Mark Denavit

Associate Professor

Biography

Mark Denavit joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee in the fall 2016. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Georgia and worked previously at Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd., in Atlanta. He received his PhD in structural engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012 and is an active member of AISC and ASCE, working with several committees such as the development of design provisions for steel-concrete composite structures.

Research

Education

Professional Service

Member, AISC Committee on Specifications, Task Committee 5 – Composite Design

Member, ASCE/SEI Structural Members Committee

Member, ASCE/SEI Methods of Design Committee

Awards and Recognitions

Sarada M. and Raju A. Vinnakota Award, Structural Stability Research Council, 2012

Frank H. Gorham – ACEC-Illinois State Scholarship, 2009AISC/Associated Steel Erectors of Chicago Fellowship, 2007

University/Karol Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006

Outstanding Graduating Senior, Civil Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2006

Publications

Denavit, M. D., Hajjar, J. F., Perea, T., and Leon, R. T. (2016). "Seismic Performance Factors for Moment Frames with Steel-Concrete Composite Columns and Steel Beams," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 45(10), 1685-1703.

Denavit, M. D., Hajjar, J. F., Leon, R. T., and Perea, T. (2015). "Advanced Analysis and Seismic Design of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Structures," Proceedings of the ASCE/SEI Structures Congress 2015, American Society of Civil Engineering, Reston, Virginia, 972-983.

Denavit, M. D., Hajjar, J. F., Perea, T., and Leon, R. T. (2016). "Stability Analysis and Design of Composite Structures," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 142(3), 04015157.

Perea, T., Leon, R. T., Hajjar, J. F., and Denavit, M. D. (2013). "Full-Scale Tests of Slender Concrete-Filled Tubes: Axial Behavior," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 139(7), 1249-1262.

Borello, D. J., Denavit, M. D., and Hajjar, J. F. (2010). "Bolted Steel Slip-critical Connections with Fillers: I. Performance," Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 67(3), 379-388.