B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2010
Honors and Distinctions
2018 G.E.O. Widera Literature Award for Outstanding Technical Paper, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology
2014 Moles’ Arturo Ressi de Cervia Scholarship in Heavy Civil Construction
2013 & 2014 John E. Perry Teaching Assistant Prize, Cornell University
Professional Affiliations
Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)
Earthquake Engineering Research Association (EERI)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Chair:Standard Committee: Seismic Testing and Evaluation of Pipeline Systems
Associate Editor:Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI)
Infrastructure Resiliency Division (IRD)
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
ASTM International: F17 Committee
Interests
Lifeline engineering and hazard design of infrastructure systems
Geotechnical earthquake engineering
Centrifuge modeling
Large-scale experimental testing
Structural system response to extreme loading
Buried infrastructure soil-structure interaction
Disaster reconnaissance
Recent publications
Toprak, S., Wham, B.P., Nacaroglu, E., Ceylan, M., Dal, O., & Senturk, A.E. (2024). "Impact of Seismic Geohazards on Water Supply Systems and Pipeline Performance : Insights from the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes". Engineering Geology, 340, 107681.
Rose, H.R., Wham, B.P., Liel, A.B., & Dashti, S. (2024). "Centrifuge Model Design for Axially Loaded Structures under Large Ground Movements". Geotechnical Testing Journal, 47(5), 1045–1064.
Rose, H.R., Wham, B.P., Dashti, S., & Liel, A.B. (2024). Axial resistance of pipelines with enlarged joints. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. ASCE [Awarded Editors Choice].
Bessette, C., Brito, L., Dashti, S., Liel, A.B., & Wham, B.P.(2024). "Development of dynamic centrifuge models for measurement and visualization of deformation mechanisms in liquefiable soils". Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 181(Sept. 2023), 108651.
Madabhushi, S.S.C., Hruby, J., & Wham, B.P.(2023). Experimentally investigating the influence of changing payload stiffness on outer loop iterative learning control strategies with shaking table tests. Journal of Vibration and Control.
Ahmadi, H., Manalo, A., Dixon, P.G., Salah, A., Karunasena, W., Tien, C.M.T., Kiriella, S., O’Rourke, T.D. & Wham, B.P.(2024). "Temperature change-induced linear and nonlinear axial responses of internal replacement pipe (IRP) systems for pipeline rehabilitation incorporating the effects of soil friction". Structures. 62(March), 106247.
Metz, A.J., Fischer, E.C.,& Wham, B.P.(2023). Behavior of Service Lateral Pipes during Wildfires: Testing Methodologies and Impact on Drinking Water Contamination. ACS ES&T Water..
Whelton+, A.J., Seidel, C., Wham, B.P., Fischer, E.C., Isaacson, K., Jankowski, C., MacArthur,N., McKenna, E. Ley, C. (2023). "The Marshall Fire: Scientific and Policy Needs for Water System Disaster Response". AWWA Water Science. 5(1), 1–21..
Dixon, P., Tafsirojjaman, T., Klingaman, J., Hubler, M.H., Dashti, S., O’Rourke, T.D., Farrag, K., Manalo, A., & Wham, B.P.(2023). “State-of-the-art Review of Performance Objectives for Legacy Gas Pipelines with Pipe-in-Pipe Rehabilitation Technologies” Journal of Pipeline Systems and Engineering Practice,14(2), 1–13..
Wham, B.P., & Davis, C.A. (2019). Buried Continuous and Segmented Pipelines Subjected to Longitudinal Permanent Ground Deformation. ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, Vol.10(4)..