Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Structural & Earthquake Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
2007
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Faculty
Faculty
Claudia Marin
Professor
Department/Office
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CEA
School/College
- College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA)
Biography
Claudia Marin, Ph.D., is a professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Graduate Student Director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Howard University in Washington, DC. She holds a master’s and a Ph.D. degree in Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York.
Marin’s primary research interests include computational mechanics, experimental evaluation of large-scale structural and nonstructural components, and structural health monitoring. The National Science Foundation has sponsored her research projects, funding to support independent, collaborative, and multi‐disciplinary research programs, including the prestigious CAREER award. The primary theme of her research is the development of protective systems to improve the performance of bridges, buildings, and their contents under seismic and other extreme loads. She has significant contributions to large-scale experimental testing, field monitoring of built structures, working with a large number of undergraduate researchers, and obtaining industry cooperation.
She is the founder and advisor of the Engineering Ambassador Program at Howard University, which since 2011 serves to engage undergraduate engineering students as ambassadors in K-12 outreach activities and stimulate the ambassadors’ interest in STEM, soft skills, self-efficacy, and academic achievement. She is a registered professional engineer in Virginia, Maryland, New York, Arkansas, and the District of Columbia. She had more than seven years as a professional structural engineer before joining Howard University.
Education & Expertise
Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Structural & Computational Mechanics
State University of New York at Buffalo
2008
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Civil Engineering
Universidad de Medellin, Colombia
1993
Academics
Academics
Undergraduate Courses
- Reinforced Concrete
- Structures I
- Structures II
- Steel Design
- Undergraduate Research
- Introduction to Structural Protective Systems
Graduate Courses
- Introduction to Structural Protective Systems,
- Finite Element Analysis
- Structures
- Project Research I
- Structures Project Research II
- Special Topics in Structures
Research
Research
Specialty
computational mechanics, experimental evaluation of large-scale structural and nonstructural components, and structural health monitoringFunding
Principal Investigator: Research and Education in Promoting Safety. Sponsored by U.S. Department of Transportation Tier-1 UTC Center. Amount: $3,250,000.00. Duration: March 2, 2023 - August 31, 2028
Principal Investigator: The Mineta Consortium for Equitable, Efficient, and Sustainable Transportation (MCEEST). Sponsored by U.S. Department of Transportation Tier-1 UTC Center. Amount: $1,000,000.00. Duration: March 2, 2023 - August 31, 2028
Principal Investigator: Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Regional Transportation Equity Research Center. Sponsored by U.S. Department of Transportation Regional UTC Center. Amount: $1,500,000.00. Duration: March 1, 2023 - August 30, 2028
Principal Investigator: Dure-Transp. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation via The University of Texas Arlington. Amount: $1,1250.00- Duration: June 1, 2023 - May 31, 2028
Co-Principal Investigator: Pilot Study: Noise and Indoor Air Quality Throughout Washington DC Communities. Sponsored by Bezos Earth Fund at Howard University. Amount: $180,000.00. Duration: July 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023
Principal Investigator: NSF Convergence Accelerator Track D: Intelligent Surveillance Platform for Damage Detection and Localization of Civil Infrastructure. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Amount: $914,467. Award Number: OIA 2040665. Duration: September 15, 2020 - May 31, 2022
Co-Principal Investigator: A Materials Characterization and Testing System for Enhancing Transdisciplinary Research and Education at Howard University. Sponsored by The Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Amount: $569,904. Duration: 2020–2021
Principal Investigator: NSF CAREER Passive Seismic Protective Systems for Nonstructural Systems and Components in Multistory Building. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Award for Curricular Advancement, VIP Consortium, 2023
Advisor, Second-place Team in the 2020 Concrete Construction Competition
Best Paper Presentation, 6th AAWE Workshop, AAWE, 2021
NSF ENHANCE Fellow, 2013-2015
CEACS CETLA Fellow, 2013-2014
Faculty Incentive Program-HU Provost Office, 2016
NSF CAREER Award, 2012-2019
Fulbright Scholar, 2000-2002
Featured News
Featured News
Read: Purdue University | Study shows local seismic isolation and damping methods provide optimal protection for essential computing equipment
Read: NSF NHERI Design Safe | Diverse Paths to Engineering from Medellín to Washington DC, Claudia Marin Blazes A Trail in Earthquake Engineering
Read: NSF NHERI Design Safe | Smart Structural Health Monitoring
Read: Howard Magazine | Infrastructure Innovation
Publications and Presentations
Publications and Presentations
Energy dissipation enhancement of wire rope isolators
Energy dissipation enhancement of wire rope isolators
The study evaluated the impact of three coating materialsand introduced external confining wires made of steel, copper, aluminum, and solder on the damping properties of WRIs. Among these, steel wires demonstrated a notable increase in damping effectiveness due to their high modulus of elasticity. The results indicate that techniques like confining wires can significantly enhance damping effectiveness at various deformation levels. The findings suggest valuable directions for refining the energy absorption features of WRIs.
