Lyle P. Carden, Ph.D.
Professional Engineer - Structural
Lyle has been a consulting engineer at Martin Chock & Carden in Hawaii since November 2005, where he has been involved in the design and construction management of numerous structural engineering projects for new buildings, renovations and evaluations. He has performed multi-hazard mitigation planning, post-disaster reconnaissance, development of seismic retrofit strategies and several research projects.
Lyle is actively involved in a number of local and national professional organizations, including: the SEAOH representative on the State Building Code Council, and; WCSEA representative on the board Applied Technology Council. He is also active in education: of young engineers as a P.E. review course instructor; of high school students as an ACE Hawaii program mentor, and; formerly for undergraduate and graduate students as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hawaii.
Lyle completed a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he studied the design of bridges and buildings for the effects of large magnitude earthquakes and other extreme events. He has Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering Degrees from the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
Prior to work in Hawaii, Lyle was involved in several research projects as a graduate student and post-doctoral fellow and practiced as a consulting engineer in New Zealand.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 2004
Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2000
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 1998
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:
Professional Engineer/California, 2005
Professional Engineer/Hawaii, 2009
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Applied Technology Council – Executive Board Member
State Building Code Council – SEAOH Representative
Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii – Building Code Committee Chair
American Society of Civil Engineering – Instructor for PE Review Course
Hawaii Pacific Steel Framing Alliance
American Institute of Steel Construction
ACE Mentor Program of America, Hawaii Affiliate – Mentor and Treasurer
SOME NOTABLE PROJECTS:
- HQ PACAF B1102H Renovation at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
- CNAC Gymnasium Renovation, Chinhae, Korea
- Philippine Consulate Honolulu New Building and Renovation
- Marriott Residence Inn Kapolei
- Planning for Marine Corps Relocation at Camp Schwab, Okinawa
- Wheeler Army Airfield Combat Aviation Brigade Housing
- Preliminary Engineering Analysis for Tsunami Mitigation at a Critical Facility on Maui
- Tohoku Tsunami Reconnaissance RAPID - NSF Collaborative Research
- Multi-Hazard Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan for the City & County of Honolulu
- Hawaii Hurricane Shelter Evaluation and Retrofits
- Hilton Hawaiian Village Renovations; Honolulu, Hawaii
- Ko`Olina Center and Station; Kapolei, Hawaii
- Hard Rock Café and 280 Beachwalk; Waikiki, Hawaii
- Fleet Store and MWR Outdoor Gear Facility; NAVSTA, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Post and Pier Foundation Investigation and the Development and Incremental Seismic Retrofits; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
- The Keola La’i Condominium; Honolulu, Hawaii
- The Pinnacle; Honolulu, Hawaii
PUBLICATIONS:
Chock, G., Carden, L., Robertson, I., Wei, Y., Wilson, R., Hooper, J., 2018. “Tsunami-Resilient Building Design Considerations for Coastal Communities of Washington, Oregon, and California”, Journal of Structural Engineering, 144(8): 04018116
Carden, L., