"A New Kind of Software for Teaching Structural Behavior and Design," Building Technology Educators Conference, College Park, Maryland. August, 2006.
"Computational Issues in Non-linear Structural Analysis Using a Physics Engine," Structures Congress of the American Society of Civil Engineers, St. Louis,. May 2006
"Teaching Structural Behavior with a Physics Engine," Structures Congress of the American Society of Civil Engineers , New York. April 2005
"A Particle-System Approach to Real-Time Non-Linear Analysis," 7th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston. July 2002
"Non-linear Structural Analysis as Real-Time Animation: Borrowing from
the Arcade ," CAAD Futures Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
July 2001
"Digital Photogrammetry in Archaeological Re- and De-construction: Assessing
Seismic Damage Scenarios at Pompeii ," Conference of the Association
for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, Salt Lake City, Utah..October
1999
"Finite Element Studies in the Two-Way Out-of-Plane Failure of Unreinforced
Masonry," 6th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering,
Seattle WA, June, 1998.
"Ancient
Structures and Modern Analysis: Investigating Damage and Reconstruction at Pompeii,"
Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture:
ACADIA '97, Cincinnati Ohio, October 1997.
"Finite Element Studies in the Out-of-Plane Failure of Unreinforced
Masonry" 7th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building
Engineering (ICCCBE-VII), Seoul, Korea, August 1997
"Digital
Imaging and the Web in Teaching Structures" Conference of the Association
for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA 96), Tucson, Arizona, November
1996.
"Digital Archives of Engineering Images: Lessons from the Arts", International
Conference on Information Technology In Civil And Structural Engineering Design
- Taking Stock and Future Directions Glasgow Scotland, August 1996.
"Digital
Imaging and the Web in Teaching Structures" University Programs in
Computer-Aided Design, Engineering and Manufacturing, Charlottesville VA,
June 1996.
"Visualizing Global Force Distributions in Finite Element Models"
ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Conference, Anaheim CA, June 1996.
"Seeing the Big Picture: Visualizing Global Structural Behavior"
12th Annual ACSA Technology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. January 1994.
"Geometric Modelling Approaches for Civil Engineering and Building Design"
4th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering,
Tokyo, July 1991.
"Models for Computer Integrated Civil Engineering Design" 4th
International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering,
Tokyo July 1991.
"The Potential Role of Non-Linear Analysis in the Seismic Design of
Building Structures" 4th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering,
Palm Springs CA, May 1990.
"Computer Games and Structural Analysis: Borrowing Computational methods", Johns Hopkins University Department of Civil Engineering, April 25, 2006.
"Interactive Animation in Structural Analysis", Annual Banquet of the
Virginia section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, October 1, 2001
"High
Tech, Low Tech, Good Tech, Bad Tech: Using Teaching Tools Effectively" University of Virginia, Conference of the Center for Talented Youth, November
4, 2000.
"The Pompeii
Forum Project as a Hypothetical Case Study", University of Virginia,
Lecture series supported by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and
the Department of Computer Science, October 27, 2000. .
"Patterns of Reconstruction at Pompeii", Annual Banquet of the Virginia
section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, November 11, 1998.
"Patterns of Reconstruction at Pompeii", University of Virginia School
of Architecture, October 30, 1998.
"Pedagogic Sidestreets", University of Virginia Teaching and Learning
Roundtable, January 22, 1998.
"Seismic Design for Light Timber Construction" AIA Faculty
Institute on Teaching Seismic Design, San Francisco CA, January 31 - February
2, 1997.
"Ancient Reconstruction of the Pompeii Forum" University of
Virginia School of Architecture, October 31, 1997.
"Finite Element Studies in the Out-of-Plane Failure of Unreinforced
Masonry" Tokyo University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sakai
Lab, August 3, 1997.
"Web Based Resources for Teaching Seismic Design and Planning", AIA
Faculty Institute on Teaching Seismic Design, San Francisco CA, January 31 -
February 2, 1997.
"Seismic Design for Light Timber Construction" AIA Faculty
Institute on Teaching Seismic Design, San Francisco CA, January 31 - February
2, 1997.
"Investing Time in the Web: Scholarly Risks and Rewards", Plenary talk
for the UVa January Teaching Workshop, January 13, 1997.
"Seismic Design for Light Timber Construction" AIA Seismic
Design Charette, Pomona CA, June 7-10, 1996.
"Seeing Structure: Using Computers to Visualize Structural Behavior," Department of Architecture, University of Michigan, March 18 1996.
"Digital Images
and Seismic Design" AIA Faculty Institute on Teaching Seismic Design,
Berkeley CA, February 2-5, 1996.
"How Tangled a
Web to Weave?," Teaching Resource Center January Workshop, University
of Virginia, January 15, 1996
"Teaching
with Technology: the future of the classroom and the classroom of the future," Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, December
18, 1995.
"Teaching and Research in Structural Design," Department of
Architecture, University of Michigan, December 12, 1995.
"Teaching
with Technology: the future of the classroom and the classroom of the future," the President's Retreat, University of Virginia, September 1995.
"Seismic Design for the Global Engineer" Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Virginia, April 1995.
"Japanese Construction Methods: Engineering in Context" Department
of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, May 1994.
"Design for Predictability" Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Virginia, March 1993.
"Hierarchic Geometric Constraints for Building Design" Department
of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 1992.
"Hierarchic Geometric Constraints for Building Design" Department
of Precision Machinery Engineering, Tokyo University, April 1992.
"Hierarchic Geometric Constraints for Building Design" Department
of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, April 1992.
"Recent Work in Geometric Modelling and Non-Linear Structural Analysis" Department of Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, February 1991.
"Non-Linear Analysis in the Evaluation of Existing Highway Structures" with Prof. Graham Powell, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento
CA, January 1991.
"Research and Practice in Structural Design for Architecture" Department of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, March 1990.