PhD Candidate
Research Title:
Risk-targeted seismic design of buckling-restrained braced frame buildings
Main Supervisor:
Reagan Chandramohan听
Co-supervisor:
Timothy J. Sullivan听
Research interests:
Meet PhD student Saiteja Sistla from Hyderabad, India. Teja's interest in earthquake engineering was piqued during his master's at BITS Pilani, India. His thesis focused on retrofitting non-ductile reinforced concrete buildings with affordable base isolation systems, attempting to address the growing need for low-cost seismic protection systems.
Under the guidance of Dr. Reagan Chandramohan and Professor Timothy J. Sullivan at UC, Teja鈥檚 research addressed several pressing challenges in the seismic design, analysis, and performance assessment of buckling-restrained braced frame (BRBF) buildings. He developed and employed novel large-scale numerical modelling strategies to identify design methods for mitigating gusset plate buckling of buckling-restrained braces, a novel statistical framework for seismic loss assessment, tools for predicting seismic demands on BRBF buildings, and a novel collapse risk-targeted seismic design framework.
Personal interests:
Apart from conducting research, Teja is passionate about sharing his knowledge and learnings. He delivered lectures on nonlinear structural analysis, performance-based earthquake engineering, and seismic loss assessment at several universities in India. Additionally, he presented a lecture titled 'Structural Response Modelling Using OpenSees and Parallel Computing' at the 2024 QCAM workshop, 'Harnessing Computational Science for Earthquake Resilience.
During his PhD, Teja also worked as a casual consultant for the Seismic Risk Working Group, focusing on improving the simplified analysis methods in TS 1170.5: Structural Design Actions 鈥 Part 5: Seismic Actions. He recently submitted his thesis and is currently working as an apprentice lecturer, teaching assistant, and part-time research associate.
During his leisure hours, Teja takes pleasure in playing football, hiking, swimming, and experimenting with cooking.
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saiteja-sistla/
Academic and professional history
Research associate, 蘑菇视频在线观看, 2025-present
Casual consultant, Seismic Risk Working Group, 2024-present
Doctoral Candidate, 蘑菇视频在线观看: 2021-2025
Master of Civil and Structural Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad: 2018-2020
Research intern, National Geophysics research institute: 2019
Bachelor of Science, SRM Institute of science and technology: 2014-2018
Publications and conference
1.听听听 Journal paper | S. Sistla, Mohan S C, 鈥淧arametric Studies and Application of Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators to Low-Rise Buildings鈥 ()
2.听听听 Conference paper | S. Sistla, Kalyana Rama J S, 鈥淓valuating the performance of nature inspired algorithms using 52-bar steel truss subjected to dynamic load鈥, Materials Today: Proceedings,2020,ISSN 2214-7853 ()
3.听听听 Conference paper | S. Sistla, Mohan S C, 鈥淣umerical modelling of bonded and unbonded flax fiber reinforced elastomeric isolator and their application to RC building鈥, Materials Today: Proceedings,2020,ISSN 2214-7853 ()
4.听听听 Conference paper | Sandesh Reddy G Y, S. Sistla, Panigrahi B, 鈥淓xperimental and numerical study on dynamic analysis of cracked glass epoxy composite beam鈥, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2020, ISSN 2214-7853 ()
5.听听听 Conference paper | S. Sistla, R. Chandramohan & T.J. Sullivan, 鈥淢odelling the out-of-plane buckling behavior of BRBFs鈥, NZSEE 2022 ()
6.听听听 Conference paper | S. Sistla, R. Chandramohan & T.J. Sullivan, 鈥淐ollapse risk assessment of a BRBF building considering the out-of-plane buckling of gusset plates and brace end-zones鈥, PCEE 2023 (Conference to be held in Vancouver, Canada)
7.听听听 听Poster | S. Sistla, R. Chandramohan & T.J. Sullivan, 鈥淏enchmarking the seismic performance of a code conforming BRBF building鈥, QCAM 2022.
8.听听听 Poster | S. Sistla, R. Chandramohan & T.J. Sullivan, 鈥淟oss-oriented hazard-consistent incremental dynamic analysis鈥, QCAM 2024.
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Patent
201941012831 A| Poornima T, S. Sistla, Srinath V, Pradeep S, 鈥淎 sand cementitious composition and its use for preparing a ferro-cement article鈥澨
Articles about Teja
New Guidelines for Buckling-restrained Braced Frames | 蘑菇视频在线观看
