Prof. Tat Fu

Dr. Tat FuAssistant Professor

Phone: (603) 862-4139
E-mail: tat.fu@unh.edu

University of New Hampshire
Department of Civil Engineering
Kingsbury Hall
33 Academic Way
Durham, NH 03824

 

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Research Overview

My primary research goal is to create smart buildings that can be safer, more reliable and sustainable than existing buildings. A smart building reacts to external and internal conditions to provide building functions efficiently. Weather, earthquakes, energy crises, and other natural/man-made concerns are dynamic events best addressed by adjustable solutions, especially during long building life cycles. Given the complexity of modern buildings, interdisciplinary research and efficient integrations of building systems are essential for developing smart buildings. Additionally, I am interested in studying civil infrastructure and its interactions with buildings.

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, 2009
  • M.B.S. (Master of Building Science), Architecture, USC, 2007
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, USC, 2006
  • M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, USC, 2004
  • B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, USC, 2003

Courses Taught

  • Green Building Design
  • Structural Control
  • Risk Analysis in Civil Engineering

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

  • Fu, T. and Johnson, E.A., 2011. "A Distributed Shading Fin Mass Damper System for Integrating Structural and Environmental Controls in Buildings," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 137(3), 205-213.
  • Chintalapudi, K., Fu, T., Paek, J., Kothari, N., Rangwala, S., Caffrey, J., Govindan, R., Johnson, E., and Masri, S., 2006. "Monitoring Civil Structures with a Wireless Sensor Network," IEEE Internet Computing, March/April 2006, pp. 26-34.

Conference & Workshop Proceedings

  • Fu, T., and Johnson, E., 2010. "Structural Health Monitoring with a Distributed Mass Damper System." Proceedings of the 5th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (5WCSCM), Kansai University, Toyko, Japan, July 12-14, 2010.
  • Fu, T., and Bardet, J.P., 2010. "Seismic Demands on California High Speed Rail." Joint Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering (7CUEE) & 5th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering (5ICEE), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, March 3-5, 2010.
  • Fu, T., and Johnson, E., 2008. "Control Strategies of a Distributed Mass Damper System." Proceedings of 2009 American Control Conference (ACC 2009), St. Louis, Missouri, June 10-12, 2009.
  • Fu, T., Johnson, E., and Wojtkiewicz, S., 2004. "FPKtool: A GUI Tool for Solving FPK Equations for SDOF Systems." Proceedings of ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability (PMC2004), Albuquerque, NM, July 2004.

Technical Reports

  • Bardet, J.P., Ballantyne, D., Bell, G.E.C., Donnellan, A., Foster, S., Fu, T., List, J., Little, R.G., O'Rourke, T.D., and Palmer, M.C., 2010. "Expert Review of Water System Pipeline Breaks in the City of Los Angeles during Summer 2009." Report to the Steering Committee on Water Pipeline Breaks of the City of Los Angeles, April 9.