Curriculum Vitae

Kurt McMullin

Associate Professor, San Jose State University

 

 

Professional Preparation. 

Iowa State University                             Agricultural Engineering                   B.S.                1978-1982

University of Oklahoma                          Civil Engineering                                                           1986-1987

University of California – Berkeley Civil Engineering                                           M.S.                1987-1988

Masters Report – “Analytical and Experimental Investigations of Double Angle Connections”

University of California – Berkeley Civil Engineering                                           Ph.D.                1991-1997

Dissertation – “Formation of Plastic Rotational Hinges in Steel Frames for Monotonic and Cyclic Loading”

 

Appointments.

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA                  Associate Professor    1996-present

Courses Taught

CE20    Engineering Graphics, AutoCAD and Programming    Lower Division required

CE96D    Engineering Graphics, AutoCAD and Programming    Lower Division required

CE99    Engineering Statics              Lower Division required

CE113    Mechanics of Materials Laboratory          Upper Division required

CE162    Structural Concrete Design          Upper Division required

CE163    Design of Steel Structures                Upper Division elective

CE164    Design of Wood Structures            Upper Division elective

CE165    Earthquake Resistant Design          Upper Division elective

CE265     Advanced Seismic Design              Graduate elective

CE267    Advanced Steel Design              Graduate elective

CE269    Advanced Topics in Structural Design      Graduate elective

CE298    Special Problems                  Graduate elective

CE299    Graduate Thesis                 Graduate elective

 

Innovation in Teaching

Technology-Assisted Instruction for Engineering Education

CE265 – Online asynchronous instruction                                     Fall 99

CE267 – Two-way video instruction                                    Spring 98

CE164 – Two-way video instruction                                     Spring 97

Member of the COE Champions team 1997-2000.  Exploring implementation of new technologies to enhance student learning.  Developing effective teaching methods via distance education and multimedia tutorials.

Faculty Development seminars given.

“Partnering with other CSUs, Two-Way Video,” SJSU Institute for Teaching and Learning Series;

“Exploring Multimedia in Engineering Education,” SJSU-ITL Fellowship Programs Symposium, April 1998.

 

New Courses Developed

CE20 – Fall 2000.  This course was the permanent replacement of CE96D.  While refining the course material, some alterations of the course were initiated.  The project was altered to require the students to draw a multi-sheet set of plans for an existing civil engineering projects to allow them better understanding of a complete set of drawings representing a large-scale civil engineering project.  Initial projects have included Hoover Dam and Grand Tetons Dam.  To provide the students with additional resources for study, a reader was assembled.

CE96D – Fall 1998.  The faculty of my department decided that a new course was necessary to introduce students to the AutoCAD computer graphics software.  In addition the course would also teach manual drafting, freehand sketching, and geometric projection.  The idea behind this course intrigued me and so I volunteered to organize and teach the material.  I organized the curriculum, collected teaching materials, and learnt the AutoCAD program.  I developed a complete set of course notes, textbook materials, and assignments for the students to learn a variety of drawing skills.  The students apparently were satisfied with the course.  The overall effectiveness of my teaching was rated as 4.0 in the SOTE ratings.  For a lower division required course taught for the first time I feel that this is a very positive evaluation. 

CE269 – Spring 1998.  I taught a new offering under the CE269 seminar course.  This new course managed the design, construction, testing, and reporting of experiments in the Structural Engineering laboratories.  Teaching this class fulfilled one of my department’s goals, to develop an innovative graduate class in structural engineering design.  For this course I wrote a student reader that was used as the basis of the experiments final report.  Besides providing the students with the relevant materials, this reader also included an extensive bibliography and formatting requirements for the report text and graphics that the students were to provide.  I organized the student research teams, coordinated the testing programs and oversaw the student work in the fabrication shops.  At the time of testing I was responsible for the test control, the review of the final data, and assisting the students in interpreting the data for their individual research projects.  At the conclusion of the course I organized a student poster session for the students to present their work. 

 

Research Programs

Performance based design of building cladding systems          1999-2002

Seismic behavior of light frame shear wall buildings          1998-2002

Seismic behavior of steel beam-to-column subassemblies      1998-2002

Monitoring of seismic behavior of full-scale building          1996-2002

Ductility of welded steel joints                 1996-1999

Ductility of steel anchorage systems                  1996-1997

 

Kajima Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan              Summer Intern             1993

reviewed current technology for seismic resistant buildings

toured Japanese construction projects

internship sponsored by National Science Foundation

 

Middlebrook and Louie, San Francisco, CA                  Design Engineer        1989-1996

engineering design calculations

linear dynamic and static building computer simulation

review of shop drawings and construction work

review and training of engineers

manage office computer hardware and software

coordination of engineering and architectural plans

preparation of responses to peer review, information requests, and field change orders

 

Halliburton Services, Duncan, OK                      Senior Engineer        1982-1985

design new equipment for the petroleum industry

write material specifications

approve engineering and manufacturing change orders

manage research and development projects

layout preliminary drawings using CAD software

Publications. 

