Civil and Environmental Engineering
3546 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 355-5107
E-Mail: harichan@egr.msu.edu
Web: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~harichan

• Structural Analysis
• Design of Steel Structures
• Design of Concrete Structures
• Structural Dynamics
• Advanced Mechanics for Civil Infrastructure
• Reliability-Based Design in Civil Engineering
• Random Vibration of Structural and Mechanical Systems

• Polymer Composite Jackets for Column Repair, Michigan Department of Transportation.
• Response of Earth Dams to Spatially Varying Ground Motion, National Science Foundation.
• Nonlinear Random Vibration Analysis of Structural Systems Made of Composite Materials, State of Michigan Research Excellence Fund.
• Development of Computer Programs for Flexible Pavement Analysis and Design, Michigan Department of Transportation.

Dr. Harichandran's research has focused on random vibrations, engineering reliability, structural dynamics, finite element methods and advanced composite materials, and their application to problems in earthquake, pavement and bridge engineering.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Ph.D., Structures

• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005
• CIC Academic Leadership Fellow, Michigan State University, 1996
• Teacher-Scholar Award, Michigan State University, 1992

• Response of an Earth Dam to Spatially Varying Earthquake Ground Motion, with M.-T. Chen, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 127(9). 932-939, 2001.
• Nonlinear Random Vibration of FRP Plates using High-Order Shear Theory, with J, Kang, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 125(9), 1081­1088, 1999.
• Response of Long-Span Bridges to Spatially Varying Ground Motion, with A. Hawwari and B. N. Sweidan, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 122(5), 476-484, 1996.
• A Modified Newton Algorithm for Backcalculation of Pavement Layer Properties, with T. Mahmood, A. Raab and G. Y. Baladi, Transportation Research Record, 1384, 15-22, 1993.
• MICH-PAVE: A Nonlinear Finite Element Program for the Analysis of Flexible Pavements, with M.-S. Yeh and G. Y. Baladi, Transportation Research Record, 1286, 123-131, 1990.
• Stochastic Variation of Earthquake Ground Motion in Space and Time, with E. H. Vanmarcke, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 112(2), 154­174, 1986.