Ralph Dusseau, Ph.D., P.E.
College of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rowan Hall
856-256-5322
Dusseau@rowan.edu
Webpage

RESEARCH SUMMARY:
I am DRBA Professor and Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program. My research primarily focuses on finite-element modeling and field ambient vibration analysis of bridges. I have been the principal investigator on past projects including finite-element modeling and analysis of pipeline suspension bridges; database development, field ambient vibration analysis, and finite-element modeling and analysis of bridges in the Pacific Northwest and bridges in the Central United States; finite-element modeling and analysis, and laboratory testing of medium-duty transit buses; photographic survey and field ambient vibration analysis of the Delaware Memorial Bridge; and field ambient vibration analysis, finite-element modeling, and earthquake analysis of the Betsy Ross, Walt Whitman, and Ben Franklin Bridges as part of the DRPA Project.

I am a a registered professional engineer in the State of Michigan and a member of the following professional associations: American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, National Society of Professaionl Engineers, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, U.S. Naval Institute.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Dusseau, R.A., Jones, J.R., Ramachandran, R.P., Sun, C., and Arr, G., �Field-Measured Natural Frequencies of the Delaware Memorial Bridge,� Accepted for publication in the Transportation Research Record and for presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting in January 2006.

Dusseau, R.A., AProfiles of Design Dimensions and Fundamental Natural Frequencies for Steel Interstate Highway Bridges in Southeastern Missouri,@ Transportation Research Record No. 1624, 1998, pp. 82-92, Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Research Council (NRC), Washington, D.C.

Dusseau, R.A., ADimension and Frequency Profiles of Concrete Highway Bridges in the New Madrid Region of Southeastern Missouri,@ Transportation Research Record No. 1594, 1997, pp. 84-93, TRB, NRC, Washington, D.C.

Dusseau, R.A., Khasnabis, S., and Smith, T.A., AStructural Responses of Transit Buses: Impact of Wheelchair Loads,@ Transportation Research Record No. 1521, 1996, pp. 37-46, TRB, NRC, Washington, D.C.

Dusseau, R.A., Khasnabis, S., and Smith, T.A., AStructural Responses of Transit Buses: Impact of Seat Belt Loads,@ Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 121, No. 6, November/ December, 1995, pp. 524-530, Reviewed by the Urban Transportation Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), New York, New York.

Dusseau, R.A., Khasnabis, S., and Smith, T.A., AShear Capacity of U-bolt Connections in Transit Buses,@ Transportation Research Record No. 1433, 1994, pp. 31-40, TRB, NRC, Washington, D.C.

Dusseau, R.A., Dubaisi, H.N., and Jomaa, S.M., ABridge Database for the I-5 Corridor in the Pacific Northwest,@ Computers and Structures, Vol. 50, No. 2, January 17, 1994, pp. 287-298, Pergamon Press, Inc., Fairview Park, Elmsford, New York.

Dusseau, R.A. and Dubaisi, H.N., ANatural Frequencies of Concrete Bridges in the Pacific Northwest,@ Transportation Research Record No. 1393, 1993, pp. 119-132, TRB, NRC, Washington, D.C.

Dusseau, R.A., Khasnabis, S., and Zaher, S., AStructural Analyses of Two Typical Medium-Duty Transit Buses,@ Transportation Research Record No. 1376, 1992, pp. 1-9, TRB, NRC, Washington, D.C.

Dusseau, R.A., Khasnabis, S., and Dombrowski, T.J., AImpact of Seat Belts on the Structure of a Typical Transit Bus,@ Transportation Research Record No. 1322, 1991, pp. 1-8, TRB, NRC, Washington, D.C.

Khasnabis, S., Dusseau, R.A., and Dombrowski, T.J., ASafety Implications of Seat Belts on Transit Buses,@ Transportation Research Record No. 1322, 1991, pp. 9-16, TRB, NRC, Washington, D.C.

Dusseau, R.A., Dubaisi, H., and Zaher, S., ANonuniform Seismic Motion of Long-Span Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 242-256, Reviewed by the Pipeline Division of ASCE, New York, New York.

Dusseau, R.A., El-Achkar, R., and Haddad, M.E., ADynamic Responses of Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 1, January/February 1991, pp. 3-22, Reviewed by the Pipeline Division of ASCE, New York, New York.

Dusseau, R.A., AWind Analysis of Pipeline Suspension Bridges,@ Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, The Journal of the International Association for Wind Engineering, Vol. 36, 1990, pp. 927-936, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dusseau, R.A. and Wen, R.K., ASeismic Responses of Deck-Type Arch Bridges,@ Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, The Journal of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 5, July 1989, pp. 701-715, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, Sussex, England.

GRANT SUBMISSIONS (2002-present)

Seismic Evaluation of the Ben Franklin Bridge - U.S. Geological Survery-National Earthquake Hazard - Fiscal Year 2006

GRANT AWARDS (2002-present)