Timothy J. Ross

TOTAL PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT: over 120
TOTAL PATENTS ISSUED: 1

Names with an asterisk * are student co-authors

Books

"Fuzzy Logic for Engineering Applications-2nd Edition", John Wiley & Sons, UK, 2004; ISBN 0-470-86074-X (authored textbook).

"Fuzzy Logic and Probability Applications-Bridging the Gap", SIAM Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, (T. Ross, W. Parkinson, and J. Booker, editors), 2002, ISBN 0-89871-525-3.

"Fuzzy Logic for Engineering Applications", Publishing House on Electronics Industry, Beijing, China, 2001; ISBN 7-5053-7043-X (translated into Chinese).

"Fuzzy Logic for Engineering Applications", McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1995; ISBN 0-07-053917-0 (authored textbook).

"Fuzzy Logic and Control: Software and Hardware Applications", Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993; ISBN 0-13-334251-4, (Jamshidi, M., Vadiee, N. and Ross, T., editors).

BOOK CHAPTERS

Introduction, Chapter 1, "Fuzzy Logic and Probability Applications", SIAM Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 2002, (Ross, Parkinson, and Booker, editors) ISBN 0-89871-525-3 (with J. Booker and W. Parkinson).

Fuzzy Set Theory and Fuzzy Logic, Chapter 2, "Fuzzy Logic and Probability Applications", SIAM Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, (Ross, Parkinson, and Booker, editors), 2002 (with J. Parkinson) ISBN 0-89871-525-3.

Considerations for using Fuzzy Set Theory and Probability Theory, Chapter 5, "Fuzzy Logic and Probability Applications", SIAM Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 2002, (Ross, Parkinson, and Booker, editors) ISBN 0-89871-525-3 (with K. Sellers and J. Booker).

Structural Safety Analysis: A Combined Fuzzy and Probability Approach, Chapter 9, "Fuzzy Logic and Probability Applications", SIAM Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, (Ross, Parkinson, and Booker, editors), 2002, (with J. Lucero*) ISBN 0-89871-525-3.

Aircraft Integrity and Reliability, Chapter 10, "Fuzzy Logic and Probability Applications", SIAM Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 2002, (Ross, Parkinson, and Booker, editors) ISBN 0-89871-525-3 (with C. Ferregut, R. Osegueda, Y. Mendoza and V. Kreinovich).

Control Charts for Statistical Process Control, Chapter 12, "Fuzzy Logic and Probability Applications", SIAM Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 2002, (Ross, Parkinson, and Booker, editors) ISBN 0-89871-525-3 (with W. Parkinson).

Fault Tree Logic Models, Chapter 13, "Fuzzy Logic and Probability Applications", SIAM Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 2002, (Ross, Parkinson, and Booker, editors), exp. 2001, (with J. Lucero*) ISBN 0-89871-525-3.

Intelligent Control Systems Using Soft Computing Methodologies, Chapter 10, "Introduction to Fuzzy Logic", published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, December 2000, ISBN: 0-8493-1875-0, eds. M. Jamshidi and A. Zilouchian (with M. Jamshidi and A. El-Osery*).

"Membership Functions, Fuzzification and Defuzzification", Chapter 5 in
Fuzzy Systems in Medicine, P.S. Szczepaniak, P.J.G. Lisboa, J. Kacprzyk (eds.). Physica-Verlag, A Springer-Verlag Company, Heidelberg, New York, 1999; pp: 48-77, ISBN 3-7908-1263-3, 1999.

"Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment: A Guideline Comparison and Review, Chapter 23 in Environmental Methods Review: Retooling Impact Assessement for the New Century, published by the International Association of Impact Assessment, A. Porter and J. Fittipaldi, eds, The Press Club, Fargo, ND, March 1998, pp. 193-200 (with T. Gabocy).

"Fuzzy Logic", Digital Consumer Electronics Handbook, Chapter 6, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, R. Jurgen (editor), pp. 6.1-6.40, 1997.

"Set Theory: Classical and Fuzzy Sets", Fuzzy Logic and Control: Software and Hardware Applications, Chapter 2, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, pp. 10-35, 1993.

"Propositional Calculus: Predicate Logic and Fuzzy Logic", Fuzzy Logic and Control: Software and Hardware Applications, Chapter 3, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, pp. 36-50, 1993.

"Approximate Reasoning in Structural Damage Assessment", Expert Systems in Construction and Structural Engineering, Chapter 9, Chapman & Hall Ltd., H. Adeli, ed., 1988, pp. 161-192.

