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Nakin Suksawang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
10555 W. Flagler Street, EC 3602
Miami, FL 33174
Phone: (305) 348-0110
Fax: (305) 348-2802
Email: suksawan@fiu.edu

Education

• 2006 Ph.D. in Structural Engineering - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 2002 M.S. in Structural Engineering - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 1999 B.S. in Civil Engineering - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Employment

• 2006 - Current: Assistant Professor, Florida International University
• 2006: Research Associates, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 2004 - 2006: Research Assistant, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 1999 - 2004: Teaching Assistant, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Teaching Experiences

• CES 4702 Reinforced Concrete Design
• CES 4605 Steel Design
• CES 5606 Advanced Steel Design
• CES 6706 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
• CGN 4980 FE Review
• CGN 6030 Research Method for Civil Engineer
• CGN 6939 Graduate Seminar
• EGM 5111 Experimental Stress Analysis

Research Interests

• Structural Health Monitoring and Field Testing
• Micromechanics and Nanomechanics of metals and cementitious materials
• Advanced Construction Materials (High-Performance, Self-Consolidating, and Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete)
• Creep and Shrinkage of Concrete
• Structural Reliability
• Bridge Engineering

Research Projects

• Improved Inspection Techniques for Steel Prestressing/Post Tensioning Strands (Sponsored by FDOT)
• Full-Scale Testing of a Stromrider Safe Room (Sponsored by Stromrider Inc.)
• Evaluation of a Single Hunker Down System (Sponsored by HunkerDown System, Inc.)
• Wind Pressure and Resistance Evaluation for Hip and Ridge Tiles and Attachments (Sponsored by The State of Florida Division of Emergency Management)
• MDX/FIU Advance Bus Trasit System Project (Sponsored by MDX)
• Bridge Deck Cracking and Composite Action Analysis (Sponsored by NJDOT)
• Finite Element Analysis and Field Monitoring of Structure No. N2.01 (Newark Bay Bridge) (Sponsored by Rutgers University)

Publications

• Jha, K. K., Suksawang, N. and Agarwal, A. (2011) “The Sensitivity of the -Material Parameter and Its Determination Based on Optimization of Error in the Mechanical Properties,” Computational Materials Science (Accepted)
• Canbek, C., Mirmiran, A., Chowdhury, A. and Suksawang, N. (2011) “Development of a Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Roof-to-Wall Connection,” Journal of Composites for Construction, ASCE, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000194 (Article In-press)
• Canino, I., Chowdhury, A. G., Mirmiran, A., and Suksawang, N. (2011) “Tri-Axial Load Testing of Metal and FRP Roof-To-Wall Connectors,” Journal of Architectural Engineering, ASCE, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000039 (Article In-press)
• Ahmed, S. S., Canino, I., Chowdhury, A. G., Mirmiran, A., and Suksawang, N. (2011) “Study of the Capability of Multiple Mechanical Fasteners in Roof-to-Wall Connections of Timber Residential Buildings,” Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 2-9
• Jha, K. K., Suksawang, N. and Agarwal, A. (2010) “Analytical method for the determination of indenter constants used in the analysis of nanoindentation loading curves” Scripta Materialia, Vol. 63, pp. 281-284
• Nassif, H. H., Abu-Amra, T., Suksawang, N., Khodair, Y., Shah, N. (2006), “Field Investigation and Performance of Bridge Approach Slabs,” Structure and Infrastructure Engineering: Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design and Performance, Taylor and Francis (In Press).
• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H. H. (2007), “Development of Live Load Distribution Factor Equation for Girder Bridges” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2028, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 9-18
• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H., and Najm, H.S. (2006) “Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC),” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (In Press).
• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H., Mohammed, A. (2005) “Creep and Shrinkage of High Performance/High Strength Concrete,” ACI Seventh International Symposium on Utilization of High Strength/High Performance Concrete, ACI, SP-228, Vol. 2, Farmington Hills, M.I., pp. 1397-1416.
• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H., Capers, H. (2005) “The Development of High Performance Concrete for Transportation Structure in New Jersey,” ACI Seventh International Symposium on Utilization of High Strength/High Performance Concrete, ACI, SP-228, Vol. 2, Farmington Hills, M.I., pp. 833-848.
• Suksawang, N., and Nassif, H.H. (2005) “Effect of Modulus of Elasticity on Creep Prediction of High Strength Concrete Containing Pozzolans,” Shrinkage and Creep of Concrete, ACI, SP-227, Farmington Hills, M.I., pp. 261-284.
• Nassif, H. Najm, H., and Suksawang, N. (2005) “Effect of Pozzolanic Materials and Curing Methods on the Elastic Modulus of HPC,” Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 27, Issue 6, pp. 661-670.
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N., Mohammed, M. (2003) “Effect of Curing Methods on Early-Age and Drying Shrinkage of High-Performance Concrete,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1834, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 48-58.
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N. (2002) “Effect of Curing Methods on Durability of High-Performance Concrete,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1798, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 31-38.

