WAEC 2103A
304-696-5606
Ph.D. West Virginia University 2014 (Civil Engineering)
M.S. West Virginia University 2010
B.S. Bluefield State College 2009
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (April 2011).
Brian A. Delp Service Award, Bluefield State College. (May 2009).
Professional Engineer (P.E.)
Dr. Michaelson’s research interests are focused in the area of structural engineering and include efficiency & economics of steel bridge design, nonlinear finite element modeling, structural stability, modular/accelerated bridge construction, and experimental investigation of structural systems.
Michaelson, Gregory K (Co-Principal), Barth, Karl E (Principal), “RP-296: Demonstration and Field Monitoring of Press Brake Formed Steel Tub Girders,” Sponsored by WVDOT Division of Highways, State, $304,524.00. (June 29, 2015 – June 29, 2017).
Michaelson, Gregory K (Co-Principal), Barth, Karl E (Principal), Barker, Michael G (Co-Principal), “Testing of Shallow Steel Press-Brake Tub Girders,” Sponsored by American Iron & Steel Institute, Federal, $73,816.00. (July 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015).
Michaelson, Gregory K (Co-Principal), Barth, Karl E (Principal), Barker, Michael G (Co-Principal), “Technical Program Management for the Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance and Development of the Bridge Technology Center at WVU,” Sponsored by American Iron & Steel Institute, Federal, $89,819.00. (May 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015).
Barth, Karl E., Gregory K. Michaelson, and Michael G. Barker. “Development and Experimental Validation of Composite Press Brake–Formed Modular Steel Tub Girders for Short-Span Bridges.” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering 20. 11 (2015): 7.
Barth, Karl E., Gregory K. Michaelson, and Dennis L. Gonano. “Assessment of Redundancy Protocols for Short-Span Steel Truss Bridges.” Journal of Bridge Structures 10. 2-3 (2014): 105-114.
Barth, Karl E., Gregory K. Michaelson, Jason A. Mash, Michael G. Barker, and Daniel R. Snyder. “Development of a Shallow Press-Brake Formed Tub Girder for Short-Span Steel Bridges.” Durability of Bridge Structures. CRC Press. (2013).
Barth, Karl E., Gregory K. Michaelson, Michael G. Barker, and Daniel R. Snyder. “Development of Economical Short-Span Bridge Standards.” Durability of Bridge Structures. CRC Press. (2013).
Barth, Karl E., Amy S. Barth, Gregory K. Michaelson, and Scott A. Morgan. “Evaluation of SMDI Short Span Steel Bridge Design Standards.” Report submitted to the AASHTO NSBA TG12 Construction Committee. (2012).
Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (http://www.shortspansteelbridges.org/)
American Institute of Steel Construction (https://www.aisc.org/)
American Society of Civil Engineers (http://www.asce.org/)
Secretary, WV Section (2015-Present)