 

Refereed Journal Publications

“Performance and Reconstruction of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings of the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake.”  Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.  Submitted for review in August 2002.  McMullin, K.M. and Kwong, A.

 

“Performance of Repaired Gypsum Wallboard During Lateral Loading.”  Wood Design Focus, Forest Products Society.  Submitted for review in February 2002.  McMullin, K.M. and Merrick, D.

 

“Behavior and Design of Single Plate Shear Connections.”  Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier Science.  Elsevier Science Ltd.  Volume 58, 2002. Astaneh-Asl, A., Liu, J., and  McMullin, K. M.

 

“Steel Semi-rigid Column-tree Moment Resisting Frame Seismic Behavior.”  Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers.  Reviewed and accepted for publication in September 2000.  McMullin, K. M., and Astaneh-Asl, A.

 

“Educating Students via Distance Learning for Structural Engineering Design.”  Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers.  Volume 128, Number 1, 2002.  McMullin, K. M. and Owen, N.

 

“Stability of Damaged Steel Moment Frames in Los Angeles.”  Engineering Structures, Elsevier Science.  Volume 20, Number 4-6, 1998. Astaneh-Asl, A., Modjtahedi, D,  McMullin, K. M., Shen, J. H., D’Amore, E.

 

 “Behavior and Design of Steel Single Plate Connections.”  Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers.  Volume 119, Number 8, 1993.  Astaneh-Asl, A., McMullin, K. M., and Call, S.

 

“Design of Single Plate Shear Connections.”  Engineering Journal, American Institute of Steel Construction.  Volume 26, Number 1, 1989.  Astaneh-Asl, A. Call, S. and McMullin, K. M.

 

Refereed Conference Publications

“Damage Thresholds and Repair Costs for Gypsum Wallboard Partition Walls.”  Paper accepted for Sept. 2002 for the 2nd Structural Engineering World Congress.  Yokohama, Japan. Oct. 2002.  McMullin, K. M., and Merrick, D. 

 

“Engineering Evaluation and Risk Mitigation Program for Single-Family Residential Construction: the California SAFER Program.”   7th U.S National Conference on Earthquake Engineering.  Boston, MA. July 2002.  McMullin, K. M., Duquette, S., Leavitt, J., and Grottkau, M.

 

“Nonstructural Hazard Mitigation Retrofit of an Engineering Laboratory at San Jose State University.”  7th U.S National Conference on Earthquake Engineering.  Boston, MA. July 2002.  Selvaduray, G., McMullin, K. M., Arnold, S., and Brindos, R.

 

“Technological Literacy for K-6 Teachers:  How Things Are Designed and Work.”  American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.  Montreal, CA. June 2002.  Kirk, D., McMullin, K. M., Meyers, S., Mourtos, N., Nelson, C. and Viajar, P.

 

“Distribution of Strain Ductility in Hot-Rolled Steel Shapes.”  2001 Second International Conference on Engineering Materials.  San Jose, CA.  August 2001.  McMullin, K. M. Nguyen, L. A., Vazquez, H. and Nguyen, Q. H.

 

“A Comparison of Student Learning and Satisfaction in Online and Onground Engineering Courses.” 4th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education.  Bangkok, Thailand.  February 2001.  Mourtos, N. J. and McMullin, K. M.

 

 “Seismic Testing of Light Frame Shear Walls.”  World Conference on Timber Engineering.  Whistler, British Columbia.  July 2000.  McMullin, K. M. and Merrick, D. 

 

“Team Building in Civil Engineering.”  Celebrating the Scholarship of College Teaching and Learning, San Jose, CA.  April 2000.  McMullin, K. M.  Co-share of College of Engineering Award.

 

“Analytical Study of Hinge Formation in Steel Moment-resisting Frames.”  STESSA ‘97 Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Kyoto, Japan, August 1997.  McMullin, K. M. and Astaneh-Asl, A.

 

“Comparison of Plastic Hinge Behavior in Experimental and Analytical Studies.”  5th International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Nagoya, Japan, July 1997.  McMullin, K. M. and Astaneh-Asl, A.

