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Scott Harvey

Assistant Professor

Email: harvey@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-3836
Office: Carson Engineering Center 414

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Curriculum Vitae

Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering (2013)
Duke University, Durham, NC

M.S., Civil Engineering (2012)
Duke University, Durham, NC

B.S.E., Civil Engineering (2009)
Duke University, Durham, NC

About

The Harvey Research Group aims to improve how we design, protect, and maintain civil infrastructure and structural systems. Our research interests broadly encompass theoretical and experimental mechanics, dynamics, and control. This research is multidisciplinary, combining structural engineering with physics, mathematics, statistics, and mechanical engineering. The core of our work has primarily focused on vibration mitigation technologies aimed at protecting vital building subsystems from earthquakes. Other research focuses include: (a) methodologies for computing optimal trajectories for inequality-constrained systems; (b) reduced-order numerical modeling of inelastic and nonlinear structural behavior; (c) predicting the dynamic stability of slender structures and associated nonlinear phenomena; (d) mechanical testing of additively manufactured (3D-printed) structural elements; and (e) assessing the hazard from induced earthquake in Oklahoma.

Research Focus

Structural dynamics and control
Earthquake hazard assessment and mitigation
Seismic isolation for buildings and their contents
Nonlinear modeling and analysis
Vision-based measurement techniques

Current Research Projects

CAREER: Mitigation of Seismic Risk to Critical Building Contents via Optimum Nonlinear 3D Isolation, National Science Foundation CMMI ECI, Award No. 1943917, Total Budget: $500,000, Harvey Share: 100% (PI), PoP: 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2025.
RII Track-1: Socially Sustainable Solutions for Water, Carbon, and Infrastructure Resilience in Oklahoma, National Science Foundation OIA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure, Award No. 1946093, Total Budget: $20,000,000, Harvey Share: 2.8% (Co-PI), PoP: 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2025.
Precast Ductile End-Diaphragm System for Accelerated Construction of Slab-on-Girder Pre- stressed Concrete Bridges in Seismic Regions, U.S. Department of Transportation, Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC), Total Budget: $50,000, Har- vey Share: 60% (PI), Co-PI: R W Floyd, PoP: 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024.
Maintenance of ShakeCast-ODOT, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Total Budget: $20,972, Harvey Share: 80% (PI), Co-PI: K K Muraleetharan, PoP: 23 January 2023 to 22 January 2026.
Maintenance of ShakeCast-OTA, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Total Budget: $13,857, Harvey Share: 80% (PI), Co-PI: K K Muraleetharan, PoP: 9 July 2022 to 31 July 2024.

Experience and Awards

Registered Professional Engineering, State of Oklahoma, PE with SE, No. 29596, 6/2017 ‚Äì present
Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 5/2013 ‚Äì 8/2014
Invited Faculty Lecturer/Mentor, NSF PREEMPTIVE Advanced Studies Institute (ASI), 2/2019

Professional Activities and Organizations

Member and Secretary, Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2021–present
Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), 2015–present
Reviewer, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Mechanical Systems & Signal Processing, and others
Registered Professional Engineering, State of Oklahoma, PE with SE, No. 29596

Courses Taught

CEES 4903/4993: CE/AE Capstone
CEES 5663: Structural Analysis II
CEES 5683: Dynamics of Structures

