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Barbara G Simpson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Her research group comprises a small team of talented students with a wide range of skills and experience, focusing on the exploration of advanced computational and experimental methods to characterize structural responses. The aim is to develop innovative structural systems that enhance structural performance and mitigate the effects of natural hazards on the built environment. Her research interests encompass resilient and sustainable design, retrofitting of building structures, offshore renewable energy systems, performance-based earthquake engineering, next-generation computational modeling, and real-time hybrid simulations related to fluid-structure interactions.
The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.