 

“Seismic Behavior of Semi-rigid Moment Frames of Column Tree Structures.”  11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico, June 1996.  McMullin, K. M. and Astaneh-Asl, A.

 

“Seismic Safety of Damaged Welded Steel Moment Frames.”  11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico, June 1996.  Astaneh-Asl, A., Modjtahedi, D., McMullin, K. M. and D’Amore, E.

 

“Seismic Performance of Steel Bridges During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.”  1995 ASCE Structures Conference, Boston, MA, April 1995.  Astaneh-Asl, A., McMullin, K. M. and Cho, S. W.

 

“Innovative Approach to Controlling the Seismic Response of Steel Structures.”  5th U. S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Chicago, IL, July 1994.   McMullin, K. M. and Astaneh-Asl, A.

 

“Cyclic Behavior of Welded Steel Shear Studs.”  Proceedings of the Structures Congress, Atlanta, GA, April 1994.  McMullin, K. M. and Astaneh-Asl, A.

 

Electronic Publications Available Online

“Earthquake-Resistant Bridge Competition for Introductory Engineering Students.”  July 2001.  McMullin, K. M.  Available from University Consortium on Instructional Shake Tables website at: http://128.252.240.153/ucist/

 

“The February 28, 2001 Nisqually Earthquake.”  April 2001.  McMullin, K. M., Garvey, T. and Parrott, S.   Available from Collaborative for Disaster Mitigation website at: http://www.sjsu.edu/cdm/projects/CDM2001-01.pdf 

 

Patents

“Remote Cementing Plug Launching System.”  Patent #4,624,312.  United States Office of  Patents and Trademarks, Washington, D.C., November, 1986.  McMullin, K. M.

 

Non-refereed Conference Publications

“The February 28, 2001 Nisqually Earthquake.”  Fires, Floods and Faults-II Symposium, San Jose, CA, May 2001.  McMullin, K. M., Garvey, T. and Parrott, S.

 

“Bridges to Service Learning.”  First Annual SJSU Service-Learning Coloquium, San Jose State University, May 2001.  McMullin, K. M.

 

“Effect of Axial Restraint on Local Buckling of Steel Beams.”  51st Annual Meeting of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, San Diego, CA, February 1999.  Portillo, A., and McMullin, K. M.

 

“Seismic Behavior of Steel Bridges During the Northridge and Kobe Earthquakes.”  2nd U. S. Seminar on the Seismic Design, Evaluation and Retrofit of Steel Bridges, San Francisco, CA, November 1996.   Astaneh-Asl, A., McMullin, K. M., Kanada, M. and Donikian, R.

 

“Application of Inelastic Dynamic Analysis in the Seismic Retrofit of the East Bay Bridge.”  1st U. S. Seminar on the Seismic Design, Evaluation and Retrofit of Steel Bridges, San Francisco, CA, October 1993.  Shen, J. H., Astaneh-Asl, A., Cho, S. W.,  McMullin, K. M., and Wang, K. J.

 

Reviewed and Awarded External Proposals

“Business Recovery and Reconstruction after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake.”  Proposal funded by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Oakland, CA in March 2002.

 

“Aluminum Truss Chord Tensile Strength.”  Proposal funded by the California Engineering Contractors, Inc., Oakland, CA in January 2002.

 

 “Seismic Performance of Gypsum and Stucco Walls – Testing.”  Proposal funded by the CUREe-Caltech Woodframe Project in September 1999. 

 

“Expansion of the California Academy of Sciences Earthquake Engineering Exhibits.”  Proposal funded by PEER Center in August 1999.

 

“Introduction of Earthquake Engineering to Under-represented Populations of Undergraduate Engineering Programs.”  Proposal funded by PEER Center in July 1999. 

 

“Documentation of Undergraduate Scholars Course for the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center.” Proposal funded by PEER Center in June 1999. 

 

“Earthquake Engineering Application in Japan.”  Proposal funded by the National Science Foundation in April 1993. 

 

Engineering Reports

“Aluminum Truss Chord Tensile Strength.”  California Engineering Contractors, Inc., Oakland, CA, June 2002.  McMullin, K.M.

 

 “Seismic Performance of Gypsum Walls – Experimental Test Program.”  CUREE-Caltech Woodframe Project, Richmond, CA, July 2001.  McMullin, K.M. and Merrick, D.

 

“Bridges to Learning: Service Learning for Civil Engineering Students.”  Center for Service-Learning, San Jose State University, CA, June 2001.  McMullin, K. M.

 

“The February 28, 2001 Nisqually Earthquake.”  Collaborative for Disaster Mitigation, San Jose State University, CA, May 2001.  McMullin, K. M., Garvey, T. and Parrott, S.

