I am happy to report that all student presentations this semester finished well:
[C. Soriano] MS Thesis Title: Development of Fragility Curves for the Underground PVC Water Distribution Pipes In Quezon City and Damage Estimation Under a Magnitude 7.2 Scenario Earthquake [Final]
[J. Delos Reyes] MS Thesis Title: Simplified Time History Analysis Using Parametrically Calibrated Nonlinear Multi Degree-of-Freedom Flexure Shear Model for the Case of Metro Manila [Proposal]
[B. Fonseca] MS Thesis Title: Nonlinear Dynamic Performance of Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Structures subjected to Multiple Ground Motion Acceleration Sequences generated in North Cotabato and Southern Mindanao Philippines [Proposal]
[J. Reynales] MS Thesis Title: Analytical Closed-Form Solutions for Bending of Thin Rectangular Plates Derived Using the Principle of Conservation of Energy [Proposal]
[J. Saguid] MS Thesis Title: Development of a Modified Rigid Body-Spring Method – Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (MRBSM-SPH) Model for Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSIs) [Proposal]
[S. Bayot] Undergraduate Research Project Title: Undergraduate Research Project Title: Library for Nonlinear Time-History Analysis of a Multiple-Degree-Of-Freedom Model Subjected to Earthquake Loading [Final]
[J. Celeste] Undergraduate Research Project Title: Using Fractal Dimensions as Pre-damage Variables in the Nonlinear Analysis of Walls with Cracks [Proposal]
[R. Grindulo] Undergraduate Research Project Title:: Kinematic Soil-Structure Interaction of Pile Groups for Highway Bridge Piers considering Site-Specific Seismic Response Spectrum and Soil Profiles for Metro Manila, Philippines [Proposal]
[K. Solis] Undergraduate Research Project Title: Integrating Heritage Building Information Modeling and Structural Analysis for the Retrofit of Historical Church in the Philippines [Proposal]
[S. Sy] Undergraduate Research Project Title: Analysis of the Effect of Inertial Soil-Structure Interaction on the Design of the Foundation and Retaining Walls of a High-Rise Building with Multiple Basements [Proposal]