Conference Proceedings

· Jha, K. K. and Suksawang, N. (2011) “Emerging Trend in the Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Cementitious Materials at Nanoscale and Computational Challenges” fib Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, June 8 – 10 (Accepted).

· Jha, K. K., Suksawang, N. and Agarwal, A. (2011) “Analytical Approach for the Determination of Nanomechanical Properties for Metals,” SEM 2011 Annual Conference, Uncasville, CT, June 13 – 16 (Accepted).

· Jha, K. K. and Suksawang, N. (2010) “Modeling load-displacement curve obtained in depth-sensing indentation for cementitious materials” 1st International Conference in North America on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete, Irvine, CA, May 5-7.

· Nassif, H., Suksawang, N., Davis, J., Dunne, R. (2009) “New Jersey’s experience with structural health monitoring devices installed during construction” TRB 89th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Jan. 10-14, 2010

· Suksawang, N., Nassif, H. H. (2008), “Simplified Live-Load Distribution Factor Equation for Prestressed Concrete I-Girder and Spread Box-Girder Bridges” 2008 Concrete Bridge Conference, HPC: Build Fast, Build to Last, St. Louis, MO, May 4-7. (on CD).

· Nassif, H.H., Aktas, K., Suksawang, N., and Najm, H. (2008) “Assessment Of Cracking Potential in High-Performance Concrete (HPC) Under Restrained Conditions” 2008 Concrete Bridge Conference, HPC: Build Fast, Build to Last, St. Louis, MO, May 4-7. (on CD).

· Nassif, H.H., Aktas, K., Suksawang, N., and Najm, H. (2008) “Assessment of Cracking Potential in High-Performance Concrete (HPC) Under Restrained Conditions” Transportation Research Board, Proceeding of the 88^th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11-15. (on CD).

· Nassif, H. H., Suksawang, N., (2007), “Effect of Silica Fume Particles on the Mechanical Properties of High-Performance Concrete” 5^th ISOPE HPM Symposium: Nanomaterials for Structural Application, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-6. (on CD).

· Suksawang, N., Nassif, H. H. (2007), “Development of Live Load Distribution Factor Equation for Girder Bridges” Transportation Research Board, Proceeding of the 87^th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 21-25. (on CD).

· Suksawang, N., Nassif, H., Ozkul, O., Maher, A., Sarmad, A. (2006) “Evaluation of Epoxy Encapsulated Timber Piles,” The Third International Conference on Composites in Civil Engineering, Miami, FL, December 13-15, pp. 461-465.

· Nassif, H.H., Davis, J., and Suksawang, N. (2006) “Field Monitoring System For Evaluating Fatigue Performance Of Steel Girder Bridges,” First International Conference on Fatigue and Fracture in the Infrastructure - Bridges and Structures of the 21st Century, Philadelphia, PA, August 6-9. (on CD).