 

“1998 Earthquake Engineering Undergraduate Scholars Course.”  Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Richmond, CA, 2000.  McMullin, K. M.

 

“Upgrading and Expanding the Earthquakes Exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.”  Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Richmond, CA, 2000.  McMullin, K. M.

 

“Experimental Study on Steel and Concrete Moment-resisting Frame Joints.”  Report No. SJSU/McMullin/98-01.  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Jose State University, June 1998.  McMullin, K. M. and Christopher, N.

 

“Experimental Testing of A36 Anchor Bolts Under Monotonic Axial Load.”  Report No. SJSU/McMullin/97-01.  Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, San Jose State University, June 1997.  Chen, B. and McMullin, K. M.

 

“Seismic Performance of Steel Bridges During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.”  Report No. UCB/CE-Steel-94/01, Department of Civil Engineering, U.C. Berkeley,  June 1994. Astaneh-Asl, A., Bolt, B., McMullin, K. M., Donikian, R., Modjtahedi, D., and Cho, S. W.

 

“Three-dimensional Elastic Time-history Dynamic Analysis of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.”  Report No. UCB/CE-Steel-93/08, Department of Civil Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, November 1993.  Astaneh-Asl, A., McMullin, K. M., Wang, K. J., and Suharwadi, I.

 

“Final Report for 1993 Summer Institute in Japan.”  Presented to Kajima Corporation and the National Science Foundation, August 1993.  McMullin, K. M.

 

“Innovative Semi-rigid Steel Frames for Control of the Seismic Response of Buildings.”  Report No. UCB/CE-Steel-93/02, Department of Civil Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, January 1993.  McMullin, K. M., Astaneh-Asl, A., Fenves, G. L., and Fukuzawa, E.

 

“Analytical and Experimental Studies of Double-Angle Connections.”  Report No. UCB/SEMM-88/14, Department of Civil Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, November 1988.  McMullin, K. M., and Astaneh-Asl, A.

 

“Design of Single-plate Framing Connections.”  Report No. UCB/SEMM-88/12, Department of Civil Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, September 1988.  Astaneh-Asl, A., McMullin, K. M. and Call, S.

 

Student Research Advisees

 

Carter Choi, Graduate Student                                                2002

Kevin Chan, Graduate Student                                                2002

Adam White, Graduate Student                                                2002

Rhine Davis, Graduate Student                                                2002

Sajitha Karim, Graduate Student                                                2002

Amy Kwong, Undergraduate Student                                        2002

PEER Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient

Winnie Lo, Graduate Student                                                2001-2002

Parvin Zahertar, Visiting Scholar                                         2000-2002

Michael Zahn, Graduate Student                                                1999-2000

Hugo Villabona, Graduate Student                                                1999-2000

Loan Anh T. Nguyen, Undergraduate Student                                1999-2002

College of Engineering Scholar of Exceptional Engineering Students

Sheila Parrott, Undergraduate Student                                        1999-2001

PEER Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient

Hanh Nguyen, Undergraduate Student                                        1999-2000

Phillip Ewing, Undergraduate Student                                        1999

PEER Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient

Nitin Christopher, Graduate Student                                        1998

Anna Portillo, Undergraduate Student                                        1998

PEER Undergraduate Scholarship Recepient

Hilda Vazquez, Undergraduate Student                                        1997-2000

College of Engineering Scholar of Exceptional Engineering Students

PEER Undergraduate Scholarship Recepient

Jason Brygelsen, Graduate Student                                                                                  1997

Hrund Einnarsdottir, Graduate Student                                                                  1997

College of Engineering Graduate Student of the Year, 1997

Katie Shriver, Undergraduate Student                                        1996-1997

College of Engineering Scholar of Exceptional Engineering Students

Bo Chen, Graduate Student                                                                                  1996-1997

 

Service to the University and Community

 

Department Committees/Service

Chair of the Ad hoc Committee to Hire New Department Technician        2002

Ad hoc Faculty Search Committee                                    2002

Executive Committee                                                    2000-2002

Chi Epsilon Advisor                                                 2000-2002

Ad Hoc Employee Honor Committee                                    2001

Curriculum Committee                                            1999-2000

Chair of FMI Review Committee                                    1999

Ad Hoc Lab Plan Committee                                            1998-1999

Workload Committee                                                    1998-1999

Curriculum Committee                                            1997-1998

Chair of the Ad hoc Committee for the Evaluation of Department Chair                1996-1997

Ad hoc Committee for Hiring of Laboratory Technician                   1997

 

