Andrew S. Whittaker
PhD, PE, SE
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Director
Interim Director
Registered Civil and Structural Engineer
State of California
Research Topics
Structural and earthquake engineering; Bridge engineering; Blast and impact engineering; Performance-based engineering, nuclear structures
- Lal, K. M., Whittaker, A. S., Vahdani, S., Kosbab, B. D., and Shirvan, K. (2025). "Seismically isolted nuclear power plants: Is soil-strucutre-interaction analysis needed?" Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 54 (10), pp. 2601-2620. DOI: 10.1002/eqe.4373.
- Mir, F. U. H., Yu, C. C., Talaat, M. M., Carmichael, B. M., Chisholm, B. M., and Whittaker, A. S. (2025). "Risk-informed, performance-based seismically design of a seismic isolation system for a nuclear power plant." Published online, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 54 (9), pp. 2231-2245. DOI: 10.1002/eqe.4359.
- Parsi, S. S., and Whittaker, A. S. (2025). "Numerical simulations of rocking, keyed graphite blocks in the core of a high temperature gas reactor." Earthquake Engineering and Strcutural Dynamics, Vol. 54 (9), pp. 2212-2230. DOI: 10.1002/eqe.4354.
- Mir, F. U. H., Tilow, K., Nguyen, N., Song, B., Clavelli, M., Kosbab, B. D., and Whittaker, A. S. (2023). “Earthquake response of head mounted equipment in advanced reactors.” Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 39 (4). DOI: .
- Parsi, S. S., Sivaselvan, M. V., and Whittaker, A. S. (2023). “Impedance-matching model-in-the-loop simulation.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 52 (12), pp. 3600-3621. DOI: 10.1002/eqe.3922.
- Mir, F. U. H., Whittaker, A. S., Kosbab, B. D., and Nguyen, N. (2023). “Recommendations for seismic analysis of a fluoride-salt cooled high-temperature reactor.” Nuclear Engineering and Design. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112504.
- Lal, K. M., Whittaker, A. S., and Sivaselvan, M. V. (2023). “Mid-height seismic isolation of safety-class equipment in nuclear power plants: numerical simulations and design recommendations.” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 408. DOI: .
- Mir, F. U. H., Whittaker, A. S., Kosbab, B. D., and Nguyen, N. (2023). “Characterizing the seismic response of a molten salt nuclear reactor.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 52 (7), pp. 2025-2046. DOI: 10.1002/eqe.3866.
- Yu, C. C., Whittaker, A. S., Kosbab, B. D., and Tehrani, P. K. (2023). “Earthquake-induced impact of base-isolated buildings: theory, numerical modeling, and design solutions.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 52 (5), pp. 1445-1462. DOI: 10.1002/eqe.3824.
- Terranova, B. R., Schwer, L., and Whittaker, A. S. (2022). “Simulation of projectile impact on steel plate-lined, reinforced concrete panels using the smooth particle hydrodynamics formulation.” International Journal of Protective Structures, Vol. 13 (1), pp. 65-79. DOI: .
- Parsi, S. S., Lal, K. M., Kosbab, B. D., Ingersoll, E., Shirvan, K., and Whittaker, A. S. (2022). “Seismic isolation: a pathway to standardized advanced nuclear reactors.” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 387. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111445.
- Yu, C.C, and Whittaker, A. S. (2022). “A process to verify numerical models for seismic fluid-structure interaction in advanced reactor vessels.” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 387. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111580.
- Parsi, S.S., Mertz, G., and Whittaker, A. S. (2022). “Evaluation of design equations for out-of-plane shear strength of deep concrete sections in nuclear power plant buildings.” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 386. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111545.
- Lal, K. M., Parsi, S. S., Kosbab, B. D., Ingersoll, E., Charkas, H., and Whittaker, A. S. (2022). “Towards standardized advanced nuclear reactors: seismic isolation and the impact of the earthquake load case.” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 386. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111487.