BradWham

  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Center for Infrastructure, Energy & Space Testing Managing Director
  • GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING & GEOMECHANICS
Brad Wham in a suit jacket and button down shirt in front of trees and the Flatirons

Brad Wham is an assistant research professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and managing director of Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing (CIEST), a leader in infrastructure system performance and assessment under acute and long-term hazards.

Education

  • PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (Geotechnical), Cornell University, 2015
  • MS Civil and Environmental Engineering (Geotechnical), Cornell University, 2013
  • MEng Structural Science & Engineering, Cornell University, 2011
  • BS Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2010

Honors and Distinctions

  • 2018 G.E.O. Widera Literature Award for Outstanding Technical Paper, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology
  • 2014 Moles’ Arturo Ressi de Cervia Scholarship in Heavy Civil Construction
  • 2013 & 2014 John E. Perry Teaching Assistant Prize, Cornell University

Professional Affiliations

  • Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Association (EERI)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
    • Chair:Standard Committee: Seismic Testing and Evaluation of Pipeline Systems
    • Associate Editor:Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
    • Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI)
    • Infrastructure Resiliency Division (IRD)
  • American Water Works Association (AWWA)
  • ASTM International: F17 Committee

Interests

  • Lifeline engineering and hazard design of infrastructure systems
  • Geotechnical earthquake engineering
  • Centrifuge modeling
  • Large-scale experimental testing
  • Structural system response to extreme loading
  • Buried infrastructure soil-structure interaction
  • Disaster reconnaissance

Recent publications

  1. Toprak, S., Wham, B.P., Nacaroglu, E., Ceylan, M., Dal, O., & Senturk, A.E. (2024). "Impact of Seismic Geohazards on Water Supply Systems and Pipeline Performance : Insights from the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes". Engineering Geology, 340, 107681.
  2. Rose, H.R., Wham, B.P., Liel, A.B., & Dashti, S. (2024). "Centrifuge Model Design for Axially Loaded Structures under Large Ground Movements". Geotechnical Testing Journal, 47(5), 1045–1064.
  3. Rose, H.R., Wham, B.P., Dashti, S., & Liel, A.B. (2024). Axial resistance of pipelines with enlarged joints. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. ASCE [Awarded Editors Choice].
  4. Bessette, C., Brito, L., Dashti, S., Liel, A.B., & Wham, B.P.(2024). "Development of dynamic centrifuge models for measurement and visualization of deformation mechanisms in liquefiable soils". Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 181(Sept. 2023), 108651.
  5. Madabhushi, S.S.C., Hruby, J., & Wham, B.P.(2023). Experimentally investigating the influence of changing payload stiffness on outer loop iterative learning control strategies with shaking table tests. Journal of Vibration and Control.
  6. Ahmadi, H., Manalo, A., Dixon, P.G., Salah, A., Karunasena, W., Tien, C.M.T., Kiriella, S., O’Rourke, T.D. & Wham, B.P.(2024). "Temperature change-induced linear and nonlinear axial responses of internal replacement pipe (IRP) systems for pipeline rehabilitation incorporating the effects of soil friction". Structures. 62(March), 106247.
  7. Metz, A.J., Fischer, E.C.,& Wham, B.P.(2023). Behavior of Service Lateral Pipes during Wildfires: Testing Methodologies and Impact on Drinking Water Contamination. ACS ES&T Water..
  8. Whelton+, A.J., Seidel, C., Wham, B.P., Fischer, E.C., Isaacson, K., Jankowski, C., MacArthur,N., McKenna, E. Ley, C. (2023). "The Marshall Fire: Scientific and Policy Needs for Water System Disaster Response". AWWA Water Science. 5(1), 1–21..
  9. Dixon, P., Tafsirojjaman, T., Klingaman, J., Hubler, M.H., Dashti, S., O’Rourke, T.D., Farrag, K., Manalo, A., & Wham, B.P.(2023). “State-of-the-art Review of Performance Objectives for Legacy Gas Pipelines with Pipe-in-Pipe Rehabilitation Technologies” Journal of Pipeline Systems and Engineering Practice,14(2), 1–13..
  10. Wham, B.P., & Davis, C.A. (2019). Buried Continuous and Segmented Pipelines Subjected to Longitudinal Permanent Ground Deformation. ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, Vol.10(4)..Wham, B.P., Dashti, S., Franke, K.W, Kayen, R., Oettle, N.K. (2018). Water Supply Damage Caused by the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Lowland Technology Intl. Journal: Special Ed. on 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Vol.19(3).