Brad Wham

  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Center for Infrastructure, Energy & Space Testing Managing Director
  • GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING & GEOMECHANICS
Brad Wham

Education

  • Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering (Geotechnical), Cornell University, 2015
  • M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering (Geotechnical), Cornell University, 2013                  
  • M.Eng. Structural Science & Engineering, Cornell University, 2011                                           
  • B.S. 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

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  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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2024.107681
     
  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. https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20230346
     
  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 doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-12017 [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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2024.108651
     
  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. doi.org/10.1177/10775463231173018
     
  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. doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106247
     
  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. doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00248.
     
  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. https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1318.
     
  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. doi.org/10.1061/JPSEA2.PSENG-1371.
     
  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). 10.1061/(ASCE)PS.1949-1204.0000400.