IIT Gandhinagar | Faculty | Civil Engg

Gregory A. MacRae

Visiting Professor

	B. E. (First Class Honors): University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1984 Ph.D.: University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1989

Research Interest

Structural design, structural modelling, steel and composite structures, structural monitoring, loss estimation, decision tools, communicating risk.

Work Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (2000 to present).
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA (2000 to Oct-2005).
Visiting Academic, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (Oct.-2001 to June-2002).
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA (1995 to 2000)
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of California, San Diego, Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science, Charles Lee Powell Structures Lab., (1992 to 1994).
Japanese Science and Technology Agency Research Fellow, Earthquake Engineering Division, Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, Tsukuba, Japan (1990 to 1992).

Selected Recent Publications

Bacht T., Chase J. G., MacRae G. A., Rodgers G. W., Rabczuk T., Dahkal R. P. and Desombre J., “HF2V Dissipator Effects on the Performance of a 3 Story Moment Frame”, Journal of Constructional and Steel Research (JCSR), Vol 67(12), pp. 1843-1849, ISSN 0143-974X, 2011.
MacRae G. A., Ashby C. and Hare J. "22 February Christchurch Earthquake – Questions Regarding the Design Process", Journal of the Structural Engineering Society of NZ Inc., 24(1), 810, 2011.
MacRae G. A., Myint U. T and Jain S. K., “Steps in earthquake proofing a country:- a case study of Myanmar”, Bulletin of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering, June 2011.
Nayyerloo M., Chase J. G., MacRae G. A. and Chen X-Q, “LMS-based approach to structural health monitoring of nonlinear hysteretic structures”, Structural Health Monitoring 10 (4), pp 429–444, July 2011.
Sadashiva V. K., MacRae G. A. and Deam B. L., "Effects of coupled vertical stiffness-strength irregularity due to modified interstorey height", Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 44(1): 31-44, 2011.