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Dr. Jamie Goggins

Lecturer / Chartered Engineer

Location: Civil Engineering, Room N119

Email: jamie.goggins

nuigalway.ie

Telephone: +353 (0) 91 492609 Internal Ext. 2609

Jamie's main research areas are in the fields of structures, earthquake engineering, computational mechanics, sustainable construction technologies, sustainable energy and life cycle assessment. Over the last two years he has secured over €500,000 worth of funding as Principal Investigator for research projects, in addition to receiving funding as a collaborator for an FP7 project (worth €250,000). He has worked as a consultant on both national and international projects. He has also worked as a site engineer and project manager in both Australia and Ireland.

Professional Qualifications

BA, BAI, PhD, CEng

Membership of Professional Bodies

Membership Type	From	To

Chartered Member of Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng MICE)	2007	Present
Chartered Member of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland (CEng MIEI)	2009	Present
Committee Member of the West Region of Engineers Ireland	2008	Present
Member of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)	2010	Present
Member of the Institute for Environment, Marine and Energy	2010	Present
Member of the Energy Research Centre, Galway	2009	Present
Graduate Member of Institution of Structural Engineers	2000	2010
Member of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland (MIEI)	2000	2009
Graduate Member of Institution of Civil Engineers	2000	2007

Recent Academic Roles

Currently, lecturer on the following programmes at NUI Galway: BE in Civil Engineering, BE in Environmental Engineering, BE in Biomedical Engineering, BE in Mechanical Engineering, BSc in Project & Construction Management, Masters of Science in Software Design and Development.
Programme director for BSc in Project and Construction Management, NUI Galway (Nov 2009 – present).
Introduced service-learning modules in each of Year 2, 3 and 4 of all undergraduate programmes in the Department of Civil Engineering at NUIG.
Consultant at Tempus IV project workshop on service-based learning for Jordanian and Lebanese academics held in NUI Galway in 12-15 June 2010.
Invited speaker at a number of CELT seminars on service-based learning at NUIG.
Member of the Evaluation Panel for the Enterprise Ireland Applied Research Enhancement Programme (June – August 2010).
Bridge and Concrete Research of Ireland symposium (Cork 2010): Member of Scientific Committee.
Reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Technology, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research, Engineering Structures, Energy & Buildings.

Research Interests

Structural Engineering: Structures consisting of steel, concrete, masonry, timber and composite materials.
Earthquake Engineering: response of structures to earthquakes, using both force and displacement-based assessment approaches. Steel, concrete, masonry and composite materials.
Structural Control and Health Monitoring: On-line damage detection and structural health monitoring using wavelet based time-frequency analysis.
Computational Mechanics: Numerical modelling; Nonlinear analysis; Time-history analysis; Time-frequency (wavelet) analysis; Finite element analysis.
Energy: Embodied energy in buildings and structures; Life cycle analysis; Modular buildings; Energy efficient buildings; Material; Ocean energy.

Research Projects

Purpose / Topic	Funding	Sponsor	Link
Current
Seismic design of gusset plate connections for braced frames	€72,009	IRCSET
Cost effective sustainable construction technology for autonomous buildings	€72,009	IRCSET
Structural health monitoring of ocean energy devices	€16,000 p.a.	CoEI
An Irish framework to assess embodied energy and carbon
Embodied energy analysis and visualisation tool
Analysis of shear transfer in void formed flat slab systems including in-situ measurements from a building	€72,009	Arup/IRCSET
Installation of embedded sensors in the New Engineering Building (NEB) at NUI Galway as teaching and research tools for structural engineering
Investigation of the strength and durability performance of stabilised soil masonry blocks	€10,000	NUIG
Displacement-based seismic design of irregular buildings	€16,000 p.a.	CoEI
Improved European design and assessment methods for concentrically-braced frames ’BRACED Project’	€242,922	FP7
Self-centring frame structures after earthquake loading	€72,009	IRCSET
Complete
Status of safety and health (risk education) within construction-related courses in third level institutions in Ireland	€81,405	Health & Safety Authority/IOSH Ireland
The development of a simplified displacement-based design approach for braced frames	€800	NUIG
Condition monitoring of building structures during earthquakes