"Fuzzy Sets and Survivability Analysis of Protective Structures," The Analysis of Fuzzy Information, Vol 3, Chapter 3, CRC Press, James Bezdek, ed., 1987, pp. 29-53 (with F. S. Wong and A. C. Boissonnade).

Journals

"A Novel Approach to the Response of Rocking Rigid Blocks", in review with Earthquake Engineering and Dynamic Response, (with J. Lucero*).

"A Comparison of Fuzzy Inference Systems Applied to Dynamic Simulation", in review with IEEE Transactions, CMS (with J. Lucero*).

"Impact Assessment of an Eco-Industrial Park using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping", J. Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 15(2), 2004, pp. 75-88 (with S. Fons* and G. Achari).

"Engineering Index: An Engineering Certification/Qualification Metric", to appear J. Military Operations Research (with J. Booker, R. Dolin, C. Faust, M. Hamada, L. Najera and B. Reardon).

"Heat Exchanger Network Optimization and Controllability Using Design Reliability Theory", to appear in IChemE Transactions, Pt A, Chemical Engineering Research & Design (with Rodolfo Tellez, William Svrcek, and Brent Young).

"Review of Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering by Anil S. Chopra", ASCE J. Struct. Engng., Vol. 128, No. 6, p. 838, June 2002.

"Handbook of Fuzzy Computations-Book Review", J. Pattern Analysis and Applications, Springer-Verlag, London Ltd, vol.4, 2001, p. 77 (with J. Lucero*).

"Fuzzy Sets in Engineering Design and Configuration - A Book Review", Int. J. Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Vol. 12, pp. 538-540, 1998.

"Environmental Microscopy in Stone Conservation", Scanning, Vol. 18, pp. 508-514, 1996 (with S. Rao* and J. Brinker).

"Biosensors for Monitoring Environmental Wastes", J. Environmentally Conscious Design & Manufacturing. Vol. 4, No. 3-4, 35-40, 1995 (with Barton, L., Tomei, F., Carpenter, C. and Lindemann, W.).

"The role of bacteria in the biocorrosion of metals and in the bioremediation of contaminated water", J. Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, Vol. 3, No. 3-4, 59-75, 1994 (with L. Barton, S. Rao*, P. Moore*, T. Gallegos*, and H. Adams).

"A Framework-Based Environment for Object-Oriented Scientific Codes", Scientific Programming, Vol. 2, pp. 111-121, 1993 (with R. Ballance, A. Giancola, and G. Luger).

"Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) Evaluation of Crystal and Plaque Formation Associated with Biocorrosion", J. Microscopy Research and Technique, (25), 429-433, 1993 (with S. Geiger*, and Larry Barton).

"Fuzzy Set Methods in Assessing Uncertainty in the Modeling and Control of Space Structures", J. Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, (1), 2, 135-155, 1993 (with T. Hasselman, J. Chrostowski, S. Verzi*).

"PARES: An Expert System for Preliminary Flexible Pavement Rehabilitation Design", Transportation Research Record No. 1374, National Academy Press, 1993, pp. 81-89, (with S. Verzi*, S. Shuler, G. McKeen, and V. Schaefer).

"Thoughts and Concepts: Object Oriented Programming for Scientific Codes. I", ASCE Journal of Computing, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1992, pp. 480-496 (with L. Wagner* and G. Luger).

"Practical Examples in C++: Object Oriented Programming for Scientific Codes.II", ASCE Journal of Computing, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1992, pp. 497-514 (with L. Wagner* and G. Luger).

"Fracture Study of Quasi-Brittle Material Using a Fast-Scanning Electron Microscope" Experimental Techniques, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1992, pp. 29-36 (with M. L. Wang, Z. L. Tan* and R. J. Macy).

"A Rule Based Fuzzy Logic Deduction Technique for Damage Assessment of Protective Structures", Int. J. Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 44, No. 3, 1991, pp. 459-468 (with F.C. Hadipriono).

"Assessing Damping Uncertainty in Space Structures with Fuzzy Sets, Shock and Vibration Technology Review , Vol. 1, No. 10, 1991, pp. 3-11, (Feature Article), (with T. K.Hasselman).

"Diffusing-Vortex Numerical Scheme for Solving Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations", Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 95, No. 2, 1991, pp. 400-435 (with Z. Lu*).

