Yusuke Suzuki Ph.D. Candidate McGill University Department of Civil Engineering Advisor: Prof. Dimitrios G. Lignos

Contact Information:

Address: Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 165

817 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, CANADA

email address

Current Research Summary:

My research involves analytical and experimental research related to the collapse assessment of steel structures designed with high yield ratio steel columns. My research interests involve:

• Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering

• Collapse Assessment of Steel Moment Resisting Frames

• High-Performance Steel

• Experimental Methods in Earthquake Engineering with Emphasis on Column Behaviour

Education:

• B.Sc., Nagoya University, Japan, March 2002
  

• M.Sc., University of Tokyo, September 2004
  

• Ph.D., McGill University, Canada, 2012-till now
  Advisor: Prof. Dimitrios G. Lignos

Practice:

• Senior Research Engineer (Full time), 2006-2012
  Employer: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Japan

Publications:

- Refereed Journal Publications

1. Taisuke YAMAZAKI, Ryoichi KANNO, Tadayoshi OKADA, Yusuke SUZUKI, Mayumi OKIMORI, Kaoru ITOH, Toru TAKEUCHI, Hiroyasu FUJIOKA. “The Producer and Measurement of the Steel Parts of the Foghorn Building of Inubosaki Lighthouse”, Journal of Architecture and Planning, AIJ, Vol.79, No.670, pp.2431-2438, 2011 (in Japanese)

2. Ken’ichi KAWAGUCHI, Yusuke SUZUKI. “Extraction of Selfstress Modes and Inextentional Displacement Modes of Tensegrity Structures by Group Theory, Journal of Structural Engineering”, Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, AIJ, No.597, pp.77-84, 2005 (in Japanese)

- Papers in International Conference Proceedings

1. Masaki Arita, Yoichi Kayamori, Yusuke Suzuki, Koji Hanya, Takahiko Suzuki, Ichiro Takeuchi, Tanemi Yamaguchi, “Fracture Assessment of Cold-Press-Formed Square Hollow Sections at Welded Joints”, Civil Engineering and Building Materials 2012, Prudentialhotel (Hong Kong), 2012

2. Ken’ichi Kawaguchi, Yusuke Suzuki, “Path Tracing of Unfolding Process of a Tensegrity Unit with Radial Network Pattern”, ECCOMAS 2004, 4th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Jyvaskyla, Finland, Proceedings CD-ROM, Vol.2, 2004

- Conference Profeedings (with abstract review)

1. Yoichi Kayamori, Masaki Arita, Yusuke SUZUKI, Takahiko SUZUKI, Tanemi YAMAGUCHI. “Effects of Strain Aging and Constraint on Ductile Fracture Properties in High Yield Point Steel for Building Structures”, Journal of Steel Construction Engineering, JSSC, Vol.20, pp.15-22, 2012 (in Japanese)

2. Yusuke SUZUKI, Takahiko SUZUKI, Ryoichi KANNO, Koji HANYA, Tanemi YAMAGUCHI. “Structural Performance of High Yield Strength Rectangular HSS Columns Subjected to Tensile AxialForce”, Journal of Steel Construction Engineering, JSSC, Vol.19, pp.677-684, 2011 (in Japanese)

- Technical Reports

1. Takahiko SUZUKI, Yusuke SUZUKI, Yuzuru Yoshida, Shin KUBOTA, Yasumi SHIMURA, Masahiro NAGATA, “Development of Structural Steel for Buildings with High Yield Ratio and High Yield Point Leading Innovative Steel Structural System”, Nippon Steel Technical Report, No.97, pp.64-73, 2008

2. Ken’ichi Kawaguchi, Yusuke Suzuki, Shunjo OHYA, Masako HATTORI. “Safety of Interior Spaces of Large Enclosures based on the Damage Investigations of Niigata-Chuetsu and Fukuoka-Seiho-oki Earthquakes”, Seisan Kenkyu, Vol.57(6) , pp.543-545, 2005 (in Japanese)

3. Ken’ichi Kawaguchi, Yusuke Suzuki. “Damage Investigations of Public Halls in Nagaoka City after Niigata-Chuetu Earthquake”, Bulletin of Earthquake Resistant Structure Research Center, vol.38, pp.31-38, 2005