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Todd Helwig is a professor in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been a faculty member since 2005, following 11 years of teaching at the University of Houston. His primary research interests focus on the design behavior of steel structures, particularly emphasizing structural stability and bracing. He has co-developed and taught numerous short courses in the field of structural stability and bracing, which have been attended by over 5000 engineers since 1994. Helwig has conducted a wide range of research studies concerning the design behavior of steel buildings and bridges, and has developed recommendations for cross-frame diaphragm systems that utilize lean-on bracing to reduce the number of fatigue-sensitive braces in steel bridges. His work has been recognized with various awards including the ASCE Collingwood Research Prize and the ASCE Shortridge Hardesty Award. Helwig’s expertise in steel structures has significantly improved the safety and efficacy of I-girder bridge units in Texas.
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