· Davis, J., Nassif, H.H., and Suksawang, N. (2006) “An Approach To Estimate The Fatigue Remaining Life In Steel Girder Bridges Based On Short-Term Field Measurements,” First International Conference on Fatigue and Fracture in the Infrastructure - Bridges and Structures of the 21st Century, Philadelphia, PA, August 6-9. (on CD).

· Nassif, H., Davis, J.C., and Suksawang, N. (2006) “Fatigue Performance of Steel Girder Bridges Based on Data From Structural Monitoring,” Third International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management (IABMAS’06), Porto, Portugal, July 16-19. (on CD).

· Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H., and Sanders, M. (2006) “Analysis of Ferrocement-Laminated Concrete Beams,” Ferrocement and Thin Reinforced Cement Composites (Ferro-8), Bangkok, Thailand, February 6-8.

• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H., and Najm, H.S. (2006) “Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC),” Transportation Research Record, Proceeding of the 85^th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 22-26 (on CD).
• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H., Najm, H.S. (2005) “Durability of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) with Pozzolanic Materials,” SCC 2005 Proceedings, Chicago, IL, Vol. 1, pp. 305 – 310.
• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H. (2005) “Evaluation Live-Load Distribution Factor for a Three-Span Continuous GirderBridge,” 2005 New York City Bridge Conference, New York, NY, September 12-13 (on CD).
• Ozkul, O., Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H. (2005) “Structural Safety Assessment of Repaired Timber Piles,” 9^th International Conference On Structural Safety And Reliability (ICOSSAR `05), Rome, Italy, June 19-22 (on CD).
• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H., Mohammed, A. (2005) “Properties of Latex-Modified Concrete under Different Curing Conditions,” Transportation Research Board, Proceedings of the 84^th Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., January 9-13 (on CD).
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N., (2004) “Creep and Shrinkage of High Performance Concrete in Bridges,” Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management (IABMAS’04), Kyoto, Japan, October 18-22
  (on CD).
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N., Ozkul, O., Maher, A., Sarmad, A. (2004) “Laboratory of Full Scale GFRP Repaired Wooden Piles,” Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management (IABMAS’04), Kyoto, Japan, October 18-22 (on CD).
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N., Malhas, F. (2004) “Health Monitoring of New ConcreteBridge Approach Slabs,” Structural Materials Technology VI: An NDT Conference, Buffalo, NY, September 14-17, pp. 273-280.
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N., Ozkul, O. (2004) “High Performance Concrete: Effect of Curing Conditions,” Proceeding of the 9^th International Symposium on Concrete Road, Istanbul, Turkey, April 4-7 (on CD).
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N., Mohammed, M. (2003) “Verification of Prediction Models for Early-Age and Drying Shrinkage of High Performance Concrete,” Proceeding of the PCI/FHWA Symposium on HPC, Orlando, FL, October 19-22 (on CD).
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N., Gindy, M., Abu-Amra, T., Davis, J. (2003) “Instrumentation and Field Testing of the DoremusAvenue Bridge,” Transportation Research Board, Proceedings of the 82^nd Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., January 12-17 (on CD).
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N., Mohammed, M. (2003) “Effect of Curing Methods on Early-Age and Drying Shrinkage of High-Performance Concrete,” Transportation Research Board, Proceedings of the 82^nd Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., January 12-17 (on CD).
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N. (2002) “Effect of Curing Methods on the Durability of High-Performance Concrete,” Transportation Research Board, Proceedings of the 81^st Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., January 12-17 (on CD).
• Suksawang, N., Nassif, H.H. (2002) “Effect of Curing Methods on the Durability of High-Performance and NormalConcrete,” Proceeding of First International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management (IABMAS’02), Barcelona, Spain, July 14-17 (on CD).
• Nassif, H.H., Suksawang, N. (2000) “Reliability-based Analysis of Ferrocement Sections in Bending,” Proceedings of the Ninth IFIP WG7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 279-288.