Henry V. Burton

Henry Burton joined the University of California, Los Angeles Civil and Environmental Engineering Department after completing his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering at Stanford University where Professor Gregory Deierlein was his thesis advisor. He has significant industry experience and is a registered structural engineer (S.E.) in the state of California. Dr. Burton spent six years in practice at Degenkolb Engineers where he worked on a number of projects involving seismic design, evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings. Current major research projects include (1) developing a post-disaster recovery model for residential communities (NSF Award Number 1538747), (2) utilizing remote sensing to assess the implication of tall building performance on the resilience of urban centers (NSF Award Number 1538866) and (3) stochastic characterization of aftershock building collapse risk (USGS Award Number G16AP00006), (4) developing design and assessment principles for the next generation of resilient and sustainable buildings (NSF Award Number 1554714) and (5) developing performance-based design and assessment methods for self-centering steel braced frame systems with controlled rocking. Dr. Burton’s study focuses on structural/earthquake engineering, structural reliability, enhanced seismic performance systems, performance-based design and assessment methods, community resilience.