Awards & Honours

Award	Date

PG Cert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education	2009
Chartered by Engineers Ireland	2009
Awarded grant by NUI Galway’s Millennium Fund	2008
Nominated as Best Engineer for the LAMA Awards 2009	2008
Chartered by the Institution of Civil Engineers	2007
Supervisor and Manager CSCS (health and safety) card	2007
Research Scholarship from Enterprise Ireland	2000 - 2003
Ussher International Fellowship, Trinity College Dublin	2000
Maurice F. Fitzgerald Scholarship, Trinity College Dublin	2000
Gold medal from Trinity College, Trinity College Dublin	2000
Collen Prize in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin	2000
Alexander Prize, Trinity College Dublin	2000
Sponsorship from The Happold Trust	1999 - 2000
Certificate in German for beginners (two-year course), TCD	1999
Collins Prize in Arts, Trinity College Dublin	1999
Edge Engineering Prize, Trinity College Dublin	1999
Stanford-Smith Prize (Civil, Structural & Environmental), Trinity College Dublin	1999
Prize in the Crampton Awards for our group project	1999
Foundation Scholarship (one of 70 Scholarships given out among 14,000 students), Trinity College Dublin	1998
Marmaduke Backhouse Prize, Trinity College Dublin	1997

Career History

Period	Employer	Position	Principal Duties
Nov' 09 - present	NUI Galway	Programme Director	Teaching & Admin
Sept' 08 - present	NUI Galway	Lecturer	Teaching & Research
Nov' 07 - Sept' 08	Coyle Kennedy Consulting Engineers, Galway	Senior Engineer	Engineering Consultancy (Civil & Structural)
Sept' 06 - Nov' 07	Buro Happold Ltd., London, UK	Engineer	Engineering Consultancy (Structural & Earthquake)
Aug' 05 - Sept' 06	Buro Happold Ltd., Bath, UK	Graduate Engineer/ Engineer	Engineering Consultancy (Structural & Earthquake)


Mar' 05 - Aug' 06	Jim Goggins & Sons Construction Ltd, Ireland	Projct Manager / Engineer	Project & Site Mgt., Site Engineering
Jun' 04 - Mar' 05	Career break – travelling around the world
Nov' 00 - Mar' 04	Dept. of Civil Eng., Trinity College Dublin	Post-graduate Researcher	Research
Jul' 00 - Nov' 00	Diona Pty Ltd., Civil Engineering Contractors, Sydney, Australia	Civil Engineer	Project & Site Mgt., Site Engineering
Jul' 99 - Oct' 99	Buro Happold Ltd., Bath, UK	Student Placement Engineer	Engineering Consultancy
Jul' 98 - Oct' 99	Road Design, Mayo County Council	Vacation Work	Engineering (Roads)

Publications

Journals

Sullivan T., Salawdeh S., Goggins J. 'Displacement-based design of irregular reinforced concrete frame wall building structures’, Under preparation.
Finnegan W., Goggins J., ‘Numerical simulation of linear water waves’. Ocean Engineering (under review)
Goggins J., Keane T., Kelly A. ’The assessment of embodied energy in typical reinforced concrete building structures in Ireland’, Energy and Buildings 42 (2010) 735–744.

