Bart Quimby
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T. Bartlett (Bart) Quimby

Associate Dean / Professor of Civil Engineering

Office: ENGR 205
Phone: (907) 786-1046
Email: tbquimby@uaa.alaska.edu
Website: http://anc-tbquimby01.uaa.alaska.edu

Education History

Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 1988
M.S., Brigham Young University, 1982
B.S., Brigham Young University, 1981


Career History
Professional Society Memberships
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
    • UAA ASCE student chapter faculty advisor, 1991-1998, 2003/04
    • ASCE National Committee on Student Activities, 1998-2002 (2001 CSA Chair)ASCE National Educational Activities Committee, 2003-2006
    • ASCE National Educational Programs Committee, 2003-2004
    • ASCE National Pre-College Outreach Committee, 2004-2006
    • ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition Rules Committee, 2000-Current
    • ABET, Inc., Civil Engineering Program Evaluator, 2008-Current
  • Structural Engineers Association of Alaska
    • Member of the Board of Directors, 1994-1998
  • American Society for Engineering Education
  • Anchorage Area National Engineer's Week Steering Committee
    • Student activities/competitions subcommittee chair, 1989-1990, 1996-2005
Projects

Project  Sponsor
  • Effects of Curvature on the Strength of Retaining Walls
  
  • Shape Optimization of a Recurve Hunting Bow

Alaska Frontier Archery & the Alaska Science & Technology Foundation

  • Strength of a Glue Laminated Structural Joint

CH2M Hill, Inc.

  • Optimization of Steel Plate Girder Cross Section
  
  • Effects of Prestressing on Floating Ice Sheets 
  
  • Engineering Design Graphics Modernization & Collaborative Learning
  National Science Foundation
  • Critical Lengths for Upheaval Buckling of Straight Pipelines Buried in Ice Rich Soils
  
  • Air Formed Concrete Shells for Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions
  
  • Asphalt Concrete Pipe Strength
 CH2M Hill, Inc.
  • Influential Superposition
  

Recognitions
  • 1994 Anchorage Branch Civil Engineer of the Year
  • Listed in the 1998-1999 and 2004 editions of "Who's Who Among Engineers & Scientists"
  • Listed in the 1996, 1998, and 2004 editions of "Who's Who Among America's Teachers
  • Special recognition "for exceptional contribution to the advancement of civil engineering education" by the ASCE National Educational Activities Committee, Fall 2000.
Teaching Responsibilites
Other Courses Taught
ES 103 Engineering Graphics
ES 201 Computer Techniques
ES 209 Engineering Statics
ES 331 Mechanics of Materials
CE 334 Properties of Materials
CE 431 Structural Analysis
CE 432 Steel Design
CE 433 Reinforced Concrete Design
CE 434 Timber Design
CE 438 Design of Engineering Systems
CE 494B Masonry Design
CE 636 Design of Multi-Story Structures
CE 694B Pre-stressed Concrete Design
CE 694R Loads on Structures
Professional and Departmental Service
  • UAA Planning and Budget Advisory Committee, Fall 2004-Summer 2005
  • UAA School of Engineering, Civil Engineering Program Chair, 1998-2004
  • UAA Assessment Committee, Fall 2002-2004
  • UAA School of Engineering Peer Review Committee, Fall 2002-2004
  • UAA Honorary Degree and Meritorious Service Committee, 2001-2003, 2004-2005 (chair, 2004/05).
  • UAA Facilities Board Chair, Fall 1999
  • Chancellor's Awards for Excellence Selection Committee, Spring 1998
  • UAA School of Engineering Curriculum Committee, Fall 1997-Spring 1998
  • Search Committee for Director of UAA School of Engineering, Chair, Fall 1997
  • UAA Chief Facilities Officer Search Committee, Fall 1996
  • UAA Academic Affairs Board Chair, Faculty Senate Executive Committee & the UAA University Assembly (1995/96, 1996/97)
  • UAA Academic Affairs Board task force on Responsibility of Academic Integrity of Courses, Chair, Spring and Fall 1995
  • UAA Academic Affairs Board, 1994/95
  • Search Committee for Structural Engineering Faculty Chair, 1994
  • UAA School of Engineering Computer Advisory Committee Chair, 1988-1997
  • UAA Admissions & Standards Committee, 1988/89
  • UAA Academic Computer Advisory Committee, 89/90 - 90/91
  • Search Committee for Structural Engineering Faculty, 1984