Mikhail Gershfeld

MS  Engineering - Cal Poly Pomona

BS Civil Engineering - Cal Poly Pomona

PE - Registered Civil Engineer

SE - Sructural Engineer

Introduction to Structural Design

Structural Analysis

Timber Design

Advanced Timber Design

Architectural Engineering Interdisciplinary Design Timber, Precast Concrete

MEP SystemI

Papers and Presentations at Professional Conferences

 ICTB 2013

M. Gershfeld, J.Sheine. Case Study: Design of pedestrian timber bridges in an AE Studio Proceedings of 2^nd International  Conference on Timber Bridges. Las Vegas, NV, 2013

CUEE 2013

van de Lindt, P. Bahmani,M. Gershfeld, X. Shao, W. Pang, M.Symans, G.Mochizuki. Performance-Based Seismic Retrofit of Soft-Story Light-Frame Wood Buildings.Proceedings 10th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2013

2013 ISEC-7

van de Lindt, P. Bahmani, M.Gershfeld, G. Kandukari, D. Rammer, S. PEI. Seismic Retrofit of Soft-Story Wood-Frame Building Using Cross-Laminated Timber.ISEC-7 New Developments in Structural Engineering and Construction. Proceedings of Seventh International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference Honolulu, HI, 2013.

Quake Summit 2013

M.Gershfeld, C. Chadwell, J. van de Lindt, W. Pang, E. Ziaei, M. Amini, S.Gordon, E. Jennings. Distributed Knee-Braced (DKB) System as a Complete or Supplemental Retrofit of Soft-story Wood-frame Buildings. Presentation only. ASCE, Reno, NV, 2013

2013 SEAOC Convention

M.Gershfeld, C. Chadwell, J. van de Lindt, W. Pang, E. Ziaei, M. J.Ferguson, J. Au, J. Savage and A.Gordon.

Distributed Knee-Braced (DKB) System as a Complete or Supplemental Retrofit of Soft-story Wood-frame Buildings. Proceedings of Structural Engineers of California Convention. Indian Wells, CA. 2013

 2013 PCI Convention and National Bridge Conference

A.Schmitzberger, M. Gershfeld. 2012 AE Stuido-Precast Concrete: Student Work (Presentation only).  2013 PCI Convention and National Bridge Conference, Grapevine, TX, 2013

Northridge Earthquake Symposium (Northridge 20)

M.Gershfeld. NEES Wood Frame Soft Story Research Program (presentation only). Northridge Earthquake Symposium, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. 2014

 2014 Structures Congress*

M. Gershfeld, C. Chadwell, J. van de Lindt, W. Pang, E. Ziaei, M. Amini, S.Gordon, E. Jennings. Distributed Knee-Braced (DKB) System as a Complete or Supplemental Retrofit of Soft-story Wood-frame Buildings. Proceedings of Structures Congress 2014, Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE, Boston, MA, 2014 

van de Lindt, P. Bahmani, S.Pryor, G. Mochizuki, M. Gershfeld, W. Pang, E. Ziaei, E.Jennings, M. Symans, X. Shao, J. Tian, D.Rammer. NEES-Soft Experimental Program for Seismic Risk Reduction of Soft-Story Woodframe Buildings. Proceedings of Structures Congress 2014, Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE, Boston, MA, 2014

 2014 Sustainable Structures Symposium*

Sheine, J., Gershfeld, M. Case Study: Models for Architecture and Engineering Collaborations in Higher Education using Mass Timber, a Modern Sustainable Material. Proceedings of the 5^th Annual Sustainable Structures Symposium. Portland University, Portland Oregon, 2014

 2014 10NCEE – 10^th National Conference Earthquake Engineering Conference* 

Gershfeld M, Chadwell C, van de Lindt J, Pang W, Amini M, Gordon S. Distributed knee-braced system (DKB) as a complete or supplemental retrofit for soft-story wood-frame buildings. Proceedings of the 10^th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Anchorage, AK, 2014.

Tian J., Symans M.D., Gershfeld M., Bahmani P. and van de Lindt J.  Seismic Performance of a Full-Scale Soft-Story Woodframed Building with Energy Dissipation Retrofit. Proceedings of the 10^th NCEE, EERI, Anchorage, AK, 2014.

 Pang W, Ziaei E, Shao X, Jennings E, van de Lindt J, Gershfeld M, Symans M. A three-dimension model for slow hybrid testing of retrofits for soft-story wood-frame buildings. Proceedings of the 10^th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Anchorage, AK, 2014.

 van de Lindt, J.W., Bahmani, P., Jennings, E.N., Pang, W., Ziaei, E., Mochizuki, G., Gershfeld, M., Pryor, S., Shao, X., Symans, M., Tian, J., Rammer, D.  Full-scale testing of a soft-story woodframe building with stiffness-based retrofits. Proceedings of the 10^th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Anchorage, AK, 2014.

