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Suren Chen, Ph.D.

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Dr. Suren Chen joined CSU as an assistant professor in 2006. In the past over ten years, Dr. Chen has been primarily working on life-time performance of bridge infrastructures, traffic infrastructure system safety and serviceability, natural hazard assessment mitigation, and structural control and health monitoring. Dr. Chen has published over 50 research papers on journals and conferences in his field. Between 2004 and 2006, he worked in one of the leading consulting firms in the nation as a civil engineer on bridge design, construction and management projects for FEMA including DFIRM study, LOMR review and GIS-based map production. He is a licensed professional engineer and also a certified floodplain manager. He currently serves on four technical committees of ASCE and is also the Transportation Research Board (TRB) appointed representative for CSU. He is currently leading several research projects on transportation infrastructure safety funded by federal and local agencies.

Selected Publications

  1. Zhou, Y. and Chen, S. (2017). “Investigation of the live load effects on long-span bridges under traffic flows”, Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE (in press)2017

  2. Zhou, Y. and Chen, S. (2017). “Full-response prediction of the coupled long-span bridge and traffic system under spatially varying seismic excitations”, Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE (in press).2017

  3. Xiang, H., Li, Y., Chen, S. and Hou, G. (2017). “Experimental investigation of wind loads of moving vehicle on bridge with solid wind barrier”, Engineering Structures (in press)20170

  4. Han, Y., Li, K., He, X., Chen, S. and Xue, F. (2017). “Stress analysis of a long-span suspension bridge under combined action of random traffic and wind loads”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, ASCE (in press).2017

  5. Yin, X., Liu, Y., Kong, B. and Chen, S. (2017). “Experimental and Numerical Studies of a Damaged Bridge Considering Stochastic Traffic Flows and Road Roughness” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 17 (8), 1750089.  Read this online2017

  6. Xiang, H., Li, Y., Chen, S. and Li, C. (2017). “A wind tunnel test method on aerodynamic characteristics of moving vehicles under crosswinds”, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 163, 15-23.  Read this online2017

  7. Yin, X., Liu, Y. and Chen, S. (2017). “Assessment of ride safety based on wind-traffic-pavement-bridge coupled vibration”, Wind and Structures, 24 (3), 287-306.  Read this online2017

  8. Hou, G.Y., Chen, S., Zhou, Y. and Wu, J. (2017). “Framework of microscopic traffic flow simulation on highway infrastructure system under hazardous driving conditions”, Journal of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2017.1305851.  Read this online2017

  9. Hou, G.Y. and Chen, S. (2017). “Impact of Bent Connection and Geometric Configuration on Seismic Performance of SMC Concrete Bridges in Low-to-moderate Seismic Region”, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE, 22 (4).  Read this online2017

  10. Ma, X., Chen, S., and Chen, F. (2017). “Multivariate Space-Time Modeling of Crash Frequencies by Injury Severity Levels”. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 15, 29-40.
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  11. Deng, Y., Liu, Y. and Chen, S (2017). “Long-term in-service monitoring and performance assessment of main cable of long-span suspension bridge”, Sensors, 17 (6), 1414  Read this online2017

  12. Ma, X., Chen, S and Chen, F. (2017). “Correlated Random Parameter Marginalized Two-Part Model: An Application to Refined-Scale Longitudinal Crash Rate Data”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, ASCE, 144 (2), 04017071.   Read this online2017

  13. Chen, S., Zhou, Y., Hou, G., Chen, F. and Wu, J. (2017). “Research of long-span bridge and traffic system subjected to winds: a system and multi-hazard perspective”, International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 6(3), 184-195.   Read this online2017

  14. Chen, Luke and Chen, Suren (2016), “Seismic fragility analysis of curved and skewed bridges in low-to-moderate seismic region”, Earthquake and Structures, 10 (4), 789-810.  Read this online2016

  15. Ma, X., Chen, S and Chen, F. (2016). “Correlated random effects bivariate Poisson lognormal model to study single- and multi-vehicle crashes”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000882 , 0401604.  Read this online2016

  16. Zhou, Y. and Chen, S. (2016). Vehicle ride comfort analysis with whole-body vibration on long-span bridges subjected to crosswind, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 155, 126-140.  Read this online2016

  17. Chen, F., Chen, S. and Ma, X. (2016). “Crash frequency modeling using real-time environmental and traffic data and unbalanced panel data models”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(6), 609.  Read this online2016

  18. Zhou, Y. and Chen, S. (2016). “Reliability Assessment Framework of the Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge and Traffic System Subjected to Cable Breakage Events”, Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001000 , 04016133.  Read this online2016

  19. Gidaris, I., Padgett, J. E., Barbosa, A. R., Chen, S., Cox, D., Webb, B., and Cerato, A. (2016). “Multiple-hazard fragility and restoration models of highway bridges for regional risk and resilience assessment in the U.S.: a state-of-the-art review”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001672, 04016188.  Read this online2016

  20. Chen, F., Chen, S. and Ma, X. (2016), “Crash Frequency Analysis Using Hurdle Models with Random Effects Considering Short-term Panel Data”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(11), 1043.  Read this online2016

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