Paul Ziehl

Associate Professor

Education

• Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (2000)
• M.S.E., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (1997)
• B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA (1991)

Research Interest

Dr. Ziehl oversees and maintains an active research program in the areas of structural prognostics, nondestructive evaluation, in-situ load testing, repair and strengthening, composite materials, and prestressed/reinforced concrete structures. His research team is carrying out several projects including: 1) Structural Health Monitoring for Prognosis of Steel and Reinforced Concrete Structures; 2) Damage Identification Algorithms for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Materials; 3) Characterization of Nanocomposite Concrete; 4) Evaluation Criteria for In-situ Load Testing; and 5) Characterization and Guidelines for Prestressed Pile to Bent Cap Connections in Seismic Regions. New projects will be starting in the near future.

Professor Ziehl works closely with five PhD students (Aaron Larosche, Mohamed ElBatanouny, Jese Mangual, Aditya Apalla, and Mozahid Hossain), one Research Assistant Professor (Jianguo Yu), one Post Doctoral Researcher, three undergraduate students, and several Faculty members within and outside the department. Dr. Francisco Barrios recently defended his PhD and is on the Faculty at the Universidad Del Valle in Columbia, South America. Other recent PhD graduates are working in design and analysis with an emphasis on nuclear structures. Dr. Ziehl has openings in his group for PhD students with an interest in structural health monitoring, prestressed concrete analysis and design, and development of damage identification algorithms.