Rachel Chicchi Cross

PhD: Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, 2017 (Civil Engineering)

BAE/MAE: Penn State University University Park, PA, 2009 (Architectural Engineering)

Structural steel design and behavior, fire analysis and design, seismic analysis and design, multi-hazard resilience, anchorage in concreteStructural steel design and behavior, fire analysis and design, seismic analysis and design, multi-hazard resilience, anchorage in concrete

Grant: #36574 Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel; Miller, Richard 07-01-2021 -06-30-2023 Federal Highway Administration Identification of Maintenance Practices to Impede Corrosion Impacts on Prestressed Concrete Box Beam Bridges Role:PI $176,453.00

Grant: #2020 Contract Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel 08-01-2020 -07-31-2022 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Extended Testing of Strand Lifting Loop Capacity Role:PI $209,000.00

Grant: #2020 AISC Teaching Aid Grant Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel 01-01-2020 -12-31-2020 American Institute of Steel Construction Steel Connections: a teaching aid for design considerations Role:PI $8,000.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #RGA #05-19 Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel; Fortney, Patrick; Shahrooz, Bahram 08-28-2019 -08-27-2021 Charles Pankow Foundation Steel Coupling Beams in Low-Seismic and Wind Applications Role:Collaborator $201,804.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #UT20480 / ODOT 31795 - Task 4 Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel; Rassati, Gian; Swanson, James 02-28-2019 -10-01-2019 Ohio Department of Transportation Load Rating of the Combs-Hehl Stringers under Permit Vehicles Role:Collaborator $39,841.11 Awarded Level:State of Ohio

Grant: #L15134 Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel 02-01-2019 -01-31-2020 UC's Launch Awards Chicchi UC Research Lauch Award Role:PI $2,500.00 Active Level:Internal UC

Grant: #2018 PCI Mertz Bridge Research Fellowship Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel 12-01-2018 -11-30-2019 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Strand Lifting Loop Capacity in Precast Bridge Beams Role:PI $35,000.00 Awarded Level:Industry

Grant: #OU UT20480 su ODOT 31795 sub FHWA E180338 Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel; Rassati, Gian; Swanson, James 05-23-2018 -02-06-2020 Federal Highway Administration Division of Engineering Research On-Call Services #31795 Task 2 Role:Collaborator $48,284.09 Active Level:Federal

Investigators:Chicchi, Rachel 01-01-2022 -12-31-2024 American Institute of Steel Construction Material Characterization and Implementation Strategies for High Strength Structural Steel in Building Applications Role:PI $173,866.00

Grant: #RCSC(AISC); Cross Investigators:Cross, Rachel; Rassati, Gian; Swanson, James 04-01-2023 -10-01-2024 Research Council on Structural Connections Research on Slip Coefficients of Metallic Coatings Role:PI $85,029.00

Grant: #MBMA-Cross Investigators:Cross, Rachel; Steiner, Matthew 03-01-2024 -12-31-2024 Metal Building Manufacturer Association Residual Stress Measurements of Built-Up I-Shapes in Metal Building Applications Role:PI 18638.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Peer Reviewed Publications

Ye Y.; Liu Y.; Guo Z.X.; Chicchi R.  (10-01-2021). Stone prism encased concrete-filled steel tube columns subjected to axial compression. Structures, 33, 1853-1867More Information

Fischer E.C.; Chicchi R.; Choe L.  (07-01-2021). Review of Research on the Fire Behavior of Simple Shear Connections. Fire Technology, 57 (4) , 1519-1540More Information

Alasiri M.R.; Chicchi R.; Varma A.H.  (02-01-2021). Post-earthquake fire behavior and performance-based fire design of steel moment frame buildings. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 177More Information

Chhetri, S.; Chicchi, R.  (2021). Analytical Investigation of Tension Loaded Deformed Rebar Anchors in Concrete. Civil Eng, 2, 442-458

Chhetri, S.; Chicchi, R.; Osborn, A.  (2021). Experimental Investigation of 0.6-in. Diameter Strand Lifting Loops. PCI Journal, 66 (2) , 71-87More Information

Chicchi R.; Varma A.H.; Seo J.; Bradt T.; McCarty E.  (09-01-2020). Experimental Testing of Tension-Loaded Deformed Anchors in Concrete. ACI Structural Journal, 117 (5) , 133-146More Information

Chhetri, S.; Chicchi, R.; Seguirant, S.  (2020). Industry Survey Results on the Use of Prestressing Strand Lifting Loops. PCI Journal, 65 (4) , 21-30More Information

Liu Y.;Guo Z.;Liu X.;Chicchi R.;Shahrooz B.  (03-15-2019). An innovative resilient rocking column with replaceable steel slit dampers: Experimental program on . Engineering Structures, 183, 830-840More Information

Chicchi R.;Varma A.  (11-01-2018). Assessment of Post-Earthquake Fire Behavior of a Steel MRF Building in a Low Seismic Region. International Journal of Steel Structures, 18 (4) , 1470-1481More Information

Chicchi R.;Varma A.H.  (01-01-2018). Research review: Post-earthquake fire assessment of steel buildings in the United States. Advances in Structural Engineering, 21 (1) , 138-154More Information

Chicchi R.; Varma A.H.  (01-01-2018). An approach for post-earthquake fire assessment of steel MRF buildings. 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2018, NCEE 2018: Integrating Science, Engineering, and Policy, 8, 4723-4733

Cortes G.; Chicchi R.; Liu J.  (01-01-2018). Framing strategies for enhanced robustness in steel buildings. Engineering Journal, 55 (1) , 1-14

Cortes G.;Liu J.;Chicchi R.  (01-01-2016). Evaluation of Stiff Stories for Robustness in Steel Buildings. Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016 - Proceedings of the Joint Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016, 1987-1998