Welcome to the web site for Dr. Andre Barbosa’s research group. The group focuses on the development of experimental testing programs and numerical tools and techniques geared towards improving structural performance and resilience of the built environment to multiple hazards.  Studied within the group are earthquakes, fire, and tsunami hazards. Structural materials which are addressed are reinforced concrete, timber, and steel. 

Dr. Barbosa’s research interests include: 

1. development and testing of innovative structural systems, 
2. performance-based earthquake/fire/tsunami engineering, 
3. multi-hazard reliability and risk-based engineering assessment and design, 
4. high-performance and high-throughput computing.

Latest News

• Whole-Building Life-Cycle Assessment: A Ten- and Six-Story Shake-Table Test Building Case Study (Feb. 08, 2025)
   New publication alert!  This one is on a Whole-Building Life-Cycle Assessment (WBLCA) case study for the #NHERI #TallWood and #NHERI #Converging #Design Ten- and Six-Story buildings tested on the shake-table at the NHERI@UC San Diego facility. The open access publication is available here: 10.13073/FPJ-D-24-00030R1.
• Drones measure earthquake-induced structural displacements of the roof of a 6-story full-scale mass timber shake table test (Feb. 01, 2025)
  We are thankful for the collaboration on a payload project led by Tara Hutchinson‘s research group on the use of UAVs to measure earthquake-induced structural displacements of the roof our 6-story NHERI Converging Design phase 2 testing. See recent publication on the topic here.  
• Rigorous Tests Show Resilience of Tall Mass Timber Buildings (Dec. 13, 2024)
  Read more about this article on the Oregon State University College of Engineering website here. KEY TAKEAWAYS Mass timber construction has proven itself to be both earthquake resistant and sustainable. Mass timber rocking walls have been shown to allow the construction of highly resilient mass timber buildings. Oregon State has played a key role in the development of advanced mass timber elements. If damaged, mass timber buildings can be quickly and easily repaired.
• Oregon State Researchers Awarded The J. James R. Croes Medal For Civil Engineering Research (May 05,2023)
  From left: Jonathan Huffman, former OSU civil engineering Ph.D. student, geotechnical engineer at Geotechnical Resources; Armin Stuedlein, OSU geotechnical professor; Andre R. Barbosa, OSU structural professor; Andre Belejo, design engineer at Seft Consulting Read more on this news piece here.    
• Two-story building tested at UC San Diego (2017)
  CBS News 8 – San Diego, CA News Station – KFMB Channel 8

Updated CV (February 1, 2025):