Henry Burton

Henry Burton

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Presidential Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering

5731D Boelter Hall

Email: hvburton@seas.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 825-2843

Websites

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Structural/Earthquake engineering, structural reliability, enhanced seismic performance systems, performance-based design and assessment methods, community resilience.
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., (2014), Stanford University
  • M.S., (2004), Stanford University
  • B.S., (2002), Morgan State University
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • 2016 Burton Receives NSF’s CAREER Award
  • 2014 National Science Foundation, Next Generation of Hazards and Disaster Researchers Fellowship
  • 2014 Best Paper Award, International Conference on Building Resilience, Manchester, England
  • 2012 Diversifying Academia Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellowship, Stanford University
  • 2011 Young Researcher Travel Award, International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, NSF
  • 2000 Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Environmental Protection Agency
COURSES
C&EE 135L: Structural Design and Testing Laboratory C&EE 235A: Advanced Structural Analysis C&EE 244: Structural Loads and Safety of Civil Structures/Structural Reliability