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Feasibility of Measuring Stress in Glass with a SCALP
- Paper by Nabhajit Goswami, Student Stephen M Morse, P.E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
The SCALP device is designed to measure the residual compressive surface stress of glass. As the SCALP does not rely on the birefringence properties…
March 17, 2020
Retrofit Options for Historic Facades
- Paper by Carrie Davis, P.E., LEED Green Assoc., George Kantrales, Ph.D., Matt Barsotti, Andrew Schoenheit, Ty Vandergriff,
Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact…
March 14, 2018
Thinking About Facades
- Paper by Marc Schiler, FASES, LC,
There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the…
March 14, 2018
Fully Tempered Glass in Spandrel Applications
- Paper by Stéphane Hoffman, PE · Lawrence D. Carbary
Recent years have seen an increase in the use of insulated glazing units (IGUs) in spandrel applications to visually blend the appearance between the

March 14, 2018
Facade with Innovation
- Paper by YU Hui · JIN Shihui
Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for complex

March 15, 2020
Addressing Embodied Carbon
- Paper by Helen Sanders, PhD, General Manager Adam Nizich, Senior Consulting Engineer
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is critical to limiting global temperature rise to less than 1.5⁰C. Construction and…
October 11, 2022
Solid Surface Material for Facades
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP
Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building

March 19, 2020
Shaping Skin
- Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB, Sr. Associate
The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on…
March 21, 2020
Determination of Surface Flaw Parameters for Annealed and Fully Tempered Glass Exposed to NaCl
- Paper by Nabhajit Goswami, PhD, Senior Facade Engineer Joshua Schultz, PhD, PE, LEED AP, Associate Professor Patrick Ferro, PhD, PE, MBA, Professor Stephen M Morse, PhD, PE, Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Affiliated Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
The use of glass in the exterior facades provides greater light transmission into the building and improved views for occupants. Coastal areas in…
August 21, 2024