stress response of cold-formed steel roof decks" (link). The photo shows the scientific committee of the conference.
06/2026 Congratulations to Firaol Fekadu on winning First Place in the Structural Stability Student Paper Competition at the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference in Boulder, CO! Firaol earned the award for his paper titled "Nonlinear Analysis of Steel Deck Diaphragms Using the Instantaneous Center Method and Geometry-Specific Fastener Models". View the full list of award winners: 2026 EMI Student Competition Winners.
At the same conference, Dr. Koh organized the Stability Sessions as a member of the EMI Stability Committee and presented "Thermal effects on thin-walled roof deck panels under elevated diurnal temperatures". See the Book of Abstracts.
04/2026 Members of the ASCE/SEI Committee on Cold-Formed Steel Members, including Dr. Koh, delivered a techinical session titled "Best Practices and Design Examples for Load-Bearing Cold-Formed Steel Structures" at Structures Congress 2026 in Boston, MA. The session was featured by the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA): Learn more here.
04/2026 Koh research group attended the NASCC Steel Conference in Atlanta, GA, and gave presentations at the 2026 Annual Stability Conference. Malik presented and published his work on nonuniform thermal fields in a roof deck (link) and Firaol presented his work on the Instantaneous Center method for deck diaphragms (link). Great work, team!
02/2026 Dr. Koh took her undergraduate Steel Design class (CE 431) on a field trip to Metals Fabrication Company in Spokane, WA. The visit provided an excellent opportunity to connect classroom learning with real-world applications, allowing students to observe steel members and fabrications processes firsthand. Special thanks to AISC for sponsoring this experience through its Faculty-led Field Trip Grant program.
07/2025 Dr. Koh attended the 2025 AISC Steel Educator Workshop at AISC's headquarters in Chicago, IL. The workshop brought together steel educators from across the country to discuss topics including course design, hands-on demonstrations, and student engagement. Thank you to AISC for supporting my participation through the Advancing Structural Steel Education Award.
09/2025 & 02/2025 Dr. Koh took field trips with her undergraduate Steel Design class (CE 431) and graduate Steel Design class (CE 530) to the Pioneer Memorial Bridge in Richland, WA, and Metals Fabrication Company in Spokane, WA, respectively. These visits connected classroom learning with real-world steel engineering applications. We appreciate AISC's support through its Faculty-Led Field Trip Grant program. The trips were featured in the September 2025 issue of Modern Steel Construction magazine.
05/2025 I presented "Detection and analysis of local buckling in a profiled steel deck using optical sensing techniques" in the Stability session at the 2025 EMI conference in Anaheim, CA. Please keep an eye out for the 2026 EMI conference in Boulder, CO. I am part of the organizing committee for the Stability session!
07/2024 I attended the four-day 2024 NHERI RAPID workshop at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA! I learned a lot about novel technologies used for collecting data from natural hazards event. Thank you to the RAPID team for organizing it.
05/2024 I presented two research projects at the 2024 EMI conference in Chicago! The presentations were titled (1) Buckling Identification of a Profiled Steel Deck through Strain Measurements using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing and (2) A Data-Driven Approach to Hollow Structural Section Column Design. You can find the book of abstracts here.
05/2024 I moderated minisymposia MS 201: Failure and Function in Structural Stability Applications and MS 207: Data-Driven Methods and Research for Physical Testing in Structural Engineering at the 2024 EMI conference in Chicago. I also served as a judge for the Structural Stability Student Competition.
03/2024 I received the 2024 Yoon Duk Kim Young Researcher Award from the Structural Stability Research Council within the American Institute of Steel Construction! See AISC's posting here: Link
01/2024 I was featured in an article posted by the UW Madison College of Engineering! Prof. Blum's team conducted a very fun project--vacuum box testing. See details about this exciting project through UW's posting here: Link
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