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Eric Hines
Professor of Practice, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate, LeMessurier Consultants

Dr. Hines’s primary research area is in the design and assessment of collapse resistant low-ductility systems in moderate seismic regions. His research team is currently developing a design philosophy for these systems that relies on a stiff, primary lateral system to resist wind loads and a flexible, semi-ductile, reserve system to resist collapse under a major seismic event. Structures designed according to such a philosophy promise to become not only more reliable and cost-effective, but also more adaptable to creative structural ideas. Dr. Hines writes and teaches about the history of structural design and its relationship to architectural design, cultivating a direct and dynamic link with his practice in Cambridge.

Education

• Ph.D., 2002, the University of California, San Diego, Department of Structural Engineering.
• M.S.E., 1998, the University of California, San Diego. Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science.
• Fulbright Fellow, 1996, Universität Stuttgart, Germany.
• B.S.E., 1995, Princeton University, Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research. Certificate in Architecture.

Teaching

ES 9–Mechanics of Materials
CEE 24–Structural Steel Systems
CEE 124–Advanced Steel Design
CEE 120 / FAH 290–The Art of Building
CEE 193S–Structural Design for Seismic Demands

Employment History

Academic Affiliations

• Professor of Practice, Tufts University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006–present.
• Research Assistant Professor, Tufts University, 2003–2006.
• Visiting Lecturer, Princeton University, Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research, 1997.

Professional Affiliations

• Associate, LeMessurier Consultants, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005–present.
• Structural Engineer, LeMessurier Consultants, 2002–2005.

Honors

• Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper, American Concrete Institute, 2006.
• Chester Paul Siess Award for Structural Research, American Concrete Institute, 2006.
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1997-2002.

Professional Registrations and Memberships

• Registered Professional Engineer (Structural), Massachusetts, No. 45633.
• American Institute of Steel Construction
  • TC-9: Seismic Provisions (corresponding member)
• American Concrete Institute
  • Committee 341: Earthquake Resistant Concrete Bridges, 2003 - present.
  • Chair, Subcomittee 341D: Performance Based Design of Bridge Systems, 2004-2006
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute