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IDEA StatiCa works closely with leading experts in the field of structural engineering from top global academic and technical institutions, pioneering the cutting-edge methodologies that drive our products.
Professor Frantisek Wald
Professor Frantisek Wald
Professor Frantisek Wald, who is behind our CBFEM method, is an expert on the connection and fire design of steel structures. He also works in the project team for the preparation of the EN 1993-1-8:2020 standard.
After 9/11, he studied the robustness of a multi-story building in Cardington. He is a professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, where he is also the head of the Department of Steel and Timber Structures.
Professor Dr Walter Kaufmann
Professor Dr Walter Kaufmann
Walter Kaufmann is the Chair of Structural Engineering (Concrete Structures and Bridge Design) at ETH Zurich. He is the Chairman of the Swiss Concrete Code Commission and is a Lead Principal Investigator at the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Digital Fabrication. His research focuses on innovative structures, the load-bearing and deformation capacity of concrete structures, the assessment of the structural safety of existing structures, and digital fabrication methods.
Jaromir Kabelac
Jaromir Kabelac
Jaromir leads the Solver team at IDEA StatiCa. He has rich experience with CAE modeling in construction as well as the automotive and aviation industry. Working on various positions in the last decade, he has created models for Boeing, Porsche, Airbus, and VW and various innovative CAE approaches used by engineers around the world. Simulating the behavior of various mechanical and structural objects is not just a job to him, it is an art and personal passion.
Professor Dr Andreas Taras
Professor Dr Andreas Taras
Professor Dr Andreas Taras is Full Professor of Steel and Composite Structures at ETH Zurich. His research focuses on the stability and fatigue behavior of metallic elements, non-linear analysis methods and artificial intelligence in the design of steel, steel-concrete and steel-timber composite structures, the fire performance of steel-based structural elements, and the determination of live loads and their effects in road and railway bridges. He's active in various European technical standardization groups and associations.
Mark D. Denavit, Ph.D., P.E.
Mark D. Denavit, Ph.D., P.E.
Mark Denavit is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and previously worked as a design engineer at Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mark is an active member of several technical committees in the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Steel Construction as well as a professional engineer in the state of Georgia.
Ali Nassiri, Ph.D.
Ali Nassiri, Ph.D.
Ali Nassiri earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. He works as Assistant Professor in the ISE department at the Ohio State University (OSU). The overarching goal of Ali’s research is to fundamentally understand the material's behavior subjected to large plastic deformation during welding and forming processes. To achieve this goal, he employs a combination of cutting-edge multi-scale multi-physics numerical simulations, mechanical testing, and advanced materials characterization.
Halil Sezen, Ph.D.
Halil Sezen, Ph.D.
Halil Sezen is a professor of structural engineering and a registered professional engineer (P.E., state of Ohio). He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, and M.S. from Cornell University, New York. He has been with the Ohio State University since 2002. His research focuses on structural analysis, design, and performance assessment of various structures under extreme loading conditions. He is a Fulbright Scholar, and Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute, and American Concrete Institute.
Mustafa Mahamid, PhD, SE, PE, P.Eng, F.ASCE
Mustafa Mahamid, PhD, SE, PE, P.Eng, F.ASCE
Mustafa Mahamid is a Research Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His research areas and interests include behavior of steel structures with a focus on steel connections for seismic applications, behavior of concrete structures with a focus on reinforced concrete joints and connections for seismic applications, earthquake resistant design, computations & mechanics, structural mechanics, Fire Engineering, and building codes and code development. He is interested in studying the methods & techniques to bridging theory into practice, and BIM tools in structural engineering.
Bo Dowswell, PE, Ph.D.
Bo Dowswell, PE, Ph.D.
Bo Dowswell started in the steel industry in 1985 as a detailer. An adjunct professor at UAB, his research and teaching concentrate on steel connection design. He's the author of AISC Design Guide 33-Curved Member Design and a member of several AISC Committees, including the Committees on Specifications, Manuals, and Research, and the Task Group on Industrial Buildings and Nonbuilding Structures. He is a member of the Structural Stability Research Council where his main activities are connection element and beam stability.
Our CBFEM method for steel
To ensure you are using leading technology you can trust, IDEA StatiCa combined the traditional Component method (equations) with FEM analysis to create the Component-based Finite Element Method (CBFEM). CBFEM has been thoroughly tested and proven in cooperation with two technical universities as well as HILTI.
Our CSFM method for concrete
All IDEA StatiCa Concrete section checks are validated using numerous comparison calculations, giving you the most accurate concrete methodology available. Working closely with ETH Zurich university, our method, called the Compatible Stress Field Method (CSFM), is rigorously tested for the safe design of walls and d-regions.
Hilti PROFIS Engineering relies on CBFEM
IDEA StatiCa partnered with HILTI to implement CBFEM as the calculation core for base plate calculations in PROFIS Engineering. Over 100,000 steel-to-concrete projects are calculated by CBFEM (IDEA StatiCa + PROFIS Engineering) every month. We have set the industry standard for the efficient and fast design of footings, as per all major design codes, worldwide.
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