Curriculum Vitae
Jay (Javad) Esmaeelpour
Structural engineer at the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Education
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2026
Ph.D., Civil Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville · Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Advisor: Mark D. Denavit
Experience
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Now
Structural Engineer
Virginia Department of Transportation
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Before
Research Associate
University of Tennessee, Knoxville · Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Publications
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2026
Flexural Stiffness of Slender Reinforced Concrete Columns: Evaluating Design Codes, Long-Term Loading and Second-order Effects ↗
Better design equations for tall, slender concrete columns, plus a tool for modeling how concrete slowly creeps and shrinks over time.
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2026
Design for Stability of Structural Steel Connections Using the Component-Based Finite Element Method ↗
A way to check whether steel connections stay stable under load, using computer models.
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2025
Evaluating Flexural Stiffness Equations for the Stability Design of Slender Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns ↗
How well do the equations used to design tall bridge columns hold up? This paper tests them and shows where they fall short.
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2024
Second Order Effects on the Design of Slender Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns ↗
Checks whether the design code's shortcut for tall bridge columns is accurate enough for real bridges.
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2024
Further Investigation of Bearing and Tearout of Steel Bolted Connections ↗
Tests and models of how bolted steel connections fail when the bolts pull against the plate.
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2020
Performance of Reinforced Concrete Structures Against Progressive Collapse Due to Impact Loading ↗
How concrete buildings hold up against progressive collapse when something hits them.
Software
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Technical
OpenSeesNonlinear finite element analysisPythonAASHTO LRFD / ACI 318TypeScript