Convolutional Neural Network Approach
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is critical in identifying the degradation of infrastructure systems to ensure structural integrity and safety. Vibration-based SHM approaches, including numerical-physics-based modeling and data-driven strategies, are commonly used to detect damage. This study proposes a method for predicting damage conditions using a hybrid vibration-based approach with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained with physics-based data sets. The method is evaluated using a five-story reinforced concrete building that undergoes multiple base excitations, resulting in cumulative damage that affects the building’s stiffness and dynamic responses.
Acceleration-to-displacement Conversion
Acceleration-to-displacement Conversion as a Single Time-domain Convolution Operation
In this paper, we derive a computationally simple and efficient formulation to convert an acceleration signal to a displacement signal. We show that a previously derived approach based on Least Square Support Vector Machine can be recast as a single time-domain convolution between the acceleration signal and a windowing function.
Effects of Isolator Modeling
Effects of Isolator Modeling on the Predicted Responses of an HDR Base-isolated Building
Impact of Engineering Ambassador Programs on Student Development
Impact of Engineering Ambassador Programs on Student Development
This study highlights the positive impact of participation in an engineering ambassador program on students from two universities: Oregon State University which is a large public university in a college town with a 13% minority student body, and Howard University, a medium sized private university with a relatively small engineering program in an urban setting enrolling a primarily minority population. Although these ambassador programs have a major goal of service to the university and engineering program, they serve an equally important goal of developing the skills and attitudes of the ambassadors themselves. Ambassadors from both universities were surveyed, and though the universities and the programs are different, results show that both programs have a similar positive impact on student goals, attitudes, leadership skill and self-efficacy.
Invitation-Only Presentations and Participation in International Workshops
Marin-Artieda, C. (2024). Lightning talk "Enhancing Infrastructure Condition Assessment through Computer Vision." Natural Hazards Research Summit 2024, Natural Hazards Research/NSF, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States. (May 14, 2024)
Marin-Artieda, C. (2023). "Leveraging Computer Vision for Transportation Infrastructure Health Monitoring." The Center for Durable and Resilient Transportation Infrastructure (DuRe-Transp) Webinar, December 12, 2023
Marin-Artieda, C. (2022). "Keynote Panelist at Purdue Engineering's Trailblazers in Engineering." Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States. (July 27, 2022)
Marin-Artieda, C. (2022). "Towards an AI-driven Platform for Damage Detection in Civil Infrastructure-A Project Overview." Purdue Seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. (March 22, 2022)
Marin-Artieda, C. (2022). "Establishing New Data Science Research, Education, and Partnerships." Panel Title at BEYA Conference. (February 17, 2022)
Marin-Artieda, C. (2021). "Infrastructure Safety Monitoring." NSF Convergence Accelerator Expo 2021, NSF, Washington. (July 27, 2021)