"Deformation Measurements at a Crack Tip Using a Fast Scanning Electron Microscope", in Fracture Processes in Concrete, Rock and Ceramics, RILEM E&FN SPON Publishers, July 1991, pp. 61-71 (with M. Wang).

"DAPS, An Expert System for Structural Damage Assessment", ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 4, October 1990, pp. 327-348 (with H. C. Sorensen, S. J. Savage*, and J. M. Carson).

"Structural Failure Determination with Fuzzy Sets," Journal of Civil Engineering Systems, Vol. 3, June 1986, pp. 82-92 (with J. C. Bezdek, N. T. Grimball* and J. M. Carson).

"Dynamic Rate Effects on Timoshenko Beam Response," American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol 52, No. 2, June 1985, pp 439-445.

"Timoshenko Beams with Rotational End Constraints," American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol 111, No. 3, March 1985, pp 416-430 (with F. S. Wong).

"Impulsive Direct Shear Failure in Reinforced Concrete Slabs," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 111, No. 8, August 1985, pp 1661-1677 (with H. Krawinkler).

"Numerical Bending Analysis of Arches," ASCE Journal of the Structures Division, April 1982, Vol 108, ST4, pp. 849-868 (with W. J. Austin).

"Elastic Buckling of Arches Under Symmetrical Loading," ASCE Journal of the Structures Division, Vol 102, ST5, May 1976, pp 1085-1095 (with W. J. Austin).

Refereed Proceedings and Invited Papers

Ross, T. (2004) "Model parameter Updating using Bayesian Networks", Session 2, Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, paper 03; 9th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, July 26-28, Albuquerque, NM (CD ROM and proceedings, p. 99). (with C. Treml*)

"Quantifying Total Uncertainty using Different Mathematical Theories in a Validation Assessment", Session 2, Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, paper 04; 9th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, July 26-28, 2004, Albuquerque, NM (CD ROM and proceedings, p. 99) (with J. Booker, Hemez, F., Anderson, M., Reardon, B. and Joslyn, C.)

"Certification and Qualification"(with J. Booker and others), 72nd MORSS, Monterey, CA, June 2003,

"An Enhanced Reliability Index for Assessing Margin of Safety in Structures", IFIP WP7.5 Conference on Reliability and Optimization in Structural Systems, Banff, Canada, November 2-5, 2003, A. A. Balkema Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 291-298 (ISBN: 90-5809-579-7).

"A Fuzzy-Aided Wavelet Damage Recognition For Intelligent Structural Health Monitoring" Proceedings of the 2nd European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Boller and Staszewski (eds), DEStech Publications, pp. 669-676; Munich, Germany, July 7-9, 2004 (with M. Reda Taha, A. Noureldin).

"Rocking Rigid Blocks Simulation using Fuzzy Systems Theory with Rule Reduction", NAFIPS Conference, Chicago, IL, July 2003 (with J. Lucero*).

"Analyses of the Environmental Impacts of an Eco-Industrial Park using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps", IEEE Int. Conf on Industrial Informatics, Banff, Canada, August 2003 (with S. Fons* and G. Achari).

"Fuzzy Set Theory Applied to Measurement Data for Exposure Control in Beryllium Part Manufacturing, , 6th Int. Conf. Engrg Design and Automation, Maui, Hawaii, August 4-7, 2002, Paper #35, pp. 130-136, ITS, Inc. Prospect, KY (with W. Parkinson, S. Abeln, K. Creek, F. Mortensen, P. Wantuck, and M. Jamshidi).

"A Fuzzy Feed-Forward/Feedback Control System for a Three-Phase Oil Field Centrifuge, 6th Int. Conf. Engrg Design and Automation, Maui, Hawaii, August 4-7, 2002, Paper #36, pp. 137-142, ITS, Inc. Prospect, KY (with W. Parkinson, R. Smith, F. Mortensen, P. Wantuck, T. Ross, M. Jamshidi and N. Miller).

"Application of Fuzzy Set Theory to Attribute Data for Quality Control in Beryllium Part Manufacturing", Proceedings 5th Int. Conf. Engrg Design and Automation, Las Vegas, NV, August 5-8, 2001, pp. 300-305 (refereed paper #66 with J. Parkinson, K. Hench, S. Abeln, F. Mortensen, P. Wantuck and M. Jamshidi).

"Assessing the Predictive Accuracy of Complex Simulation Models", Joint 9th IFSA World Congress and 20th NAFIPS International Conference, Vancouver, BC, July 25-28, 2001, IEEE Publications, ISBN: 0-7803-70079-1, Paper #355, pp. 2008-2012 (with V. Kreinovich and C. Joslyn).