 2014 WCTE – World Conference on Timber Engineering*

M. Gershfeld, C. Chadwell, E. Jennings, E. Ziaei, W. Pang, X. Shao, J. van de Lindt. Seismic Performance of Distributed Knee-Brace (DKB) system as a retrofit for SOFT-story wood-frame buildings. Proceedings of 2014 World Conference on Timber Engineering. 68^th International Convention Forest Product Society. Quebec City, Canada.

 J.van de Lindt, P. Bahmani, M.Gershfeld, G. Mochizuki, X.Shao, S.Pryor, W.Pang, M. Symans, J. Tian, E. Ziaei, E. Jennings, D.Rammer. Seismic Risk Reduction for Soft-story Woodframe Buildings: Test Results and Retrofit Recommendations from the NEES-Soft Project. Proceedings of 2014 World Conference on Timber Engineering. 68^th International Convention Forest Product Society. Quebec City, Canada.

P.Bahmani, J. van de Lindt, S. Pryor, M.Gershfeld, G.Mochizuki, S.Park. Performance-Based Seismic Retrofit Methodology of Soft-Story Woodframe Buildings with Full-Scale Shake Table Test Validation.  Proceedings of 2014 World Conference on Timber Engineering. 68^th International Convention Forest Product Society. Quebec City, Canada.

 van de Lindt, P.Bahmani, G. Mochizuki, M.Gershfeld, A.Iqbal. Observed Performance of Soft-Story Woodframe Building Retrofitted with CLT Rocking Walls.Proceedings of 2014 World Conference on Timber Engineering. 68^th International Convention Forest Product Society.  Pang, E.Ziaei, E.Jennings, X. Shao, J. van de Lindt, M. Gershfeld. Numerical Model for Hybrid Simulation of a Three-Story Wood-Frame Building. Proceedings of 2014 World Conference on Timber Engineering. 68thInternational Convention Forest Product Society. Quebec City, Canada.

 ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering*  

van de Lindt, Bahmani, Mochizuki, Gershfeld, and Pryor. “Experimental Seismic Collapse Study of a Full-Scale Four-Story Soft-Story Woodframe Building” ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering special edition “Housing and Residential Building Construction”  (under review)

 ASCE Structural Engineering Journal*

Bahmani, van de Lindt, Gershfeld, Mochizuki, Pryor, Rammer. “Experimental Seismic Behavior of a Full-Scale Four-Story Soft-Story Woodframe Building I: Building, Retrofit Methodology, and Numerical Validation” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. (under review)

 van de Lindt, Bahmani, Mochizuki, Pryor, Gershfeld, Tian, Symans, Rammer. “Experimental Seismic Behavior of a Full-Scale Four-Story Soft-Story Woodframe Building with Retrofits II: Shake Table Test Results” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. (under review)

Journal of Earthquake Engineering*

Jennings, J.van de Lindt, E. Ziaei, P. Bahmani, S.Park, X. Shao, W. Pang, D. Rammer, G. Mochizuki, and M. Gershfeld. Full-Scale Experimental Verification of Soft-Story-Only Retrofits using Hybrid Testing

Submitted to Journal of Earthquake Engineering, May 2014 (under review)

Forest Product Society - Wood Design Focus

M. Gershfeld, C. Chadwell, J. van de Lindt, M. Amini, and S.Gordon. Retrofitting Soft-story Wood-frame Buildings with Distributed Knee-Braced (DKB) Frames. Submitted to Wood Design Focus. 2014

Bahmani, J. van de Lindt, S. Pryor, G. Mochizuki,M.Gershfeld, D. Rammer, J. Tian and M. Symans. Performance Based Seismic Retrofit of Soft Story Woodframe Buildings. Wood Design Focus. 2014

Structure Magazine

Bahmani, J. van de Lindt, S. Pryor, G. Mochizuki, M.Gershfeld, D. Rammer, J. Tian and M. Symans. Performance Based Seismic Retrofit of Soft Story Woodframe Buildings. Structure Magazine. June 2014 p24-27

 2016 WCTE – World Conference on Timber Engineering

Mini-Symposium Co-organizer 

 2016 WCEE – World Conference Earthquake Engineering

Fergason, C. Chadwell, M. Gershfeld. A Steel Version of the Distributed Knee Brace (DKB) system retrofit option for soft story timber buildings Submission ID: 2367 (Abstract accepted)

Professional Service - Reviewer

ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering

ASCE Journal of Performance of Construction Facilities

Engineering Structures