Selected Publications

Key: * = graduate student (co-)author; † = undergraduate student (co-)author

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Published/Accepted

L N Virgin & P S Harvey Jr (2023), “A lateral–torsional buckling demonstration model using 3D printing,” Engineering Structures 280: 115682. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.115682
G Hou, K K Muraleetharan, V Panchalogaranjan, P Moses, A Javid, H Al-Dakheeli, R Bulut, R Campos*, P S Harvey, G Miller, K Boldes, & M Narayanan (2023), “Resilience assessment and enhancement evaluation of power distribution systems subjected to ice storms,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety 230: 108964. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2022.108964
B A Covarrubias Vargas*, P S Harvey Jr, L Cao, J M Ricles, S Al-Subaihawi, & E Villalobos Vega* (2022), “Characterization and real-time hybrid simulation testing of rolling pendulum isolation bearings with different surface treatments,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 51(11): 2668–2689. doi:10.1002/eqe.3694
P Bin* & P S Harvey Jr (2022), ”A dual-mode floor isolation system to achieve vibration isolation and absorption: Experiments and theory,” Journal of Sound and Vibration 525: 116757. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2022.116757
P Bin*, M H Tehrani*, M Nisa† , P S Harvey Jr, & A A Taflanidis (2021), “Analysis and optimization of a nonlinear dual-mode floor isolation system subjected to earthquake excitations,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 50(9): 2334–2354. doi:10.1002/eqe.3449
D Di Maio & P S Harvey Jr (2021), “Special issue on computer vision and scanning laser vibrometry methods,” Experimental Techniques 45: 237–239. doi:10.1007/s40799-021-00480-2
M H SoleimaniBabakamali, A Moghadam, R Sarlo, M H Hebdon & P S Harvey Jr (2021), “Mast arm monitoring via traffic camera footage: A pixel-based modal analysis approach,” Experimental Techniques 45: 329–343. doi:10.1007/s40799-020-00422-4
A Z Hosseinzadeh*, M H Tehrani*, & P S Harvey Jr (2021), “Modal identification of building structures using vision-based measurements from multiple interior surveillance cameras,” Engineering Structures 288: 111517. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111517
P S Harvey Jr, R Wiebe, & T M N Cain* (2020), “Inextensibility and its effect on the number of equilibria of shallow buckled beams,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics 87(12): 121007. doi:10.1115/1.4048199
T M N Cain*, P S Harvey Jr, & K K Walsh (2020), “Modeling, characterizing, and testing a simple, smooth negative-stiffness device to achieve apparent weakening,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 146(10): 04020114. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001823
P S Harvey Jr & T M N Cain† (2020), “Buckling of elastic columns with initial imperfections and load eccentricity,” Structures 23: 660–664. doi:10.1016/j.istruc.2019.09.021
A Z Hosseinzadeh* & P S Harvey Jr (2019), “Pixel-based operating modes from surveillance videos for structural vibration monitoring: A preliminary experimental study,” Measurement 148: 106911. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2019.106911
R Wiebe & P S Harvey Jr (2019), “On the Euler-Lagrange equation for planar systems of rigid-bodies or lumped masses,” ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics 14(9): 094502. doi:10.1115/1.4044145
P S Harvey Jr, L N Virgin, & M H Tehrani* (2019), “Buckling of elastic columns with secondmode imperfections,” Meccanica 54: 1245–1255. doi:10.1007/s11012-019-01025-z
J H Porter† & P S Harvey Jr (2019), “Imposing nodes at desired locations along a beam under harmonic base excitation: Theory and experiment,” Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 141(6): 061003. doi:10.1115/1.4044186
M H Tehrani* & P S Harvey Jr (2019), “Enhanced passive control of dual-mode systems under extreme seismic loading: An optimal control approach,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring 26: e2367. doi:10.1002/stc.2367
S J Calhoun*, M H Tehrani*, & P S Harvey Jr (2019), “On the performance of double rolling isolation systems,” Journal of Sound and Vibration 449: 330–348. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2019.02.030
J H Porter† , T M Cain† , S L Fox† , & P S Harvey Jr (2019), “Influence of infill properties on flexural rigidity of 3D-printed structural members,” Virtual and Physical Prototyping 14(2): 148–159. doi:10.1080/17452759.2018.1537064
M H Tehrani* & P S Harvey Jr (2019), “Generation of synthetic accelerograms for telecommunications equipment: fragility assessment of a rolling isolation system,” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 17: 1715–1735. doi:10.1007/s10518-018-0505-7
