Publications and Honors | School of Engineering and Engineering Technology

Cortes, G., Liu, J. (2011). “Experimental Evaluation of Steel Slit Panel Frames for Seismic Resistance,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Elsevier, Vol. 67(2), p. 181-191.
Cortes, G., Liu, J. (2011). “Analysis and Design of Steel Slit Panel Frames (SSPFs) for Seismic Areas,” Engineering Journal, AISC, Vol. 48 (1), p. 1-17.
Cortes, G., Nussbaumer, A., Berger, C., Lattion, E. (2011). “Experimental Determination of the Capacity of Wall-to-Base Connections in Storage Tanks,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, Vol. 67 (7), p. 1174–1184.

Cortes, G., Nussbaumer, A. Koller, M. (2011). “Seismic Behavior of Shell-Base Connections in Large Storage Tanks,” Eight International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2011), Belgium (Conference paper)
Cortes, G., Nussbaumer, A. (2011). “Experimental Study on the Seismic Behavior of Shell-Base Connections in Large Storage Tanks”, 3rd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2011), 25-28 May, Corfu, Greece (Conference paper and oral presentation)
Cortes, G., Liu, J. (2009). “Lateral Resistance Using Steel Slit Panel Frames (SSPFs),” Proceedings of the ASCE Structures Congress, April 30-May 2, 2009, Austin, Texas. (Conference paper and oral presentation)
Cortes, G., Liu, J. (2008). “Steel Slit Panel Configurations,” 14^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China (Conference paper and oral presentation)
Cortes, G., Liu, J. (2008). “Analytical Investigation of Steel Slit Panels for Lateral Resistance of Steel Frame Buildings,” Proceedings of the ASCE Structures Congress, April 24-26, 2008, Vancouver, Canada. (Conference paper and poster session)
Cortés, G., López, R. and Saffar, A. (2006). “Earthquake Induced Damage Estimation in Steel Buildings,” Proceedings of the Fourth Latin American and Caribbean Conference, June 21-26, 2006, Mayagüez, PR 2006. (Conference paper and oral presentation)

Graduate School Ross Fellowship, Purdue University Graduate School, August 2006 - May 2009
Professional Engineer (PE), Commonwealth State of Puerto Rico (Same NEES Exams as mainland USA)