Brad Wham
Assistant Research Professor • Center for Infrastructure, Energy & Space Testing Managing Director
Geotechnical Engineering & Geomechanics

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)
    • Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI)
    • Infrastructure Resiliency Division (IRD)
  • American Water Works Association (AWWA)

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. 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).
  2. Davis, C.A. & Wham, B.P. (2018) “Buried Hybrid-Segmented Pipes Subjected to Longitudinal Permanent Ground Deformation.” Proceedings, 8th International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering for Lifelines and Critical Infrastructure Systems, Shenyang, China, October 17-19.
  3. Wham, B.P., Berger, B.A., Pariya-Ekkasut, C., O’Rourke, T.D., Stewart, H.E., Bond, T.K. (2018) “Achieving Resilient Water Networks: Experimental Performance Evaluation.” Proceedings, 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, California, June 25-29.
  4. Wham, B.P., Berger, B.A., Pariya-Ekkasut, C., O’Rourke, T.D. (2018) “Hazard-resilient Pipeline Joint Soil-Structure Interaction under Large Axial Displacement.” Proceedings: 5th Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Austin, Texas, June 10-13.
  5. Wham, B.P., Argyrou, C., O’Rourke, T.D. (2017). Jointed Pipeline Response to Tunneling Induced Ground Deformation. Canadian Geotechnical Journal: Special Issue on Pipeline Geotechnics. Vol.53(11).
  6. Wham, B.P., Argyrou, C., O’Rourke, T.D., Stewart, H.E., Bond, T.K. (2017) PVCO Pipeline Performance Under Large Ground Deformation. ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology. Vol.139(1). [*recipient of 2017 G.E.O Widera Literature Award]
  7. Hasegawa, N., Nakazono, H., Wham, B.P., O’Rourke, T. D. (2017). “Performance Test of Steel Pipe for Crossing Fault in the United States.” Proceedings: 10th JWWA/WRF/CTWWA Water System Seismic Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, Oct. 18-20. NCREE-17-013.
  8. Wham, B.P., Pariya-Ekkasut, C., Argyrou, C., Lederman, A., O’Rourke, T. D., Stewart, H. (2017). "Experimental Characterization of Hazard-Resilient Ductile Iron Pipe Soil/Structure Interaction under Axial Displacement." Proceedings: ASCE Congress on Technical Advancement, Duluth, Minnesota, Sept. 11-13.
  9. Wham, B.P., Pariya-Ekkasut, C., Argyrou, C., Stack, M., O’Rourke, T.D., Stewart, H.E., Nakazono, H., Hasegawa, N. (2017) “Large Axial Deformation Performance of Steel Pipeline Designed for Fault Crossings.” Proceedings, ASCE Pipelines Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, Aug. 6-9, Paper ID: 118.
  10. Kayen, R., Dashti, S., Kokusho, T., Hazarika, H., Franke, K., Oettle, N.K., Wham, B.P., Calderon, J.R. (2016). GEER Reconnaissance of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes. JSCE Journal of Disaster FactSheets.