Dr. Wenshen Pong, P.E.
Email:wspong@sfsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo
M.E., State University of New York at Buffalo
B.S., National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
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Registered Professional Engineer,
California, License No. C 057560
Registered Disaster Service Worker, California, License No. SAP
04069
Research Interests
Seismic Retrofit and New Construction
Structural Dynamic Analysis & Design
Earthquake Engineering
Structural Control Technology
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Memberships:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC).
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).
Structural Engineering Institute (SEI).
Grant Awarded
NASA-CiPar, partnered with Canada College, total grant funding $450,000, of which $120,000 was awarded to SFSU, 2010-2013. (Co-PI)
Scholarships for Success in Engineering Excellence funded by the National Science Foundation, S-STEM program, Proposal No. 0848492, $598,840, 2009-2013 (PI)
Department of Education, Canada College and San Francisco State University Cooperative Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP), total grant funding $900,000, of which $259,042 was awarded to SFSU, 2008-2011 (Co-PI)
MESA Engineering Program grant award, $12,000, 2010-2011
MESA Engineering Program grant award, $11,500, 2009-2010
NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Faculty Research Award, $25,000, 2008-2009
NASA-Administrator Fellowship Program Award, 2007-2009 $166,400
First Place in the 2005 National Timber Bridge Design Competition, Faculty Advisor for the SFSU-ASCE design team, April, 2005
The Wang Family Scholarship Faculty Fellowship, 2002-2003, California State University, 2003
Third Place in the Best Deck of 2002 National Timber Bridge Design Competition, Faculty Advisor for the SFSU-ASCE design team, April, 2002
Faulty of the Year Award, in honor of outstanding academic contributions by the Engineering Societies of San Francisco State University, School of Engineering, May, 2000.
Certificate of Merit, in honor of leadership efforts as a student organization advisor, Office of student programs/Leadership Development, a Division of Student Affairs, SFSU, May 17, 2000.
Second Place in the 2000 National Timber Bridge Design Competition, Faculty Advisor for the SFSU-ASCE design team, April, 2000
1999 AISC Engineering Awards of
Excellence, project engineer on
the National winner in this awards for projects up to US $10 million in
constructed value.
C. Chen, J.M. Ricles and W.S. Pong (2010) “Reliability of Real-Time Hybrid Simulation for Performance-Based Design of structures with rate-Dependent Seismic Devices”, International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management (ISRERM2010), Shanghai, China, September 23-26, 2010
Z.H. Lee and W.S. Pong (2009) “Practical Heuristic Design For Structures With Displacement-dependent Damping Devices” Engineering Computing (In Press)
M. Vora*, Z.H. Lee and W.S. Pong (2008) “Cost of Seismic Structural Damage and Preventive Action,” Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 17, No. 5. 2008
Z.H. Lee, W.S. Pong and L. Podesto* (2007) “Technical and Economic Implications Behind International Building Code for California Wood Construction Industry,” Review of Business Research, Vol. VII, No. 6, 2007, pp. 63-75
W.S. Pong. Z.H. Lee, C.S. Tsai, C.K. Cheng and B.J. Chen (2007) “Simulation Methods for Seismic Behavior of Buildings in Unbounded Soil Media with Radiation Damping,” Mathematical and Computer Modeling, An International Journal, 2007 Vol. 46, Number 9-10, November, 2007, pp. 1300-1313.
Z.H. Lee, W.S. Pong and L. Podesto (2007) “Technical and Economic Implications Behind International Building Code for California Wood Construction Industry,” Review of Business Research, Volume VII, Number 6, 2007, pp. 63-75
J. Olsen*, Z.H. Lee, and W.S. Pong (2007) “Optimal Selection of Concrete Anchors for Connection Cost Reduction” Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 25, pp. 423-434, April, 2007
W.S. Pong, G.A. Gannon and Z.H. Lee (2007) “A Comparative Study of Seismic Provisions Between International Building Code 2003 and Mexico’s Manual of Civil Works 1993,” Advances of Structural Engineering, An International journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 153-170, 2007
C.S. Tsai, B.J. Chen, T.C.
Chiang and W.S. Pong, (2006) “Vertical Distributions of Lateral Forces on
Based Isolated Structures Considering Higher Mode Effects”, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 543-642, July 30,
2006
W.S. Pong,
Z. Lee and Anson Lee, (2006) “A Comparative Study of Seismic
Provisions Between International Building Code 2003 and Uniform Building Code
1997,” Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration,
Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 49-60, June 2006
W.S. Pong, Z.H. Lee and Anson Lee (2006) “The International Building Code and Its Implications on Seismic
