Andrew T. Myers
Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office
- 439 SN
- 617.373.3813
Research Focus
Fixed and floating offshore wind structures; multi-scale experimental testing of structures; computational simulation; probabilistic modeling
About
Andrew Myers is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University and a registered professional engineer in the state of California. Prior to joining Northeastern, Andrew worked for two years at AIR Worldwide in San Francisco, where he consulted on site-specific natural catastrophe risk assessments.
He received his M.S. (2006) and Ph.D. (2009) at Stanford University and his B.S. (2004) from Johns Hopkins University; all three degrees are in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a focus on Structural Engineering. His interests include multi-scale experimental testing of structures, computational mechanics-based simulation, probabilistic modeling of structural and natural systems, home renovations and CrossFit.
Education
- Ph.D., Structural Engineering and Geomechanics, Stanford University, 2009
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2004
Licensure
- Professional Engineer: California
Honors & Awards
- 2021 College of Engineering Faculty Fellow
- 2020 named winner of the 2020 Cleantech Open Northeast for startup, T-Omega Wind
- 2016 NSF CAREER Award
- 2013 CEE Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2007 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship
Professional Affiliations
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
- Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
Research Overview
Fixed and floating offshore wind structures; multi-scale experimental testing of structures; computational simulation; probabilistic modeling
Selected Research Projects
- CAREER: Advancing Multi-Hazard Assessment and Risk- based Design for Offshore Wind Energy Technology
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation GOALI/Collaborative Research: Optimization of - Infrastructure-Scale Thin-Walled Tube Towers Including Uncertainty
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation - Innovative, Ultra-Low Cost, Locally Manufactured Floating Wind Turbine for Cheap Electricity
Principal Investigator, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- C. Qiao, A.T. Myers, S.R. Arwade, Characteristics of Hurricane-Induced Wind, Wave, and Storm Surge Maxima along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, Renewable Energy, 150, 2020, 712-721
- F. Mirzaie, A.T. Myers, A. Jay, A. Mahmoud, E. Smith, B.W. Schafer, Analysis of Geometric Imperfections of Spirally Welded Slender Tubes, Thin-Walled Structures, 146, 2019, 106447
- C. Qiao, A.T. Myers, S.R. Arwade, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification of Metocean Models for Assessing Hurricane Risk, Wind Energy, 23, 2019, 220– 234
- S. Hallowell, A.T. Myers, S.R. Arwade, W. Pang, P. Rawal, E. Hines, J.F. Hajjar, C. Qiao, V. Valamanesh, K. Wei, W. Carswell, C. Fontana, Hurricane Risk Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines, Renewable Energy, Elsevier, 2018
- F. Mirzaie, A.T. Myers, A. Jay, A. Mahmoud, S. Torabian, E. Smith, B.W. Schafer, Imperfection Measurements to Predict Buckling Behavior of Slender Steel Tubes, Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier, 2017
Jun 09, 2022
T-Omega Wind Start-up is Redesigning Wind Turbine Platforms
The start-up T-Omega Wind, founded by CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers and Senior Research Engineer Jim Papadopoulos, is using a new type of wind turbine platform that will be more flexible and efficient than current models.
Mar 14, 2022
CEE Spinout Wins Accelerator Grant to Continue Wind Energy Research
CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers, an expert in structural engineering, and Senior Research Engineer Jim Papadopoulos, an expert in structural/mechanical design, recently founded a startup company developing novel offshore wind energy solutions spun out from research conducted at Northeastern University. Now, their startup T-Omega Wind has received a new grant to continue development.
Oct 27, 2020
Northeastern-spinoff Wins 2020 Cleantech Open Northeast
CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers and Part-time faculty Jim Papadopoulos were named winners of the 2020 Cleantech Open Northeast for their startup, T-Omega Wind.
Feb 20, 2020
Myers Awarded MassCEC Grant for Innovative Floating Wind Turbine
CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers and co-inventor Jim Papadopoulos were one of 18 groups awarded funding from a new $1.7M grant by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MassCEC) Catalyst and InnovateMass programs in support of clean energy startups and research teams across the Commonwealth.
Jan 31, 2020
NGSEA wins Graduate Student Chapter of the Year
The Northeastern Graduate Structural Engineering Association (NGSEA) was selected by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Local Activities Division as the Graduate Student Chapter of the Year.
Jan 13, 2020
SEI President Glenn Bell Talks the Future of Structural Engineering
Structural Engineering Institute’s new president, Glenn Bell, recently visited Northeastern to deliver a seminar on his future vision for structural engineering.
Aug 05, 2019
Myers Receives $899K NSF grant to Optimize Thin-Walled Tube Towers
CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers, in collaboration with John Hopkins and Vestas Wind Systems, was awarded an $899K NSF grant for “Optimization of Infrastructure-Scale Thin-Walled Tube Towers including Uncertainty.”
May 23, 2019
The Great Potential of Offshore Wind Farms
CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers was interviewed by Science for the Public about the Great Potential of Offshore Wind Farms.
Mar 21, 2019
The Potential to Power the Nation
CEE Chair Jerome Hajjar, Associate Professors Andrew Myers, Luca Caracoglia, and CCSH Professor Jennie Stephens are researching ways to build safe and effective offshore wind farms that have the capacity to power the entire country.
Apr 14, 2017
Developing a National Agenda for Research on Offshore Wind Resiliency
CEE Professor and Chair Jerome Hajjar and CEE Assistant Professor Andrew Myers received a grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to develop a national agenda for research on offshore wind energy infrastructure.