M H Tehrani*, P S Harvey Jr, H P Gavin, & A M Mirza (2018), “Inelastic condensed dynamic models for estimating seismic demands for buildings,” Engineering Structures 177: 616–629. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.07.083
P S Harvey Jr & G Elisha† (2018), “Vision-based vibration monitoring using existing cameras installed within a building,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring 25:e2235. doi:10.1002/stc. 2235
C D Casey*, P S Harvey Jr, & W Song (2018), “Multi-unit rolling isolation system arrays: Analytical model and sensitivity analysis,” Engineering Structures 173: 656–668. doi:10.1016/j. engstruct.2018.06.118
S J Calhoun* & P S Harvey Jr (2018), “Enhancing the teaching of seismic isolation using additive manufacturing,” Engineering Structures 167: 494–503. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.03.084
P S Harvey Jr, G Elisha† , & C D Casey* (2018), “Experimental investigation of an impact-based, dual-mode vibration isolator/absorber system,” International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 104: 59–66. doi:10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2018.02.013
P S Harvey Jr, S K Heinrich*, & K K Muraleetharan (2018), “A framework for post-earthquake response planning in emerging seismic regions: An Oklahoma case study,” Earthquake Spectra 34(2): 503–525. doi:10.1193/053117EQS100M
P S Harvey Jr, I A Kaid Bay Cortez*, & S K Heinrich* (2018), “Response of a typical Oklahoma bridge to the September 3, 2016, 5.8-magnitude earthquake near Pawnee, Oklahoma,” Journal of Bridge Engineering 23(2): 04017130. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001178
P S Harvey Jr & L N Virgin (2018), “Effect of stiffener geometry on the response of grid-stiffened panels,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 144(2): 06017021. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889. 0001415
P S Harvey Jr (2017), “Behavior of a rocking block resting on a rolling isolation system,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics 143(8): 04017045. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001249
P S Harvey Jr & K C Kelly* (2016), “A review of rolling-type seismic isolation: Historical development and future directions,” Engineering Structures 125: 521–531. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct. 2016.07.031
P S Harvey Jr (2016), “Vertical accelerations in rolling isolation systems: Experiments and simulations,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics 142(3): 04015091. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM. 1943-7889.0001017
P S Harvey Jr & H P Gavin (2015), “Assessment of a rolling isolation system using reduced order structural models,” Engineering Structures 99: 708–725. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.05. 022
P S Harvey Jr & L N Virgin (2015), “Coexisting equilibria and stability boundaries of a shallow arch: Unilateral displacement-control experiments and theory,” International Journal of Solids and Structures 54: 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.11.016
P S Harvey Jr & H P Gavin (2014), “Truly isotropic biaxial hysteresis with arbitrary knee sharpness,”’ Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 43: 2051–2057. doi:10.1002/eqe.2436
P S Harvey Jr & H P Gavin (2014), “Double rolling isolation systems: a mathematical model and experimental validation,” International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 61: 80–92. doi:10. 1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2014.01.011
P S Harvey Jr, G-P Zéhil, & H P Gavin (2014), “Experimental validation of a simplified model for rolling isolation systems,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 43: 1067–1088. doi:10.1002/eqe.2387
P S Harvey Jr, H P Gavin, J T Scruggs, & J M Rinker (2014), “Determining the physical limits on semi-active control performance: a tutorial,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 21: 803–816. doi:10.1002/stc.1602
P S Harvey Jr & H P Gavin (2014), “Assessing the accuracy of vision-based accelerometry,” Experimental Mechanics, 54: 273–277. doi:10.1007/s11340-013-9783-9
P S Harvey Jr, R Wiebe, & H P Gavin (2013), “On the chaotic response of a nonlinear rolling isolation system,” Physica D 256: 36–42. doi:10.1016/j.physd.2013.04.013
P S Harvey Jr & H P Gavin (2013), “The nonholonomic and chaotic nature of a rolling isolation system,” Journal of Sound and Vibration 332: 3535–3551. doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2013.01.036
P S Harvey Jr, H P Gavin, & J T Scruggs (2012), “Optimal performance of constrained control systems,” Smart Materials and Structures 21: 085001. doi:10.1088/0964-1726/21/8/085001

Under Review

R Campos*, P S Harvey Jr, & G Hou, “Analytical fragility curves for trees subject to ice loading considering climate change,” Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure [submitted 10 August 2022]