# 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
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Websites

- Research Group

##### RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

Structural/Earthquake engineering, structural reliability, enhanced seismic performance systems, performance-based design and assessment methods, community resilience.

##### NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar

##### IN THE NEWS

- University of California Funds Interdisciplinary, Multicampus Research | Daily Bruin, February 2023
- Two professors win UC’s Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives competition | UCLA Newsroom, January 2021
- Rust Valley Restorers | History Channel, January 2020
- Engineering earthquake resilience in downtown skyscrapers - Science Nation | National Science Foundation, March 2018

##### 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