Amir Mirmiran

Amir Mirmiran is a Professor and Interim Dean at the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International University. Dr. Mirmiran has also served on the faculty at the University of Central Florida, 1993–1998; University of Cincinnati; 1998–2001; and North Carolina State University, 2001–2004. He also served as Director of Technical Services for the Constructed Facilities Laboratory and Director of Center for Infrastructure Renewal and Protection at North Carolina State University, 2002-2004. Dr. Mirmiran has practiced as a Professional Engineer for over 8 years. His research area is structural engineering with emphasis on high performance concrete and composites. He holds two US patents on advanced composite systems, 1997 and 2000. He has published over 70 refereed journal papers and 100 conference papers and technical reports. He has received the National Science Foundation prestigious faculty CAREER Award (1996), Florida State University System of Florida Teaching Incentive Award (1996), NASA Technology Transfer Tech Briefs Award (1997), University of Central Florida Presidential Award for Special Merit and National Recognition (1997), University of Cincinnati Honor Roll Professor Award (2000), and University of Cincinnati Young Researcher of the Year Award (2001). He has also been cited in Marquis Who's Who in the World & Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering.

Biography Updated on 11 March 2008

Personal Home Page

http://web.eng.fiu.edu/~mirmiran/

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Behavior of Short and Deep Beams Made of Concrete-Filled Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tubes
    Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 102, 2008
  2. Preloaded RC columns strengthened with high-strength concrete jackets under uniaxial compression
    Materials and Structures, 2007
  3. Life-cycle performance model for composites in construction
    Composites Part B: Engineering, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 236–246, 2007
  4. Control of Plastic Shrinkage Cracking of Concrete with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Grids
    Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 19, no. 5, p. 441, 2007
  5. Seismic Performance of Concrete-Filled FRP Tube Columns for Bridge Substructure
    Journal of Bridge Engineering, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 359, 2006
  6. Fiber element modeling for seismic performance of bridge columns made of concrete-filled FRP tubes
    Engineering Structures, vol. 28, no. 14, pp. 2023–2035, 2006
  7. Cyclic modeling of FRP-confined concrete with improved ductility
    Cement and Concrete Composites, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 959–968, 2006
  8. Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Substructure Encased in Fiber Composite Tubes
    Transportation Research Record, vol. 1976, no. 1, pp. 197–206, 2006
  9. Splicing of Precast Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes
    Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 345, 2006
  10. Experimental Investigation of Cyclic Behavior of Concrete-Filled Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tubes
    Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 263, 2005
  11. Effect of Column Parameters on Axial Compression Behavior of Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes
    Advances in Structural Engineering, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 443–450, 2005
  12. Connections Between Simply Supported Concrete Beams Made Continuous: Results of NCHRP Project 12-53
    Transportation Research Record, vol. 1928, no. 1, pp. 126–133, 2005
  13. Fiber-Element Model for Cyclic Analysis of Concrete-Filled Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tubes
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 131, no. 2, p. 292, 2005
  14. Stay-in-Place Fiber Reinforced Polymer Forms for Precast Modular Bridge Pier System
    Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 560, 2004
  15. Nonlinear cyclic response of laminated glass FRP tubes filled with concrete
    Composite Structures, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 91–101, 2004
  16. Fatigue Behavior of Prestressed Tubular Bridge Deck of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer
    Transportation Research Record, vol. 1892, no. 1, pp. 246–255, 2004
  17. Stay-In-Place FRP Form for Concrete Columns
    Advances in Structural Engineering, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 231–241, 2003
  18. A Framework for Life-Cycle Cost Assessment of Composites in Construction
    Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, vol. 22, no. 15, pp. 1409–1430, 2003
  19. Creep modeling for concrete-filled steel tubes
    Journal of Constructional Steel Research, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 1327–1344, 2003
  20. Creep Analysis of Axially Loaded Fiber Reinforced Polymer-Confined Concrete Columns
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 129, no. 11, p. 1308, 2003
  21. World Survey of Civil Engineering Programs on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Construction
    Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 129, no. 3, p. 155, 2003
  22. State of Practice for Positive Moment Connections in Prestressed Concrete Girders Made Continuous
    Journal of Bridge Engineering, vol. 8, no. 5, p. 267, 2003
  23. Flexural Creep Tests and Modeling of Concrete-Filled Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tubes
    Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 6, no. 4, p. 272, 2002
  24. Stability Tests of Sandwich Composite Elastica Arches
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 128, no. 5, p. 683, 2002
  25. Special Structures: Past, Present, and Future
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 128, no. 6, p. 691, 2002
  26. Analysis and field tests on the performance of composite tubes under pile driving impact
    Composite Structures, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 127–135, 2002
  27. Creep and Durability of Environmentally Conditioned FRP-RC Beams Using Fiber Optic Sensors
    Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 351–373, 2002
  28. Damage Assessment of FRP-Encased Concrete Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 127, no. 2, p. 126, 2001
  29. Slenderness Limit for Hybrid FRP-Concrete Columns
    Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 26, 2001
  30. Comparison of acoustic emission activity in steel-reinforced and FRP-reinforced concrete beams
    Construction and Building Materials, vol. 14, no. 6-7, pp. 299–310, 2000
  31. Tests and modeling of carbon-wrapped concrete columns
    Composites Part B: Engineering, vol. 31, no. 6-7, pp. 471–480, 2000
  32. Nonlinear finite element modeling of concrete confined by fiber composites
    Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 79–96, 2000
  33. A new hysteresis model for steel members
    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 1007–1023, 1999
  34. Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Columns
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 125, no. 8, p. 899, 1999
  35. Strength and Ductility of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Beam-Columns
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 125, no. 10, p. 1085, 1999
  36. Model of Concrete Confined by Fiber Composites
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 124, no. 9, p. 1025, 1998
  37. Effect of Column Parameters on FRP-Confined Concrete
    Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 175, 1998
  38. Design, manufacture and testing of a new hybrid column
    Construction and Building Materials, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 39–49, 1998
  39. Dilation characteristics of confined concrete
    Mechanics of Cohesive-frictional Materials, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 237–249, 1997
  40. Local damage assessment of turbine missile impact on composite and multiple barriers
    Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 178, no. 1, pp. 145–156, 1997
  41. Looping behavior of arches using corotational finite element
    Computers & Structures, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 1059–1071, 1997
  42. Behavior of Concrete Columns Confined by Fiber Composites
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 123, no. 5, p. 583, 1997
  43. Local Damage Assessment of Metal Barriers under Turbine Missile Impacts
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 122, no. 1, p. 99, 1996
  44. A new concrete-filled hollow FRP composite column
    Composites Part B: Engineering, vol. 27, no. 3-4, pp. 263–268, 1996
  45. Effects of Fabrication Process on Prestressed Composite Arches
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 121, no. 1, p. 124, 1995
  46. Stability of Prebuckled Sandwich Elastica Arches: Parametric Study
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 119, no. 4, p. 767, 1993
  47. Buckling and Postbuckling of Prestressed Sandwich Arches
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 119, no. 1, p. 262, 1993
  48. Inelastic Buckling of Prestressed Sandwich or Homogeneous Arches
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 119, no. 9, p. 2733, 1993