Sigrid Adriaenssens
Department/Program(s):
Position: Faculty
Title: Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Area(s):
- Mechanics, Materials & Structures
Research Area(s):
Bridges: new structural (mobile) typologies; pre-stressed tension structures: splines and membranes; shells: textile reinforced shells, adaptable formwork, shape optimization; historic structures: restoration and upgrading methodologies; durability: life-cycle design of new infrastructure; efficiency: form-finding techniques, structural optimization
Bridges: new structural (mobile) typologies; pre-stressed tension structures: splines and membranes; shells: textile reinforced shells, adaptable formwork, shape optimization; historic structures: restoration and upgrading methodologies; durability: life-cycle design of new infrastructure; efficiency: form-finding techniques, structural optimization
Office: E332 Engineering Quad E-Wing
Phone: 609-258-4661
Email: sadriaen@princeton.edu
Personal Webpage: http://www.princeton.edu/~sadriaen/
Education
Ph.D., Centre for lightweight structures, University of Bath, 2000
M.Phil., Centre for lightweight structures, University of Bath, 1997
B.Eng., Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, 1995
Research Interests
Durability: life cycle design of new infrastructure
Efficiency: form-finding techniques, structural optimization
Bridges: new structural (mobile) typologies
Pre-stressed tension structures: splines and membranes
Shells: textile reinforced shells, adaptable formwork, shape optimization
Historic structures: restoration and upgrading methodologies
Courses
CEE205 Mechanics of Solids
Updated June 4, 2009
Recent Publications
1. Adriaenssens S., Ney L., Bodarwe E., Dister V. (2009). Centner footbridge bridges the gap between steel structural design and digital fabrication. In: Steel Construction, 2(1).
2. Wouters I., De Bouw M., Adriaenssens S., Verdonck A. (2009). Upgrading mainland Europes oldest iron suspension footbridge. In: Steel Construction, 2(1).
3. Adriaenssens S., (2008). Feasibility study of medium span spliced spline stressed membranes. In: Journal of Space Structures, 23(4), p.243-251.
4. Tysmans T., Adriaenssens S., Cuypers H., Wastiels J. (2008). Structural Analysis of small span Textile Reinforced Concrete Shells with Double Curvature. In: Composites Science and Technology.
5. Adriaenssens S., Ney L. (2007). The Piston-Stayed Bridge: A Novel Typology for a Mobile Bridge at Tervate, Belgium. In: Structural Engineering International, 17(4), p.302-305.
