Ensuring the fire safety of building structures is paramount for their long-term stability and the safety of occupants. However, the complexity of evaluating a structure’s adherence to fire safety requirements presents a significant challenge. The sheer number of potential fire origin points within a building makes comprehensive simulation of every scenario prohibitively expensive and time-consuming. […]
Machine learning
STAIRlab Welcomes Alumni to the PEER Annual Meeting
We had the pleasure of reuniting with our treasured alumni and collaborators, Yuqing Gao (Associate Professor at Tongji University) and Sifat Muin (Research Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California) at the PEER Annual Meeting on March 25-26, 2025. This meeting, hosted by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), featured research from several […]
Upcoming Caltrans webinar showcasing BRACE2
Caltrans will be hosting a webinar featuring Prof. Mosalam on March 12, 2025. He will be discussing the how Bridge Rapid Assessment Center for Extreme Events (BRACE2) project uses state-of-the art physics-based and data-driven simulations, communication, and sensing to provide real-time assessment of the structural condition of the monitored bridges immediately following an earthquake. The […]
STAIRLab is now on Github
STAIRlab is now on Github! Visit https://github.com/STAIRlab to explore the open-source projects we’ve been working on. Exciting repositories include: xara Nonlinear finite element analysis mdof Optimized system identification library sdof Optimized integration for single-degree-of-freedom systems
PEER HUB IMAGENET (PHI) is open-source!
PEER HUB IMAGENET (PHI) is made publicly available. Related PEER report can be accessed here.