Broderick B.M., Elghazouli A.Y, Goggins J. ’Earthquake testing and response analysis of concentrically-braced sub-frames’, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 64, Iss. 9, September 2008, pp 997-1007.
Goggins J., Basu B., Broderick B. M., Elghazouli A. Y. ’Investigation of the Seismic Response of Braced Frames using Wavelet Analysis’, Journal of Structural Control and Health Monitoring Vol. 14, Issue 4 (June 2007) pp 627-648.
Goggins J. M., Broderick B. M., Elghazouli A. Y., Lucas, A. S. ’Behaviour of tubular steel members under cyclic axial loading’. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 62, Issue 1-2 (special edition “Behaviour, analysis and design of steel structures”), Jan. 2006, pp 121-131.
Elghazouli A. Y., Broderick B. M., Goggins J., Mouzakis H., Carydis P., Bouwkamp J., Plumier A . ’Shake table testing of tubular steel bracing members’, Proceeding of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Structures & Buildings 158, Issue SB4, August 2005, pp 229-241 (Paper No. 13615) [ 10.1680/stbu.2005.158.4.229]
Goggins J. M., Broderick B. M., Elghazouli, A. Y., Lucas A. S. ’Experimental cyclic response of cold-formed hollow steel bracing members’. Engineering Structures, Vol. 27, Issue 7, June 2005, pp 977 - 989.
Broderick B. M., Goggins J. M., Elghazouli A. Y. ’Cyclic performance of steel and composite bracing members’. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 61, Issue 4, April 2005, pp 493 - 514.

Conferences

Salawdeh S., Goggins J. ‘Analytical model for the seismic response of cold-formed steel braces’, The 6th International Conference on Thin Walled Structures, 5–7 September 2011, Timisoara, Romania.
Goggins J., Salawdeh S., ‘Direct displacement-based seismic design of single storey concentrically braced frames’, EUROSTEEL 2011, August 31 - September 2, 2011, Budapest, Hungary.
Salawdeh S., Goggins J. ‘Validation of a numerical model for use in non-linear time history analysis of CBFs’, Eurodyn 2011. The 8th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, 4-6 July 2011, Leuven, Belgium.
Finnegan W., Meere M., Goggins J., ‘The Wave Excitation Forces on a Floating Vertical Cylinder in Water of Infinite Depth’, World Renewable Energy Congress 2011, 8-11 May 2011, Linköping, Sweden.
McCaffrey M., Goggins J., Baylor G. (2010) ’The use of embodied energy and carbon as indicators of the environmental impact of reinforced concrete structures in Ireland’, BCRI Conference, Cork, 2-3 September 2010.
Gavigan D. & Goggins J. (2010) ’Investigation of fly ash from peat fired power stations a cement replacement in concrete’, BCRI Conference, Cork, 2-3 September 2010.
Goggins J. (2010) ’Stabilised soil blocks – a cost-effective sustainable construction technology’, BCRI Conference, Cork, 2-3 September 2010.
Cannon E. & Goggins J. (2010) ’The new engineering building at NUI Galway as a teaching tool for structural engineering’, BCRI Conference, Cork, 2-3 September 2010.
Goggins J. & Gavigan D. (2010) ’Low-cost sustainable construction technology for autonomous buildings’, International Conference of Structures and Architecture (ICSA2010), 21-23 July 2010, Guimaraes, Portugal.
Goggins J. (2010) ’A study of the embodied energy in typical reinforced concrete structures in Ireland’, International Conference of Structures and Architecture (ICSA2010), 21-23 July 2010, Guimaraes, Portugal.
Goggins J. ’Requirements for the Assessment of Embodied Energy into Structural Design Codes’, 2010 Joint IABSE-fib Conference, Codes in Structural Engineering Developments and Needs for International Practice, Cavtat, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia, May 3-5, 2010, Paper No. 320.
Goggins J. & Sullivan T.. 'Displacement-Based seismic design of SDOF concentrically braced frames’, Proceedings of STESSA 2009 “Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas”- 6th International Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 16-20 August 2009, Paper No. 141.
Goggins J. & Broderick B. M. ’Condition monitoring of building structures during earthquakes using a wavelet-based analysis technique’, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, Dublin, Ireland, 23-25 June 2009, Paper No. 247.
Goggins J. M., Broderick B. M., Elghazouli A. Y. ’Investigation of the performance of concentrically braced steel frames during earthquakes’, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures ICSAS'07, Oxford, England, 24-27 July 2007, Paper No. 068.
Jamie Goggins, Brian M. Broderick, Ahmed Y. Elghazouli ’RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN OF BRACED STEEL FRAMES’, Proceedings of First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 September 2006, Paper No. 966.
Jamie Goggins, Brian M. Broderick, Biswajit Basu, Ahmed Y. Elghazouli ’EQUIVALENT TIME-VARYING STIFFNESS OF BRACED FRAMES USING WAVELET ANALYSIS’. Proceedings of First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 September 2006, Paper No. 955.
Goggins J., Basu B., Broderick B.M., Elghazouli A.Y. ’Earthquake damage detection in concentrically-braced frames using wavelet analysis’. Proceedings of STESSA 2006 “Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas”- 5th International Conference, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan, August 14-17, 2006, Paper No. 197.
Jamie Goggins, Biswajit Basu, Brian M. Broderick, Ahmed Y. Elghazouli . ’Wavelet-based analysis of concentrically braced frames subjected to earthquake loading’. Proceedings of the 3rd European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Granada (Spain), July 5-7, 2006.
Goggins J. M., Broderick B. M., Elghazouli A. Y. ’Seismic behaviour and design of bracing members’. Proceedings of EUROSTEEL 2005 Conference, Maastricht, 8 –10 June 2005, Paper No. 424.
Elghazouli A. Y., Broderick B. M., Goggins J. M., Mouzakis H., Carydis P., Plumier A., Bouwkamp J. ’Shake-Table Testing and Seismic Performance Evaluation of Bracing Members’. Proceedings of 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, 1-6 August 2004, Paper No. 2651.
Broderick B. M., Elghazouli A. Y., Goggins J. M. ’Cyclic Behaviour of Hollow and Filled Axially-Loaded Members’. Proceedings of 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, 1-6 August 2004, Paper No. 2589.
Broderick B. M., Goggins J. M., Elghazouli A. Y. ’Experimental behaviour of hollow and filled RHS bracing members under earthquake loading’. Proceedings of COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION V, ASCE, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 18 to 23 July, 2004.
Goggins J. M., Broderick B. M., Lucas, A. S. ’Cyclic response of cold-formed hollow steel bracing members’. Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 July 2004, Paper No. 269.
Goggins J. and Broderick B.M. ’The determination of a suitable mortar mix design to fill slender hollow sections’, In Proceedings of Colloquium on Concrete Research in Ireland, Belfast, P.A.M. Basheer & M.I. Russell (editors), pp. 107-116, The Queen’s University of Belfast, 2003.