"Optimal Elimination of Inconsistency of Expert Knowledge Formulation of the Problem, Fast Algorithms", Proceedings, Int. Conf. On Intelligent Technologies, Assumption Univerisity, Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 13-15, 2000, pp. 450-458 (coauthors V. Kreinovich and B. Wu).

"Possibility Intervals in the Characterization of Dynamic Model Uncertainty", proceedings of the 19th Int. Conference of NAFIPS, PeachFuzz '2000, Atlanta, GA, July 2000, IEEE Publ., T. Whalen (ed), ISBN 0-7803-6274-8, pp. 353-357.

"Application of Fuzzy Set Theory for Exposure Control in Beryllium Part Manufacturing", 4th World Automation Congress, Maui, Hawaii, June 2000 (CD-ROM), (with W. Parkinson, S. Abein, K. Creek, P. Wantuck and M. Jamshidi).

"A New Method for the Development of Empirical Possibility Distributions", ", 4th World Automation Congress, Maui, Hawaii, June 2000 (CD-ROM), (with S. Donald*).

"Application of Fuzzy Logic to the Decision Analysis for Waste Management", 4th World Automation Congress, Maui, Hawaii, June 2000 (CD-ROM),(with F. L. de Lemos, T. Sullivan, and W. Caminhas).

"System Reliability: A Case When Fuzzy Logic Enhances Probability Theory's Ability to Deal With Real-World Problems", 18th Int. Conference of NAFIPS, New York City, June 10-12, 1999, pp. 81-84, R. Dave and T. Sudkamp (eds), IEEE Paper 0-7803-5211-4, (with C. Ferregut, R. Osegueda, and V. Kreinovich).

"Case Studies in Civil Engineering: Fuzzy Logic Applications", Invited Lecture, First International Workshop on Current Trends and Developments in Fuzzy Logic, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 16-20, 1998; published by the Greek Telecommunications conglomerate, Intracom, Athens, Greece, 1999, pp. 211-236 (also http://obelix.ee.duth.gr/~apostolo/workshop).

"A New Safety Analysis Approach Using Enhanced Mathematical Structures", Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference, Vol. 2, pp. 657-664, June 1998, Balkema Publishers, Trondheim, Norway (with J. A. Cooper).

"The Application of New Mathematical Structures to Safety Analysis", IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE '98), IEEE Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp. 692-697, May, 1998 (with J. A. Cooper).

"Mathematical Relations for Incorporating Subjective Expertise into Safety Analysis," International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM 4), Vol. 3, pp. 1931-1936, A. Mosleh and R. A. Bari (eds), Springer Publishers, September, 1998 (with J. A. Cooper).

"Fuzzy Risk Analysis", Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Nov. 22-25, 1997, San Diego, CA, Vol. 2, pp. 498-500 (with V. Gupta and M. Murtaza).

"Improved Safety Analysis Through Enhanced Mathematical Structures," Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 1656-1661, October, 1997 (with J. A. Cooper).

"Building Knowledge Support in Scientific Computing with Object Technology", Proceedings, Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering XII, Computational Mechanics Publication, Southampton, UK, Capri, Italy, July 7-9, 1997, pp. 153-156 (also on CD ROM) (with W. Deng*).

"Development of a surface-specific, anti-weathering stone preservative treatment", in Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Historical Buildings, Computational Mechanics Publication, Southampton, UK, San Sebastian, Spain, June 25-27, 1997, pp. 233-242 (with S. Rao*, C. Scotto and J. Brinker).

"A Fuzzy Logic Paradigm for Fault Trees and Event Trees in Risk Assessment", ASCE 3rd Congress on Computing, J. Vanegas and P. Chinowsky, eds. Anaheim, CA, June 17-19, 1996, pp. 369-375 (with Donald, S.*).

"Use of Fuzzy Logic and Similarity Measures in the Risk Management of Hazardous Waste Sites", ASCE 3rd Congress on Computing, J. Vanegas and P. Chinowsky, eds. Anaheim, CA, June 17-19, 1996, pp. 376-382 (with Donald, S.*).

"An Integrated Probabilistic and Fuzzy Multi-Objective Method for Hazardous Waste Risk Management", Int. Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, Crete, Greece, June 24-28, 1996, Vol. 1, pp. 726-731.

