Michel Bruneau

PhD

Michel Bruneau.

Michel Bruneau

PhD

Michel Bruneau

PhD

SUNY Distinguished Professor
Registered Professional Engineer
Province of Ontario

Research Topics

Earthquake resistant design; blast resistant design; multi-hazard engineering; dynamic response of structures; seismic evaluation and retrofit of steel bridges and steel buildings; seismic evaluation and retrofit of unreinforced masonry buildings; ultimate behavior of steel, metal and advanced composite structures; behavior of guyed-towers, cable structures, long-span and tall structures

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Latest News

  • TRT World, the English language public broadcaster in Turkey, interviewed Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, about whether buildings can be designed to withstand earthquakes of the magnitude that occurred earlier this month in Turkey and Syria.

  • Engineering News-Record mentions Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, in a story with the headline “Why Politics Must Never Obscure Learning From Earthquake Disasters.” 
  • An article in Construction News about an innovative structural concrete system cites UB among the organizations that have spent years researching and testing the new SpeedCore construction system.
  • TRT World, the English language public broadcaster in Turkey, interviewed Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, about the massive earthquakes that happened last week in Turkey and Syria.
  • An article in Construction Digest about prestressed concrete, a process that puts compressive stress on the concrete before it is inserted into the final structure, mentions that researchers from UB and Purdue ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, in conjunction with bridge engineering firm Modjeski & Masters, are looking into post-tensioned concrete.
  • Al Jazeera mentioned UB’s Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory and quoted Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, in a story explaining how earthquakes happen in light of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
  • News media quoted Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, about the earthquake that rattled the greater Buffalo area Monday.