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Max Stephens

Adjunct Lecturer
Civil & Environmental Engr

overview

Dr. Max Stephens works in the area of structural engineering with an emphasis on resiliency and engineering for extreme events. His research interests span multiple scales – from structural-component to community-wide. His specific interests include:
• Advancing earthquake engineering tools and practice through the integration of high resolution experimentation and numerical analysis.
• Developing new and innovative systems to facilitate construction and mitigate damage to meet resiliency requirements in infrastructure and buildings.
• Analyzing structures in coastal regions for sequential natural hazards.
• Integrating probabilistic methods previously proven in other fields to advance understanding of uncertainty in structural performance.

about

PhD, University of Washington

MS, Portland State University

BS, Portland State University

Puranam, A., Filippova, O., Pastor-Paz, J., Stephens, M., Elwood, K.J., Ismail, N., Noy, I., & Opabula, E. (2019). A detailed inventory of medium to high-rise buildings in Wellington's central business district. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 52(4), 172-192.New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. doi: 10.5459/bnzsee.52.4.172-192.

Roeder, C.W., Stephens, M.T., & Lehman, D.E. (2018). Concrete Filled Steel Tubes for Bridge Pier and Foundation Construction. International Journal of Steel Structures, 18(1), 39-49.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s13296-018-0304-7.

Stephens, M.T., Dusicka, P., & Lewis, G. (2018). End web stiffeners for connecting ductile replaceable links. JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIONAL STEEL RESEARCH, 150, 405-414.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2018.08.037.

Stephens, M.T., Lehman, D.E., & Roeder, C.W. (2018). Seismic performance modeling of concrete-filled steel tube bridges: Tools and case study. ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, 165, 88-105.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.03.019.

Chandramohan, R., Ma, Q., Wotherspoon, L.M., Bradley, B.A., Nayyerloo, M., Uma, S.R., & Stephens, M.T. (2017). Response of instrumented buildings under the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 50(2), 237-252.New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. doi: 10.5459/bnzsee.50.2.237-252.

Zhu, H., Li, Y., Stephens, M., Zhang, X., & Che, X. (2017). Experimental study on seismic behavior of assembly CFST column-to-cap beam connections. Tumu Gongcheng Xuebao/China Civil Engineering Journal, 50(8), 29-37.

Zhu, H., Stephens, M.T., Roeder, C.W., & Lehman, D.E. (2017). Inelastic response prediction of CFST columns and connections subjected to lateral loading. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 132, 130-140.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2017.01.016.

Stephens, M.T., Berg, L.M., Lehman, D.E., & Roeder, C.W. (2016). Seismic CFST Column-to-Precast Cap Beam Connections for Accelerated Bridge Construction. Journal of Structural Engineering, 142(9), 04016049.American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). doi: 10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0001505.

Stephens, M.T., Lehman, D.E., & Roeder, C.W. (2016). Design of CFST column-to-foundation/cap beam connections for moderate and high seismic regions. Engineering Structures, 122, 323-337.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.05.023.

Roeder, C.W., Lehman, D.E., & Stephens, M. (2014). Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes for Accelerated Bridge Construction. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2406(1), 49-58.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.3141/2406-06.

Stephens, M., & Dusicka, P. (2014). Continuously Stiffened Composite Web Shear Links: Tests and Numerical Model Validation. Journal of Structural Engineering, 140(7), 04014040.American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). doi: 10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0000996.

Stephens, M., & Dusicka, P. (2014). Analytical and Numerical Evaluation of Continuously Stiffened Composite Web Shear Links. Journal of Structural Engineering, 140(6), 04014013.American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). doi: 10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0001029.

Stephens, M.T., Winter, A., Motley, M.R., & Lehman, D.E. (2017). Comparing seismic and tsunami load demands on reinforced concrete and concrete filled steel tube bridges. In IABSE Conference, Vancouver 2017: Engineering the Future - Report, (pp. 691-698).

Stephens, M.T., Berg, L., Lehman, D.E., & Roeder, C.W. (2014). Seismic Design of Circular Concrete Filled Tube Bridge Pier Connections for Accelerated Bridge Construction. In Structures Congress 2014, (pp. 711-722).American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). doi: 10.1061/9780784413357.064.

Stephens, M.T., Berg, L., Lehman, D.E., & Roeder, C.W. (2014). Concrete-filled tubes for accelerated bridge construction. In NCEE 2014 - 10th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Frontiers of Earthquake Engineering. doi: 10.4231/D3RJ48V7W.

Stephens, M., Dusicka, P., & Lewis, G. (2011). Buckling Behavior of Shell Elements Subjected to Inelastic Reversed Cyclic Loading. In Structures Congress 2011, (pp. 3080-3091).American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). doi: 10.1061/41171(401)268.

Research interests

Civil Engineering Infrastructure
Multiple Hazard Analysis
Seismic Design
Structural Resiliency