"Reliability in Manufactured Products: Fuzzy Event and Fault Trees", Proc. Second World Automation Congress, Montpelier, France, May 27-30, Vol. 5, pp. 551-556, 1996.

"In-situ RF/Microwave Remediation of Soil Experiment Overview", submitted to Microwave and high frequency heating Inter. Conference, St. John's College, Cambridge, September 17-21, 1995 pp. D3.1-D3.4 (with Regan, A.*, Palomares, M., Polston, C., Rees, D.,and Roybal, W.).

"The case for a professional school of engineering: a 10-year plan for significant change", ASEE Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 24-29, Session 2355, Future of Professional Degrees, 1995.

"A Fuzzy Multi-objective Approach to Risk Management", Proc. 2nd Congress in Computing in Civil Engineering, Atlanta, GA, June 5-7, 1995, pp. 1400-1403, (with S. Donald*).

"Fuzzy classification of modal vibration data", ASCE Structures Congress '95, Boston, MA, April 3-5, 1995, pp. 1647-1650, Vol 2: Restructuring America and Beyond, Masoud Sanayei, (ed) (with T. Hasselman).

"On Establishing a System for Performing Dynamic Moire' Interferometry and Some Preliminary Results", 12th Congress of Applied Mechanics, ASME/ASCE, Seattle, WA, June 26-July 1, 1994, p. 507 (with A. Vasil* and A. Maji)

"Decision-Making Paradigm for Risk Assessment of Hazardous Wastes using Fuzzy Sets", First ASCE Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Session: Managing Uncertainty in Project Planning and Execution, June 1994, pp. 200-207 (with J. Trumm* and Sunil Donald*)

"Propagation of Modeling Uncertainty Through Structural Dynamic Models", AIAA Paper 94-1316, Proceedings AIAA/ASME 35th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, April 18-20, 1994, Hilton Head, SC, pp.72-83 (with T. Hasselman and J. Chrostowski).

"Rate of Ferrous Metal Corrosion as Influenced by Biological Activities", Extended abstract, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, November 1993, p. 79 (with L. Barton, and S. Rao*)

"A Framework-Based Environment for Object-Oriented Scientific Codes", Proceedings, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Object Oriented Numerics Conference, Sunriver, OR, April 1993 (with R. Ballance, A. Giancola, and G. Luger), pp. 25-35

"Interval Prediction in Structural Dynamic Analysis", Proceedings, AIAA 33rd Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, April 1992, Dallas, TX, pp. 1272-1284 ( with T. Hasselman and J. Chrostowski).

"Two Paradigms for OOP Models for Scientific Applications", Proc. ASCE 8th Conference in Computing in Civil Engineering, June 7-9 1992, Dallas, TX, pp. 535-542 (with P. Morrow, L. Wagner*, and G. Luger).

"Determination of the Rate of Biocorrosion via Hydrogenase Activity", Proceedings 1992 National R&D Conference on the Control of Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Materials Controls Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, February 4-6, 1992, pp. 280-283 (with R. Sharp* and L. Barton).

"The Predictive Accuracy of Structural Dynamic Models", Proceedings of the ADPA/AIAA/ASME/SPIE Active Materials and Adaptive Structures Conference, Alexandria, VA, 4-8 November 1991, pp. 605-612 (with T. Hasselman and Chrostowski).

"Assessing Damping Uncertainty in Space Structures with Fuzzy Sets", NASA Space Operations, Applications and Research Symposium, June, 1990, Albuquerque, NM (T. K. Hasselman).

"SEM Dynamic Microscopy", in Micro-mechanics of Failure of Quasi-Brittle Materials, S. P. Shah, S. E. Swartz and M. L. Wang, (eds.), Elsevier Applied Science, New York, 1990, pp. 365-374 (with B. Fishbine, R. Macy, and M. Wang).

"Integrated Knowledge-Based System for Structural Design", US Army CERL/ASCE First Joint Conference on Expert Systems, January 1989, pp. 72-79, Invited Paper, (with F. S. Wong).

"Fuzzy Logic Expert System for Damage Assessment of Protective Structures", NAFIPS-88 Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 1988, pp.76-80 (with F. Hadipriono).

"Performance Evaluation of Space Construction", Space 88, Albuquerque, NM, ASCE Publications, August 1988, pp. 1250-1259 (with F. Hadipriono).

"Dynamic Analysis of Arches", ASCE-EMD 7th Specialty Conference, VPI, Virginia, May 1988, p. 73 (with D. Merkle).