Design,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on
Earthquake Engineering, Paper No: 238, Taipei, Taiwan, October 12-13, 2006
M. Bozkurt*, W.S. Pong and Z.H.
Lee (2006) “Optimal Design and Configuration of Seismic Dampers,”
Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Structural Control and
Monitoring, San Diego, July 11-13, 2006
W.S. Pong and T.V. Le (2006)
“Development of Hands-on Experimentation Experience for Civil Engineering
Design Courses at San Francisco State University,” Proceedings of 2006
American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Paper No: 164,
Chicago, June 18-21, 2006
H. Shahnasser and W.S. Pong (2006) “Case Study: Steps to Reach Out to Hidden Underrepresented Students Candidates in Engineering,” Proceedings of 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, June 18-21, 2006
W. Pong, G. Gannon and Z. Lee (2006) “A Comparison of the Design Response Spectra Between International Building Code 2003 and Mexico’s Manual of Civil Works 1993”, Proceedings of the Eighth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering: 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference, Paper No:583, San Francisco, April 18-22, 2006
W. Pong, A. Lee and Z. Lee (2006) “A
Comparison of the Uniform Building Code 1997 and International Building Code
2003 for the seismic Design of Moment Resisting Frames”, Proceedings of the
Eighth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering: 100th
Anniversary Earthquake Conference, Paper No:620, San Francisco, April 18-22,
2006
W. Pong, M. Nazir, and M. Bozkurt (2005) “Case Study: seismic Rehabilitation of a Historical Building using CUBC97 Guidelines”, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP-Seismic Engineering, Paper No: 71149, Denver, Colorado, July 17-21, 2005
W.S. Pong, Z.H. Lee,
S. Chen, P. Chen, and Y. Nishihama, (2005) “Case Study: A Short Course in
Structural Reliability for Practicing Engineers”, Innovations 2005: World
Innovations in Engineering Education and Research,
Chapter 19, pp. 207-218, Edited by W. Aung et al, International Network
for Engineering Education and Research, Begell House Publishing
W. Pong,
A. Marzo, H. Shahnasser, and S.
Liou (2005) “Contemporary Issues in Undergraduate Engineering
Education”, Proceedings of the 2005 iNEER (International Network for
Engineering Education and Research) Conference for Engineering Education and
Research, Tainan, Taiwan, March 1-5, 2005
W. Pong,
S. Liou, Hau-Wen Chen, and Zu-Hsu Lee (2005) “Case Study: Research
for Undergraduate Engineering Education through Hands-on Experience”,
Proceedings of the 2005 iNEER (International Network for Engineering Education
and Research) Conference for Engineering Education and Research, Tainan, Taiwan,
March 1-5, 2005
C.S. Tsai, C.S. Chen and W.S. Pong (2004) “Interactive Behavior of Structures with Friction Pendulum System and Unbounded Foundations”, International Journal of Advances in Structural Engineering, Volume 7, Number 6, pp. 539-551, December, 2004
S.C. Chung, J.S.
Huang, and W.S. Pong (2004) “Describing Functions for Effective Stiffness and
Effective Damping of Hystersis Structures”, Electronic
Journal of Structural Engineering, Volume 4, pp.55-65, May, 2004
C.S. Tsai, T.C.
Chiang, B.J. Chen and W.S. Pong (2003) “Verification
of Lateral Force Distributions for Based-Isolated Structures including Higher
Mode Effects”, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society
for Mechanical Engineers Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, July 20-24, 2003, PVP-Vol. 466-1, Seismic
Engineering-2003, Volume 1, pp. 65-72
W.S. Pong, C.S. Tsai and B.J. Chen
(2003) “Interactive Behavior of Structures Equipped Combined Seismic Dampers
and Unbounded Foundations,” International Journal of Advances in Structural
Engineering, Volume 6, No. 2, pp. 97-110
C.S. Tsai, B.J. Chen, T.C. Chiang, and W. Pong
(2002) “Experimental Study of fall Scale Base-Isolated Structures During
Tri-axial Ground Motions”, Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference on
Structural Engineering, Kenting, Taiwan, August 26-28, 2002, Paper No. M36
W. Pong and D. Nesbet (2002) “Design
Implications of Structural Irregularity” Proceedings of the 2002 American
Society for Mechanical Engineers Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference,
Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 4-8, 2002, PVP-Vol. 445-1, Seismic
Engineering-2002, Volume 1, pp. 209-213
C.S. Tsai, C.S. Chen, B.J. Chen and W. Pong
(2002) “RADAS Device Technology for Retrofitting Damaged Structures in 921
Chi-Chi Earthquake”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Mechanical
Engineers Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August
4-8, 2002, PVP-Vol. 445-1, Seismic Engineering-2002, Volume 1, pp. 221-228
D. Nesbet and W. Pong (2002) “Verifying the Necessity of Dynamic Analysis in Irregular Building Designs”, The Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Urban Earthquake Hazard, Boston, July 21-25, 2002
W.S. Pong, C.S. Tsai and C.S. Chen (2002)“Parametric
Study for Buildings with Combined Velocity-dependent and Displacement-dependent
Energy Dissipation Devices,” An International Journal of Structural
Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 85-99, July, 2002
W.S. Pong (2002) “Performance-Based Design Examples for Steel Moment-Resisting Frames with Supplemental Damping,” Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, Volume 2, pp. 44-58, May, 2002
