Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title
2020 Damage Detection and Decreased Load-Carrying Capacity Assessment of a Vertical-Lift Steel Truss Bridge.  Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities.  34:04019123. 2020
2020 Inelastic floor spectra for designing anchored acceleration-sensitive nonstructural components.  Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering.  18:2115-2147. 2020
2020 Effects of the improper modeling of viscous damping on the first-mode and higher-mode dominated responses of base-isolated buildings.  Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics.  49:51-73. 2020
2019 Fatigue assessment of the gusset-less connection using field data and numerical model.  Bridge Structures.  15:75-86. 2019
2019 Diagnostic Testing of a Vertical Lift Truss Bridge for Model Verification and Decision-Making Support.  Frontiers in Built Environment.  5:92. 2019
2019 Three‐dimensional multiscale finite element models for in‐service performance assessment of bridges.  Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.  34:385-401. 2019
2019 Generation gaps in US public opinion on renewable energy and climate change..  PLoS ONE.  14:e0217608. 2019
2018 Camera-Based Vibration Measurement of the World War I Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Journal of Structural Engineering.  144:04018207. 2018
2018 A change in the wind? US public views on renewable energy and climate compared.  Energy, Sustainability and Society.  8:11. 2018
2017 Progress and Challenges in Incorporating Climate Change Information into Transportation Research and Design.  Journal of Infrastructure Systems.  23:04017018. 2017
2016 Analyzing Prerepair and Postrepair Vibration Data from the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge after Ship Collision.  Journal of Bridge Engineering.  21:05015002. 2016
2015 A FRF-based algorithm for damage detection using experimentally collected data.  Structural Monitoring and Maintenance.  2:399-418. 2015
2015 Structural model updating of an in-service bridge using dynamic data.  Structural Control and Health Monitoring.  22:1265-1281. 2015
2014 Structural model updating using dynamic data.  Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring.  4:177-194. 2014
2013 Objective Load Rating of a Steel-Girder Bridge Using Structural Modeling and Health Monitoring.  Journal of Structural Engineering.  139:1771-1779. 2013
2013 A Two-Step Model Updating Algorithm for Parameter Identification of Linear Elastic Damped Structures.  Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.  28:509-521. 2013
2012 Instrumentation, Nondestructive Testing, and Finite-Element Model Updating for Bridge Evaluation Using Strain Measurements.  Journal of Bridge Engineering.  17:130-138. 2012
2011 Bridge displacement measurement through digital image correlation.  Bridge Structures.  7:165-173. 2011
2008 Nondestructive testing for design verification of Boston's Central Artery underpinning frames and connections.  Bridge Structures.  4:87-98. 2008
2007 Multiresponse parameter estimation for finite-element model updating using nondestructive test data.  Journal of Structural Engineering.  133:1067-1079. 2007
2007 Closure to "Damage localization and finite-element model updating using multiresponse NDT data" by Masoud Sanayei, Erin Santini Bell, Chitra N. Javdekar, Jennifer L. Edelmann, and Eugene Slavsky.  Journal of Bridge Engineering.  12:815-815. 2007
2006 Damage localization and finite-element model updating using multiresponse NDT data.  Journal of Bridge Engineering.  11:688-698. 2006
2005 Evaluation of highway bridge strength considering parapets.  Bridge Structures.  1:273-280. 2005

Chapter

Year Title
Integrating Baseline Structural Modeling, Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Transportation Systems for Condition Assessment of In-service Bridges.  3-54-3-79.

Conference Paper

Year Title
2017 Benefit Analysis of In-Place Load Testing for Bridges.  Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. 2017
2012 Bridge Condition Assessment using Digital Image Correlation and Structural Modeling.  BRIDGE MAINTENANCE, SAFETY, MANAGEMENT, RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. 330-337. 2012
2012 Experimental Load Rating of a Steel Girder Bridge Using Structural Health Monitoring and Modeling.  BRIDGE MAINTENANCE, SAFETY, MANAGEMENT, RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. 322-329. 2012
Accounting for the Impact of Thermal Loads in Nondestructive Bridge Testing
Multi-Scale Finite Element Model Development for Condition Assessment of Vertical Lift Bridge
Resilient Bridge Planning in Mozambique: Bridge Failure Risk from Flooding and Climate Change
Structural Health Monitoring and Design Verification of Tidal Turbine Support Structure
Structural Health Monitoring of Vertical Lift Bridge Using Vibration Data
Structural Health Monitoring of a Bridge Deck Reinforced with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Grids in Rollinsford, New Hampshire.  https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/40946%28248%2982.

