Dr. Greg Michaelson, a structural engineer, has joined the faculty of the Weisberg Division of Engineering this Fall 2014 semester. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Bluefield State College in 2009, a Master of Science degree from West Virginia University (WVU) in 2010, and a Ph.D. from WVU in 2014. In 2011, he was named a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship (Grant No. DGE-1102689).
His current research interests are focused in development of innovative steel highway bridge applications and improving analysis/design procedures for bridges, These include steel bridge design, nonlinear finite element modeling, structural stability, and experimental investigation of structural systems. He is also an active member within AISI’s Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance, a group of bridge and culvert industry leaders who have joined together to provide education, economical designs, and innovative modular solutions for short span steel bridges.