Current Research Activities of Dr. Yan Xiao

His research interests include reinforced or prestressed concrete, steel structures, composite or hybrid structures, earthquake-resistant design, and properties of structural materials. As a principal investigator (PI) or a co-principal investigator (co-PI), he is currently working on the following funded research projects (funding agencies shown in parentheses).

-PI: "Development of Prefabricated Composite Jacketing for Seismic Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Columns (CMI)"
-PI: "Full Scale Column Testing for Parking Structure Retrofit (Hexel-Fyfe)"
-PI: "Experimental Studies on Seismic Performance and Design of High Strength Concrete Columns (CCCC)"
-PI: "Experimental Studies on High Strength Concrete Beams (CCCC)"
-PI: "Development of Seismic Design Guidelines for Concrete/Clay Tile Roofs (NTRMA)"
-PI: "Confinement Effects of FRP Composites to Concrete (XXsys, Master Builders, Sumitomo, Hexel-Fyfe, etc.)"
-PI: "Experimental Research on Seismic Shear Strength and Design of High-Strength Steel and Concrete Composite Structural Elements (NSF)"

Co-PI:"Experimental Studies of Two Reinforced Beam to Column Welded Moment Connections (NSF)"

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