"Pattern Recognition Techniques for Distinguishing Structural Failure Modes from High Pressure Loading Records," Fourth ASCE Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, W. Lenocker, ed., October 1986, pp. 699-713 (with J. M. Carson, D. Hyndman and and F. S. Wong).

"Structural Damage Assessment using AI Techniques," First International Conference on Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Engineering Problems, D. Sriram and R. Adey, eds., 15-18 April 1986, pp. 835-846 (with F. S. Wong).

"DAPS: An Expert System for Damage Assessment to Protective Structures," ASCE Expert Systems in Civil Engineering, C. N. Kostem and M. L. Maher, eds., April 1986, pp. 109-120 (with F. S. Wong, S. J. Savage* and H. C. Sorensen).

"Expert Opinions and Expert Systems," Ninth ASCE Conference on Electronic Computation, 23-26 February 1986, pp 43-52 (with F. Wong, W. Dong, and A. Boissonnade).

"Impulsive Direct Shear Failure in Reinforced Concrete Beams," Fifth ASCE-EMD Specialty Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, Vol. 1, pp 400-403, August 1984.

"Stochastic Post-Failure Models of Buried Slabs," Fifth ASCE - Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, 1-3 August 1984, Laramie, Wyoming, Vol 2, pp 1257-1260.

C.3 Non-reviewed Conference Papers/Presentations since 1987

"Fuzzy SPC Filter for a Feed-Forward Control System for a Three-Phase Oil Field Centrifuge", 4th Int. Symp. Soft Computing for Industry, June 9-13, 2002, Orlando, FL, ISSCI Paper #011, Vol. 3, TSI Press, Albuquerque, NM (ISBN: 1-889335-17-7), (with W. Parkinson, R. Smith, F. Mortensen, P. Wantuck, and M. Jamshidi).

"A Fuzzy Setup and Control System for a Three-Phase Oil Field Centrifuge", 52nd Canadian Chem Engrg Conf., Vancouver, BC, October 20-23, 2002, Paper #045, abstract only (with W. Parkinson, R. Smith, T. Ross, R. Mintz*, N. Miller).

"Reaction Modeling with Fuzzy Logic", 52nd Canadian Chem Engrg Conf., Vancouver, BC, October 20-23, 2002, Paper #205, abstract only (with R. Mintz*, W. Svrcek, and B. Young).

"Process Controller Noise Rejection using Fuzzy Logic", 52nd Canadian Chem Engrg Conf., Vancouver, BC, October 20-23, 2002, Paper #513, abstract only (with G. Hay*, W. Svrcek, and B. Young).

"Tuning Modal Predictive Controllers using a Genetic Algorithm with Fuzzy Decision Making", 52nd Canadian Chem Engrg Conf., Vancouver, BC, October 20-23, 2002, Paper #514, abstract only (with J. vanderLee, W. Svrcek, and B. Young).

"Heat Exchanger Network Optimization and Controllability using Design Reliability Theory", 52nd Canadian Chem Engrg Conf., Vancouver, BC, October 20-23, 2002, Paper #585, abstract only (with W. Svrcek, B. Young, R. and Tellez*).

"A fuzzy systems approach to the approximate solution of equations in solid mechanics", NASA University Research Centers Student Conference, Nashville, TN, April 2000 (with J. L. Lucero*, and M. Morris*).

"A New Method to Assess Safety in Passive Systems", Proceedings of the World Automation Conference, Soft Computing, Multimedia, and Image Processing, Anchorage, AK, May 1998, Vol. 8, p. 57 (with J. Lucero* and J.A. Cooper).

"Current Methods of Uncertainty Analysis in Human Health Risk Assessments", Proceedings NASA URC/TC'97 Conference, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 213-218, M. Jamshidi, et al. (eds) (with S. Donald*).

"Fuzzy Systems Tutorial", Decision Sciences Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, Nov. 24, 1996 (with V. Gupta).

"Biosensors for Monitoring Environmental Wastes", Proceedings 5th Annual WERC Technology Development Conference, April 1995 (with Barton, L., Tomei, F., Carpenter, C., Lindemann, W.).

"Environmental microscopy in stone surface preservation", presented at the Structures and Environmental Materials Conference (STREMA '95), Chania, Crete, Greece, May 22-24, 1995 (with S. Rao*).

"Tutorial: Fuzzy Expert Systems", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Anaheim, CA, ASCE Publications, June 1993, Vol. 1, pp. 722-725.

