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Research/Focus Areas
  • The effects of higher weight trucks on selected highways in Idaho, investigating the reliability of bridges
  • The effects of changing the vehicle tax structure and changes to the bridge management procedures used by the Idaho Transportation Department
  • Structural dynamics and random vibrations
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • CE 342 Theory of Structures
  • CE 441 Reinforced Concrete Design
  • CE 445/545 Matrix Structural Analysis
  • CE 541 Reliability of CE Systems
  • CE 543 Dynamics of Structures
  • CE 546 Finite Element Analysis

Richard Nielsen, Ph.D., P.E.

College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Chairman, Associate Professor, Structures

Campus Locations
Moscow

Office: Buchanan 101
Phone: 208-885-8961
Email: rnielsen@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
Civil Engineering Department
P.O. Box 441022
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1022

  • Ph.D., Stanford University, 1986
  • M.S.C.E., Stanford University, 1981
  • B.S., Brigham Young University, 1980

Outreach Projects

  • Member, ASCE Fatigue & Fracture Reliability CommitteeUpdating the bridge rating procedure for the Perrine Bridge.
  • Making adjustments to the cost data in its bridge management software, PONTIS. The results were published in ASCE's Journal of Bridge Engineering and here.
  • Examining the effects of higher weight trucks on selected highways in Idaho investigating the reliability of bridges. These projects have been with NIATT