Principal Investigator On

  • UNH Technology Transfer Center  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2021 - 2023
  • Technology Transfer Center  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2020 - 2021
  • PFI:BIC: The Living Bridge: The Future of Smart, Sustainable, User-Centered Transportation Infrastructure  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2014 - 2021
  • Statewide Data Exchange System (SADES)  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Expansion of BISON Capabilities to Predict the Dynamic Response of Irradiated Fuel Rods  awarded by US DOE, Department of Energy 2017 - 2021
  • Curved Integral Abutment Bridge Design  awarded by WSP USA Buildings Inc 2020 - 2021
  • Statewide Data Exchange System (SADES)  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Using Data Analytics in Forecast Bridge Condition  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Statewide Data Exchange System (SADES)  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Statewide Data Exchange System (SADES)  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Statewide Data Exchange System (SADES)  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Statewide Data Exchange System (SADES)  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Statewide Data Exchange System (SADES)  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Real-Time Condition Assessment of Structures for Fatigue Monitoring for Decision Making and Asset Management  awarded by Tufts University 2016 - 2020
  • Technology Transfer Center  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2018 - 2019
  • Chloride Mitigation  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2009 - 2019
  • The Living Bridge: Creating a Benchmark for Bridge Monitoring Powered by Tidal Energy  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2015 - 2019
  • The Living Bridge: Creating a Benchmark for Bridge Monitoring Powered by Tidal Energy  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2015 - 2019
  • Evaluation of Gusset-Less Truss Connection to Aid Bridge Inspection and Condition Assessment (SPR Project # 26962M)  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2016 - 2018
  • Collaborative Research: TC3-Triboluminescent Crack Categorization  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2013 - 2017
  • Instrumentation, Implementation of Digital Image Correlation and Structural Modeling for Monitoring of Accelerated Bridge Construction and Condition Assessment of a Bridge in Gilford, NH  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2011 - 2015
  • Inclusion of Vernon Avenue Bridge in the Long Term Bridge Performance Program  awarded by Tufts University 2011 - 2013
  • Integrating Structural Health Monitoring, Intelligent Transportation Systems and Model Updating into a Bridge Condition Assessment Framework  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2007 - 2013
  • Whatever Happened to Long-Term Bridge Design  awarded by Tufts University 2008 - 2011
  • Structural Modeling and Alalysis, Tobin Bridge  awarded by Fay Spofford & Thorndike LLC 2008 - 2011
  • In-Service Performance Monitoring of a CFRP Reinforced HPC Bridge Deck in Rollinsford, NH  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2007 - 2010

    • Co-principal Investigator On

    Investigator On

    Teaching Activities

  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2023
  • Statics for Civil Engineers Taught course 2022
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2022
  • Statics for Civil Engineers Taught course 2021
  • Structural Design in Masonry Taught course 2021
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2021
  • Advanced Steel Design Taught course 2020
  • Statics for Civil Engineers Taught course 2020
  • Dynamics of Structures Taught course 2020
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2020
  • Statics for Civil Engineers Taught course 2019
  • Structural Design in Masonry Taught course 2019
  • Dynamics of Structures Taught course 2019
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2019
  • Advanced Steel Design Taught course 2018
  • Statics for Civil Engineers Taught course 2018
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2018
  • Statics for Civil Engineers Taught course 2017
  • Structural Design in Masonry Taught course 2017
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2017
  • Statics for Civil Engineers Taught course 2016
  • Project Planning and Design Taught course 2016
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2016
  • Master's Project Paper Taught course 2015
  • Structural Design in Masonry Taught course 2015
  • Project Planning and Design Taught course 2015
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2015
  • Structural Design in Masonry Taught course 2014
  • Project Planning and Design Taught course 2014
  • Structural Design in Steel Taught course 2014

    • Education And Training

  • B.C.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
  • M.S. Civil Engineering, Tufts University
  • Ph.D. Structural Engineering, Tufts University

    • Full Name

  • Erin Bell