Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan State University
428 S. Shaw Lane, Rm. 3580
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 353-9813
E-Mail: kodur@egr.msu.edu
Web: http://www.egr.msu.edu

• Design of Steel Structures (CE 405)
• Advanced Design of Steel Structures (CE 805)
• Structural Fire Engineering (CE 808)
• Senior Design in Civil Engineering (Structures Track) (CE 495)
• Design of Concrete and Steel Structures (CE 336 - Queen's University)
• Prestressed Concrete (CE 436 - Queen's University)

• A numerical approach for PB fire safety design of PC double T beams, Funded by: Prestressed Concrete Institute
• Fire resistance tests on engineered wood beams, Underwriters Laboratory and National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Fire design guidelines for high strength concrete columns exposed to fire, National Science Foundation
• Collaborative Research: Fire behavior and design of building floor systems, National Science Foundation
• Fire engineering guidelines for the design of steel beam-columns, National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Tecnology
• Guidelines for the design of steel shear angle connections under fire hazard, National Science Foundation
• Performance-based methodology for demonstrating the feasibility of unprotected steel in sprinklered buildings, American Institute of Steel Construction
• Establishment of structural and fire engineering diagnostic center, MSU Foundation

Dr. Kodur's research has focused on the experimental behavior and analytical modeling of structural systems under extreme fire conditions, constitutive modeling of material properties at elevated temperatures, developing guidelines for fire resistance design of structural systems, evaluating fire performance of high performing materials, performance based fire safety design, non-linear design and analysis of structures and building collapse investigations.

Queen's University at Kingston: Ph.D., Structural Engineering

Awards and Honors:

Selected Publications:

• Kodur V.K.R., Essam A. and Dwaikat M.A.S., "Evaluating fire resistance of steel girders in bridges", in Press: Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), 2012. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000412
• Kodur V., Kand S. and Khaliq W., "Effect of temperature on thermal and mechanical properties of steel bolts", ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 24(6), pp. 765-774, 2012 doi:10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000445.
• Dwaikat M.M.S and Kodur V.K.R., "Modeling fracture and delamination of spray applied fire resisting materials under static and impact loads", ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, V. 137, No. 12, pp. 901-910, 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000290, 2011.
• Khaliq W. and Kodur V., "Thermal and mechanical properties of fiber reinforced high performance self-consolidating concrete at elevated temperatures", J. of Cement and Concrete Research, V. 41, pp. 112-122, 2011.
• Raut N. and Kodur V.K.R., "Modeling the fire response of reinforced concrete columns under biaxial bending", in Press: ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 108 No. 6, pp. 1-24, 2011.
• Dwaikat M.B. and Kodur V.K.R., "Design equation for predicting fire resistance of reinforced concrete beams", J. of Engineering Structures, 33 (2), 602-614, 2011.
• Mao Xiaoyong and Kodur V.K.R., "Fire resistance of concrete encased steel columns under 3- and 4-side heating", Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 67(3), 270-280, 2011.
• Ahmed A. and Kodur V.K.R., "Experimental behavior of FRP- strengthened RC beams subjected to design fire exposure", J. of Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, Issue 7, pp 2201-2211, 2011.
• Raut N. and Kodur V., "Response of high strength concrete columns under design fire exposure", ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 137(1), 69-80, 2011.
• Kodur, V.K.R and Ahmed, A. , "A numerical model for tracing the response of FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete beams exposed to fire", ASCE J. of Compos. for Constr., Volume 14, Issue 6, pp. 730-743, 2010.
• Kodur V.K.R, Pakala P., Dwaikat M., "Energy-based time equivalent approach for evaluating fire resistance of reinforced concrete beams", Fire Safety Journal, 45(4), pp. 211-220, 2010.
• J-M Franssen, V. Kodur & Zaharia, R., Designing Steel Structures for Fire Safety, pp. 162. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, ISBN: 978-0-415-54828-1, 2009
• Dwaikat M., Kodur V.K.R, "Hydro-thermal model for predicting fire induced spalling in concrete structural systems ", Fire Safety Journal, V. 44, 425-434, 2009.
• Dwaikat M., Kodur V.K.R, "A numerical approach for modeling the fire induced restraint effects in reinforced concrete beams", Fire Safety Journal, 43(4), pp. 291-307, 2008.
• BPAT Team "World Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collection, Preliminary Observations and Recommendations" Report 403, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington D.C., 2002.