"Biocorrosion of Ferrous Metals using ESEM", Proceedings of 3rd WERC Technolgoy Development Conference, Las Cruces, NM, April, 1993, (with S. Geiger*, L. Barton, and J. LaPointe), pp. 248-257

"Dynamic Moire Interferometry Study of Fracture in Brittle Materials", 1992 Conference of Society of Experimental Mechanics, Chicago, IL, November 1992 (with A. Vasil* and A. Maji).

"FSEM and ESEM: Fast and Wet Electron Microscopy", Proc. 14th Symposium Ideas in Science and Electronics, (Invited Paper) May 12-14, 1992, Albuquerque, NM, pp. 87-91.

"SEM Methods in Biocorrosion and Flocculation", Waste Management and Research Consortium (WERC) Technology Development Conference, Los Alamos, NM, April 20-22, 1992.

"Fuzzy Control Systems: Laboratory Experiments for an Engineering Curriculum", Proceedings of International Conference on Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Control, University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School, Louisville, KY, March 16-18, 1992 (with M. Jamshidi, D. Barak*, S. Baugh*, and N. Vadiee*).

"Dynamic Eulerian Finite Element Code: DELTA3D", Proceedings of the Defense Nuclear Agency Computational Structural Dynamics Conference, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, October 10-11, 1990, (Invited Paper), Report No. DASIAC TR-90-008, Vol. II. pp. 239-263 (with J. Y. Liu).

"FSEM: Fast Scanning Electron Microscopy", Poster #11-31, Advances in SEM Instrumentation, Proceedings XIIth International Congress for Electron Microscopy, Seattle, WA, August 1990, Vol. I, Imaging Sciences, San Francisco Press, Inc., pp. 607-608 (B. Fishbine and B. Macy, co-authors of abstract).

"An Expert System for Preliminary Pavement Rehabilitation (PARES)", Proceedings of the 27th New Mexico Paving and Transportation Conference, January 1990, pp. 121-128, (Invited Paper).

"Stochastic Methods in Protective Structures Design", Fourth International Symposium on Interaction of Non-Nuclear Munitions with Structures, Panama City Beach, Florida, April 17-21, 1989, pp. 208-213 (with S. Kung).

"Expert Systems for Pavement Design and Rehabilitation", Proceedings of 25th New Mexico Paving and Transportation Conference, January 1988, pp. 207-209, (Invited Paper).

"Fuzzy Logic Expert System for Damage Assessment of Protective Structures", Proceedings NAFIPS-88 Conference, San Francisco, June 1988, pp.76-80 (with F. C. Hadipriono).

"Fuzzy Production Rules for a Damage Assessment Expert System", International Symposium on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Engineering, Guangzhou, China, July 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 249-256 (with F. C. Hadipriono).

"Towards a Rule-Based Expert System for Damage Assessment of Protective Structures", Second Congress of the International Fuzzy Systems Association, Tokyo, Japan, July 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 156-159 (with F. C. Hadipriono).

"Finite Elements for Structural Analysis", SPOCADE III, A National CAD/CAE/CIM Conference and Exposition, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, August 9-11, 1987 (Invited Presentation).

* Nine (9) conference papers written prior to 1987 (see Section G)

Research Reports since 1987

"Extensions to Rail Safety to Rockfall Hazards using Possibility Theory", report submitted to the Fulbright Foundation, Washington, DC, August 2002.

"A Biologically Inspired Route to the Protection of Building Stone Surfaces", report to the UNM Research Allocations Committee, Project #98-L-22, January 1999 (S. Rao*).

"Integrating DEE (Distributed Execution Environment) with MEVA (Modular Effectiveness/Vulnerability Assessment): Phase II", OSC-98-001, Final report to the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL; contract F08630-97-C-004, July 1998 (with S. Verzi* and G. Luger).

"An Investigation of New Mathematical Structures for Safety Analysis", Sandia Report, SAND97-2695 (UC-706), November 1997 (with J. A. Cooper).

FY97 Annual Report: AEPI Risk Assessment/Management Program", final report submitted to the Army Environmental Policy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Altanta, GA, September 26, 1997.

"Fuzzy Event Trees and Fuzzy Fault Trees in Risk Assessment", final report submitted to Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, contract AR-9602, March 1997.

"Fuzzy Event Trees and Fuzzy Fault Trees in Risk Assessment", final report submitted to Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, contract AN-6095, October 1995.

"Strategic Plan: Risk Assessment and Risk Management", final report submitted to Army Environmental Policy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, August, 1995.