D. Sedlachek and W. Pong (2002) "Optimal Introduction of Seismic Damping Devices in Structural Design," The Third World Conference on Structural Control, Como, Italy, April 7-12, 2002
S. Chen, W. Pong, P. Chen and Y. Nishihama (2002) "Teaching Reliability to Civil Engineers," The 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Southeast Section Annual Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, April 7-9, 2002
S. Chen, Y. Nishihama, W. Pong, and P. Chen
(2002) “Technology Transfer of Structural Reliability for Transportation
Designs, UCTA Theme: Management and Safety of Transportation Systems”
Technical Report UCTA-00231, University Transportation Center for
Alabama, February 2002
W.S. Pong and M. Vilcheck (2001) “Design
Parameters for Structures with Velocity-dependent Devices and
Displacement-dependent Devices,” CTBUH Review, The Professional Journal of Council
on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Vol. 1, No. 3, November, 2001
W.S. Pong (2001) “Seismic Nonlinear Response
of Passive-Control Buildings,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for
Mechanical Engineers Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Atlanta, Georgia,
July 22-26, 2001, PVP-Seismic Engineering, Vol. 2, pp. 149-154
W.S. Pong and W. Stadler (2001) “Optimal Seismic Damper Placement in N-bay Frame Structures” Proceedings of he Fourth World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Dalian, China, June 4 - 8, 2001
W. Stadler and W.S. Pong (2001) “Optimal Damper Placement on Beams” Proceedings of he Fourth World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Dalian, China, June 4 - 8, 2001
M. Vilcheck and W.S. Pong (2001) “Viscous and Metallic Dampers in a Building Structure Subjecting to Varying Levels of Ground Motion”, the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE’s) 8th Annual International Symposium on Start Structures and Materials, March 4-8, 2001, Newport Beach, California.
W.S. Pong and C.S. Tsai (2001) “Soil-Structure Interaction Effects of Damped Structures”, CTBUH Review, The Journal of Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 2001.
W.S. Pong (2000) “Seismic Dampers Utilization and Design for Steel Structures”, Proceedings of third International Conference on Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Area, STESSA 2000, Montreal, Canada, August 21-24, 2000, pp. 419-425
W.S. Pong (2000) “Structural Design for Passive Seismic Control Utilization”, CTBUH Review, The Journal of Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Volume 1, Number 1, Manuscript No. 9904, May, 2000
C.S. Tsai, S.C. Chen, and W.S. Pong (1999) "Unbounded Foundation Effects on Seismic Response of Structures with Passive Control" Proceeding of 1999 SEAOC Convention, Santa Barbara, California, Sep.30-Oct. 3, 1999.
C.S. Tsai, W.S. Pong, C.S. Chen, and B.J. Chen (1999) “Comparison of Analyses and Experiments of Steel Frame with VE Dampers” Journal of Feng Chia University, ISSN 0367-1925, pp 61-78, Vol. 35, June 1999.
W.S. Pong and Anna Yu (1999) "Comparisons of Structural Linear and Nonlinear Analysis of Steel Moment Frames with Supplemental Damping." 1999 Structures Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, New Orleans, April, 1999.
W.S. Pong (1999) "Performance-based Design Procedures for Buildings with Supplemental Dampers." Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Applications 99, Taipei, Taiwan, February, 1999.
W.S. Pong, S.C. Chen, and C.S. Tsai (1999) "Structural Nonlinear Analysis of Steel Moment Frames with Seismic Dampers." Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Applications 99, February, 1999.
W.S. Pong (1998) "Performance-based Design of 3COM Data Center with Supplemental Damping Devices." Second World Conference on Structural Control, Kyoto, Japan, June, 1998.
W.S. Pong and C.S. Tsai (1998) "Seismic Behavior of a Welded Arch Bridge with Fluid Dampers." The 12th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, American Society of Civil Engineering, La Jolla, California, May, 1998.
W.S. Pong and C.S. Tsai (1996) "Seismic Performance of Buildings with Viscoelastic Dampers and TPEA Devices." The Third Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, Chiba, Japan, September, 1996.
W.S. Pong and C.S. Tsai (1996) "Comparisons of Analyses and Experiments of Steel Frame with Viscoelastic Dampers." The Third Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, Chiba, Japan, September, 1996.
W.S. Pong and C.S. Tsai (1995) "Seismic Study of Buildings with Viscoelastic Dampers." An International Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 3, Number 6, November 1995.
W.S. Pong, C.S. Tsai and G.C. Lee (1994) "Seismic Study of Viscoelastic Dampers and TPEA Devices for high-rise Buildings." First World Conference on Structural Control, Los Angeles, California, August 1994.
W.S. Pong, C.S. Tsai, K.C. Tsai and G.C. Lee (1994) "Parametric Study of TPEA Devices for high-rise Buildings." First World Conference on Structural Control, Los Angeles, California, August 1994.
W.S. Pong, C.S. Tsai and G.C. Lee (1994) "Seismic Study of Building Frames with Added Energy-Absorbing Devices." Technical Report NCEER-94-0016, National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 1994.
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