Jerome (Jerry)
Hajjar
CDM Smith Professor, Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jerome (Jerry) Hajjar in the Press
The Oklahoman
Is funding secured for OKC skyscraper project? Is it actually viable? What we know
However, Dellate, along with Jerome Hajjar, a professor at Northeastern College of Engineering in Boston, both said despite concerns about Oklahoma’s location within Tornado Alley, among others, the tower is doable from a structural standpoint.
Time is running out to find survivors.
Many of the buildings in the earthquake zone appear to be lightly reinforced concrete and masonry structures that are several decades old, said Jerome F. Hajjar, a structural engineer at Northeastern University who specializes in earthquakes.
IN THE BIG DIG’S SHADOW
Thanks largely to computer modeling, engineers now have a better idea how a building can — or can’t — be built, said Jerome Hajjar, an engineering professor at Northeastern University. Designers can test different layouts or materials in ways they couldn’t in years past. “It doesn’t make it easy,” he said, “but it makes it […]
What does poor rating for collapsed bridge mean for others?
Sometimes the deterioration is minor enough that the bridge will be put in the queue for repair and the frequency of inspections will increase, said Jerome Hajjar, professor and department chair at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. “When a bridge is added to the queue, it can be years before there’s funding to take care […]
Business Insider
Civil engineers are adjusting designs and materials to make them more sustainable, but experts say many more solutions are needed
At Northeastern University, professor Jerome F. Hajjar chairs the department of civil and environmental engineering. He said a useful way to think about how the shift to more sustainable engineering could be accelerated was by looking at the transition to buildings designed to better withstand or control damage from earthquakes.
Pittsburgh Business Journal
CMU robotics researchers develop flying robots to make images, find weaknesses in large structures
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are developing small, self-guided flying robots that use 3-D imaging technology to help engineers pinpoint and assess structural damage and other weaknesses in large structures, such as bridges and dams. A prototype version of the Aerial Robotic Infra­struc­ture Ana­lyst, or ARIA, has already successfully mapped a small bridge, […]
Boston Herald
Fixing `structurally deficient’ MBTA bridges carries $800M tab
“In extreme cases, they close a bridge,” said Jerome F. Hajjar, chairman of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Northeastern University. “If you’re not able to adequately maintain it, it’s very likely it will continue to deteriorate.” So far, no T rail bridges have been closed. Taxpayers could be on the hook for the […]
