The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Student Chapter at Iowa State University is hosting a software workshop aimed at demonstrating various software packages available for the analysis of the geotechnical and structural systems. Presenters from ISU, comprised of high level graduate students, have been selected to showcase the software they use regularly in their research. These software packages include, STADD, LPILE, OpenSees, and SAP2000. There will also be a guest speaker, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian from the mechanical engineering department at Iowa State University, who will be giving a seminar on the modeling of materials.
Register for the event.
Event schedule:
Monday March 19,  5:00 – 6:30 pm Town Engineering Building Room 210. STAAD – Basic introduction to structural analysis and hands-on tutorial.
Tuesday March 20,
5:00 – 6:30 pm  Town Engineering Building Room 270.
LPILE – Modelling and analysis of soil-foundation interaction aspects under lateral loads
Wednesday March 21,
5:00 – 7:00 pm  Town Engineering Building Room 322.
Material Modeling Seminar
Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
Thursday March 22,
5:00 – 6:30 pm  Town Engineering Building Room 270.
SAP2000 – Introduction to modelling Structures using finite element method.  Observing the dynamic behavior of structures.
Friday March 23,
5:00 – 6:30 pm,  Town Engineering Building Room 322
OpenSees – Introduction to modelling structural and geotechnical systems with emphasis on soil models, interface element and seismic performance of pile foundations in stabilized soils.