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| Dr. Tracy Kijewski-Correa |
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Tracy Kijewski-Correa is Linbeck Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame and leads the Structural DYNamics
And MOnitoring (DYNAMO) Laboratory. DYNAMO is dedicated to addressing 21st Century Civil
Infrastructure Challenges posed by increased urbanization and hazard vulnerability, using inter-
disciplinary collaborations and context-driven technologies ranging from advanced sensing, simulation
and cyber-infrastructure to innovative sustainable systems suitable for developing countries. These
efforts include an NSF-funded, full-scale monitoring program for signature buildings in three countries
around the globe, including the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa. This work has been recognized by
a number of awards, including the International Association of Wind Engineering's Junior Researcher
Award. Other activities include research in cyber-physical systems and embedded sensing, in
collaboration with a multi-disciplinary, college-wide research team focused on wireless sensor networks
for detection of damage in civil infrastructure and terrorist activities in major cities. In addition, Dr.
Kijewski-Correa is a PI on two NSF-funded projects leveraging cyber-infrastructure to mitigate wind
hazards on structures and to create new paradigms for open-sourcing the design of civil infrastructure.
Recently, these efforts have been extended by Notre Dame's SAPC Program to include the seeding
of CYBER-EYE: A Cyber-Collaboratory for National Risk Modeling and Assessment to Mitigate the
Impacts of Hurricanes in a Changing Climate.
Dr. Kijewski-Correa's scholarship is now being extended to global development challenges. This
began with her founding of an NSF-funded REU site to allow undergraduates to work on sustainable
and culturally appropriate housing designs in the wake of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, including
conducting three years of field reconnaissance and recovery evaluation in Thailand and Indonesia.
Her most prominent work now focuses on the master planning and rebuilding of Leogane, Haiti, the
effective epicenter of the 2010 Earthquake. To this end, she and her collaborators have conducted
numerous reconnaissance trips following the earthquake and are currently engaged in development of
a sustainable model for low-income housing, funded by the National Collegiate Inventors Association,
under the banner of Engineering2Empower (E2E). This project and another effort she advises, ND
SEED: Notre Dame Students Empowering Engineering Development, allows students to engage in
service-based research and scholarship to help deliver critical infrastructure to developing countries in
Latin America and the Caribbean.
In addition to the ND SEED service course and the opportunities for undergraduate research as part of
E2E, Dr. Kijewski-Correa offers 3 courses in Structural Engineering at the senior and graduate levels.
She also developed the first module for the College's first year engineering course that emphasizes
experiential learning and interdisciplinary team environments to demonstrate universal engineering
principles related to modeling, reliability and optimization using K'Nex towers that are experimentally
validated and modeled in commercial finite element packages. She has also has designed a number of
experiential learning modules for K-12 outreach to groups underrepresented in engineering. |
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