Other

Non-peer reviewed publications

Goggins J.: ’NUIG student project in Africa highlights practical value of education’, The Engineers Journal, Vol. 64, Issue 4, May 2010 [article].
Goggins J., Creedon R., Fitzgerald E., Fogarty J., Manton R., Kerins A.: ’The role service based-learning can play in engineering education for the benefit of students and communities in rural Africa’, NUI Galway Inaugural Conference on Service Learning, 9 March 2010, NUI Galway, Ireland.
Goggins J.: ’NUI Galway links up with voluntary organisations to work on projects in Africa’, The Engineers Journal, Vol. 63, Issue 8, October 2009 [article].
Goggins J.: ’The engineer of the future - a specialist or a generalist?’, The Engineers Journal, Vol 62, Issue 9, Nov 2008.

Published reports

’Seismic Behaviour of Steel and Composite Bracing Members: Shake Table and Static Tests’, Joint FP6 Project Report, September 2003, Edited by A. Y. Elghazouli. ECOLEADER Project Report submitted to the European Commission.

Thesis

Goggins J., ’Earthquake resistant hollow and filled steel braces’. PhD Thesis. Trinity College, University of Dublin, 2004.

Technical Notes

Goggins J.: ’Technical Note on Seismic Design’, Buro Happold Ltd., 2006.
Goggins J.: ’Precedent study of Tall Buildings in Seismic Zones’, Buro Happold Ltd., 2006.

Goggins J.: ’Technical Note on Fire Protection for Tall Buildings’, Buro Happold Ltd., 2006.

Civil Engineering
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