Introduction

Career

Travis has spent his professional career working on projects ranging from single-family residential design to design of floating offshore production facilities, specifically focused on steel stiffened plate hull design. Travis' research career has focused on reinforced concrete structural walls, welded joint fracture characterization, and mass timber hybrid structural systems. Through experimental research, Travis has developed and improved on many analytical methods for design of various structural components. Travis is a member of ACI 369 (Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Frame Buildings), ACI 374 (Performance-Based Design of Concrete Buildings), ASCE MN Structural Committee, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin and California.

Classes

  • ENGR 162 Into to Civil Engineering
  • ENGR 220 Statics
  • ENGR 362 Construction Management and Engineering Economics
  • ENGR 364 Structural Analysis
  • ENGR 461 Intro to Timber Design
  • ENGR 464 Design of Steel and Concrete Structures
  • ENGR 480/481 Engineering Design Clinic

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Academic Areas and Departments

Civil Engineering

College of Engineering

Education

Civil & Environmental Engineering
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Civil & Environmental Engineering
MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Civil & Environmental Engineering
BS, Seattle University