Growing into an annual tradition! Here is a quick summary of the 2024 journal papers from the group. Reliability and
AISC Higgins Award and Lecture
Benjamin Schafer Selected to Receive T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award from AISC Author: Wick Eisenberg Benjamin Schafer, the Willard and Lillian
2023 Journal Papers from the Group
2023 was a busy year for the TW Group as usual! Below is a list of 2023 journal articles, links
Ready to shake a ten-story CFS building?
Our long-running multi-institutional cold-formed steel earthquake engineering project: CFS-NHERI is looking forward to a monumental 2024. In 2024 we will
So long CFSRC, it was a good run
Around 2010 I had the idea to create a research consortium around cold-formed steel. I thought we could combine all
Steel Building Structures Research – 2022 Recap
The TW Group was busy as always working on advancing steel, particularly cold-formed steel, building structures research. Here is a
Wind Tower Structures Research – 2022 Recap
Thanks to the excellent research of TW Group members such as Ph.D. Candidate Victoria Ding, Visiting Faculty Scholars Dr. Sandor Ádány, Dr.
Schafer in the news
A lot happened in 2021 for Professor Schafer, here are some articles that summarize the latest. NSF grant on wind
award winning paper!
Thin-walled Structures Group Ph.D. student Astrid Fischer took home the Best Student Presentation Award at the 2020 Cold-Formed Steel Structures
Bracing CFS STUD Walls – Final Report
Today the TW Group released their Final Report on the AISI and SFIA sponsored effort to investigate the strength of