Jerome F. Hajjar
University Distinguished Professor, CDM Smith Professor, and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Contact
- jf.hajjar@northeastern.edu
- 400 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Office
- 400 Snell Engineering Center
- 617.373.3242
Research Focus
Sustainable and resilient steel and composite steel/concrete structures; earthquake engineering; structural stability; large-scale experimental testing of structures; regional simulation
Education
- PhD, Structural Engineering, Cornell University, 1988
- MS, Structural Engineering, Cornell University, 1985
- BS, Engineering Mechanics, Yale University, 1982
Licensure
- Professional Engineer: Illinois, Minnesota
Honors & Awards
- 2024 AISC Special Achievement Award
- 2024 SSRC Lynn S. Beedle Award
- 2023 President of the Structural Engineering Institute
- 2023 ASCE Thomas A. Lenox ExCEED Leadership Award
- 2022 NAE Member
- 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award, American Institute of Steel Construction
- 2018 Robert D. Klein Lectureship Award
- 2016 ASCE Moisseiff Award
- 2015 BSCES Clemens Herschel Award
- 2013 SEI Fellow
- 2010 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
- 2009 ASCE Shortridge Hardesty Award
- 2007 ASCE Fellow
- 2005 AISC T. R. Higgins Lectureship Award
- 2004 AISC Special Achievement Award
- 2003 ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
- 2000 ASCE Norman Medal
Professional Affiliations
- American Concrete Institute
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- American Society of Civil Engineers Structural Engineering Institute
- Architectural Institute of Japan
- Association for International Cooperation and Research in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures
- Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
- European Association for Earthquake Engineering
- International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering
- Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
- Research Council on Structural Connections
- Structural Stability Research Council
Research Overview
Sustainable and resilient steel and composite steel/concrete structures; earthquake engineering; structural stability; large-scale experimental testing of structures; regional simulation
Laboratory for Structural Testing of Resilient and Sustainable Systems
The double-height STReSS Lab features a 2,000 square-foot, reinforced concrete strong floor to enable full-scale testing of buildings, bridges, and other structures to failure. The strong floor includes a grid of 416 tie-down anchors, each capable of withstanding 200,000 pounds of force.
Selected Research Projects
- Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW)
- – co-Principal Investigator, DOE
- Century-scale Carbon-sequestration in Cross-laminated Timber Composite Bolted-steel Buildings
- – Principal Investigator, ARPA-E
- Ensuring Long-Term Availability and Bankability of Offshore Wind Through Hurricane Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- – Principal Investigator, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium
- CRISP Type 2: Identification and Control of Uncertain, Highly Interdependent Processes Involving Humans with Applications to Resilient Emergency Health Response
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Physics-Reinforced Deep Learning for Structural Metamodeling
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative
- – Co-Principal Investigator, American Institute of Steel Construction and Industry
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Du, X., Hajjar, J. F., Bond, R. B., Ren, P., and Sun, H. Clustering and Selection of Hurricane Wind Records using Autoencoder and k-means Algorithm, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 149(8), August 2023, Paper No. 04023096-1.
- Briggs, N. E., Avellaneda-Ramirez, R. E., Coleman, K., Schafer, B. W. Eatherton, M. R., Easterling, W. S., and Hajjar, J. F. Cyclic Behavior of Composite Connections in Composite Floor Diaphragms, Proceedings in Civil Engineering, 6(1), 2023, 566-577.
- Yan, Y. and Hajjar, J. F. Automated Creation of Geometric Models for the Superstructure Components of Steel Girder Bridges Through Exploiting Terrestrial Laser Scanning Data, Automation in Construction, 142, 2022, Paper No. 104484.
- Padilla-Llano, D. A., Schafer, B. W., and Hajjar, J. F. Cyclic Fracture Simulation Through Element Deletion in Structural Steel Systems, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 189, 2022, Paper No. 107082.
- Yan, Y., Mao, Z., Wu, J., Padir, T., Hajjar, J. F. Towards Automated Detection and Quantification of Concrete Cracks using Integrated RGB Images and Lidar Data from Unmanned Aircraft System, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 28(8), 2021, Paper No. e2757. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stc.2757)
- Du, X., and Hajjar, J. F. Three-dimensional Nonlinear Mixed Beam Element for Members with Angle and Tee Sections, Thin-Walled Structures, 164, 2021, Paper No. 107817.
- Wang, L., Webster, M. D., and Hajjar, J. F. Design for Deconstruction Using Sustainable Composite Beams with Precast Concrete Planks and Clamping Connectors, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 146(8), 2020, Paper No. 04020158-1.
Jun 18, 2024
Annual Cochrane Fellowship Luncheon Celebrates Academic Excellence and Research Innovation
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosted the annual Cochrane Fellowship luncheon to celebrate and discuss the impactful research which is supported by the Cochrane Fellowship Fund.
May 22, 2024
CEE Students Receive NCSEA Foundation Diversity in Structural Engineering Scholarship
Baiyu Chen, PhD’27, civil and environmental engineering, Shun Lei Yee, E’25, civil engineering, and Santa Flores Alvarez, MS’24, civil engineering, were named recipients of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) Foundation Diversity in Structural Engineering Scholarships.
Apr 24, 2024
Abur and Hajjar Appointed University Distinguished Professors
ECE Professor Ali Abur and CEE CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair Jerome Hajjar were appointed the rank of University Distinguished Professor, the highest honor the university can bestow upon a faculty member.
Apr 01, 2024
Jerome Hajjar on the Future of Sustainable, Resilient Structures: ‘Let’s Lead a Culture Shift’
CEE Professor and Chair Jerome Hajjar was featured in the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) article “Jerome Hajjar on the Future of Sustainable, Resilient Structures: ‘Let’s Lead a Culture Shift’.“
Mar 27, 2024
Potential Causes of Baltimore Bridge Collapse From a Structural Engineering Perspective
CEE CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair Jerome Hajjar explains the potential causes of the catastrophic Baltimore bridge collapse in which several people died, and the risks posed by older bridges and large commercial shipping vessels.
Mar 06, 2024
Hajjar Earns AISC Special Achievement Award for Steel Diaphragm Research
CDM Smith Professor and CEE Department Chair Jerome F. Hajjar is one of five individuals recognized by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) with a 2024 Special Achievement Award.
Feb 26, 2024
Northeastern Among Top 100 Universities for Utility Patents
Northeastern University, recognized for its excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship, has once again been named one of the top 100 universities worldwide for securing utility patents by the National Academy of Inventors.
Feb 09, 2024
First-Ever National Offshore Wind Research Center
CEE Professor Andrew Myers, CEE/MIE Associate Research Professor Nathan Post, and CEE CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair Jerome Hajjar, in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a consortium of forty partners, were selected to join a first-of-its-kind $11.9 million DOE research center, Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW), dedicated to accelerate reliable and equitable offshore wind energy deployment across the nation. It will focus on workforce development, targeted research, and partnerships and strategies to embed equity in offshore wind development.
Jan 29, 2024
Sustainably Designing the New Tallest Building in the US
CEE Chair & CDM Smith Professor Jerome F. Hajjar explains why the construction of a new building in Oklahoma City is a milestone for sustainability and resilience in civil and environmental engineering.
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those […]