"Environmental Risk/Cost Policy Modeling", final report submitted to Army Environmental Policy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, October 1994.

"Promotion of Sustainable Development Options in the Ranking of Waste Site Remediation Alternatives", final report submitted to Army Environmental Policy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, August 1994 (with H. Jenkins-Smith, P. Reinke).

"The Role of Bacteria in the Biocorrosion of Metals and in the Bioremediation of Contaminated Water", Report No. WERC-01-4-23249, New Mexico Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium, U. S. Department of Energy, Las Cruces, New Mexico, August 1994 (with L. Barton, S. Rao, P. Moore, T. Gallegos and H. Adams).

"Investigation of Intermediate Diaphragm Loads on Steel Bridges", Report FHWA-HPR-91-02, New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department, Santa Fe, NM, June 1994 (with H. Sorensen, S. Donald*, S. Pringle*, K. Riddick*, and R. Thompson*)

"Development of a C++ Environment on the Cray for Large Scientific Codes", report to the Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM, November 1993 (with R. Ballance, A. Giancola, J. VanDyke and G. Luger)

"Investigation of Intermediate Diaphragm Loads on Steel Bridges", report to the New Mexico Highway and Transportation Department, Santa Fe, NM, November 1993 (with H. Sorensen).

"Biocorrosion and Flocculation Measurements in Waste Systems", Technical Report WERC-01-4-23164, New Mexico Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium, U. S. Department of Energy, Las Cruces, New Mexico, March 1993 (with L. Barton and J. LaPointe)

"Fast Scanning Environmental SEM for Use in Waste Studies", Technical Report WERC 91-50, New Mexico Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium, U. S. Department of Energy, Las Cruces, New Mexico, February 1992 (with L. Barton and J. LaPointe).

"Object-Oriented Programming in C++ on the Cray for Scientific Codes", Technical Report PL-TR-91-1037, Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, November 1991 (with L. Wagner and G. Luger).

"Methods for Evaluating the Predictive Accuracy of Structural Dynamics Models", Technical Report to Engineering Mechanics Associates, Inc. under NASA/JPL Prime Contract NAS7-1064, October 31, 1991.

"A Pavement Rehabilitation Expert System (PARES) for Preliminary Design, Report No. FHWA-HPR-NM-88-03, New Mexico Highway and Transportation Department Publication, Santa Fe, NM, July 1990 (with S. Verzi*, S. Shuler, G. McKeen, and V. Schaefer).

"A New Diffusing-Vortex Numerical Scheme for Solving Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations", Report to the National Science Foundation, NSF Grant No. ISI-8760931, 31 July 1988 (with Z. Lu and S. Kung).

"Development of a Dynamic Eulerian Finite Element Code for Transient Analysis: DELTA2D and DELTA3D", Report to the Defense Nuclear Agency, Contract DNA001-87-C-0222, 15 June 1988 (with S. Kung and Z. Lu).

"Stochastic Methods in Protective Structure Design: An Integrated Approach", Report to the Air Force Engineering and Services Center, Contract F08635-87-C-0371, 21 April 1988 (with S. Kung and F. Wong).

"Development of a High-Imaging Speed Scanning Electron Microscope for Dynamically Loaded Materials", Report to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Contract F49620-87-C-0082, 8 February 1988 (with M. Wang, B. Fishbine, and I. Mackinnon).

"Frame-to-Frame Coherence Approach to Efficient 3-D Animation", Report to the U. S. Army Waterways Experiment Station, Contract DACA39-87-C-0025, 13 November 1987 (with S. Y. Kung).

"Development of a Rule-Based Structural Damage Assessment Code", Air Force Weapons Lab Report, AFWL-TR-87-19, 1987 (with S. Savage, H. Sorensen, J. Carson and B. Satterthwaite).

* Thirteen (13) research reports written prior to 1987 (see Section G)

C.5 Thesis and Dissertation

"Direct Shear Failure in Reinforced Concrete Beams Under Impulsive Loading," Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, July 1983.

"Numerical Large Deflection Bending and Buckling Analysis of Arches," MS Thesis, Rice University, April 1973.

 

Non-Technical Writings

"Improve Economy By Improving University", Editorial to Albuquerque Journal, 16 Mar 1987, p. A4.

 

Patents

5,254,857; Fast Scanning Electron Microscope (FSEM), October 19, 1993
(inventors: T. Ross, M. Wang, I. Mackinnon).