W. Brent Hall

Associate Professor

W. Brent Hall, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, joined the faculty after receiving his Ph.D. degree in structural engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. In Spring 1999, he will serve as Coordinator of Project Design Activity. The position includes chairing the senior project course for which 25-35 projects are solicited annually from participating industries and are addressed by student teams with faculty advisors. He will administer the course, arrange for presentations, evaluate and grade for the project teams.

His research interests include structural reliability and safety, and optimization of structures and components. His engineering experience has been in the areas of cold-formed steel design, structural analysis, and municipal engineering.

Currently, Hall is working on probalistic evaluation and design procedures for load tested structural systems, based on reliability models developed earlier. He is also doing research on optimal structural standardization, and on robustness assessment of controlled structural systems using reliability methods.

Contact Information
Office: 310 Transportation Building
Mailing Address:
117 Transportation Building MC-238
104 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-0329
Fax: (217) 244-5705
e-mail: w-hall@uiuc.edu

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