College and University Committees

College’s Assessment Task Force                                      2001-2002

University’s Campus Planning Board                                    1997-2002

Ad hoc college search committee for Interim Associate Dean of                 2001

        Undergraduate Studies

University’s Committee on International Studies and Students              1999-2000

College Information Technology Committee                            1999-2000

Ad hoc college committee for the Review of Engineering Processes         1998-1999

and Tools

 

Professional Service Activities

Member of Structural Engineers Association of Northern California        1988-2002

Steel Subcommittee of Seismology Committee, 1996-2002

Wood Structures Subcommittee of Seismology Committee, 2001-2002

Representative to State Steel Subcommittee, 1998-1999

Nominated for Board of Directors, 1998

Research Committee, 1992-1993

Public Affairs and Membership Committee, 1990-1992

Seminar instructor, Continuing Education Seminar, “Design of Moment-resisting Steel Frames after the Northridge Earthquake,” 1996

Member of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute                 1991-2002

President of U.C. Berkeley Student Chapter, 1994-1996

Member of American Society of Civil Engineering                  1992-2002

Member of Pacific Earthquake Engineering Center’s Education Committee        1996-2002

Member of American Society of Engineering Educators                     1997-2000

 

Community Service Activities

Shinnyo-En Temple                                                   1996-2002

Toastmasters International                                                 1983-1985

 

 

Honors, Awards and Professional Achievements.

College of Engineering Award: Research on College Teaching and Learning                                2000

                Institute for Teaching and Learning

Graduate Student Instructor Award, U.C. Berkeley                                                                 1995

Summer Institute in Japan Fellow, National Science Foundation                                           1993

California Registered Professional Engineer                                                                                                1991

Best of Program Student Paper, Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation                                           1988

Chi Epsilon, civil engineering honorary fraternity, Univ. of Oklahoma                                              1986

Alpha Epsilon, agricultural engineering honorary fraternity, Iowa State Univ.                      1982

State of Iowa Scholarship, Prairie City Comm. High School                                                    1978

Leadership Scholarship, Jaycee-ettes, Prairie City                                                                         1978

National Honor Society, Prairie City Comm. High School                                                    1977

 

Synergistic Activities. 

 

Primary Synergy of Work.  I am working on outreach to potential students in the area of earthquake engineering.  I am doing this by synergy of my efforts of research, teaching and service.

                Research – experimental testing of earthquake resistant systems.

Seismic Performance of Gypsum Wall Materials – funded by the CUREe-Caltech Woodframe Project for 1999-2001. www.engr.sjsu.edu/mcmullin/research/twall/wall.htm

Upgrade of the Earthquakes Exhibit of the California Academy of Sciences – funded by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center for 1999-2000.

Documentation of the Undergraduate Earthquake Scholars Course – funded by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center for 1999-2000.

Recruitment of Students from Under-Represented Groups for Study in Earthquake Engineering – funded by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center for 1999-2000.

Field-Bolted Steel Beam-to-Column Subassemblies – Funded by the SJSU College of Engineering for 1998-2002.

Teaching – courses taught in earthquake engineering at SJSU.

CE265 – Advanced Earthquake Resistant Design – taught online to provide access for geographically-remote non-matriculated students.

CE267 – Advanced Design of Steel Structures – course content revised to contain more earthquake engineering detailing content.

CE269 – Ductile Detailing of Steel Moment Connections – this course had the students design, build and test the first specimen for the Field-Bolted Connection project listed above.

Independent Research – I have overseen a total of two high school, five undergraduate and five graduate student researchers working in the area of earthquake engineering.

Service – professional societies

Education Committee – Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center – 1996-present.

Seismology Steel Subcommittee – Structural Engineers Association of Northern California – 1995-2002.

Member of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

 

Example of Synergy of Work.  Undergraduate Research Students and Mentoring

While at SJSU I have invested time in the development of projects for undergraduate students to participate in my research projects.  This also allows for direct mentoring and guidance in these young engineers careers.  It also allows me to perform more research by having these students build test specimens and reduce data collected from the tests.

 

Example of Synergy of Work.  Japanese-U.S Visual Bilingual Dictionary

I have been working on a graphical bilingual dictionary for Japanese and English engineering terms.  I have been working with a team of engineers from Japan on developing a prototype that is available at:

http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/mcmullin/service/bilingual/Default.htm

 Although this project is only in a preliminary state, it is pulling together several aspects of my work at San Jose State.  These include: AutoCAD, web-based design graphics interchange, and meeting Japanese engineers.  It also is improving my Japanese language skills, skills that will assist me when performing research in Japan.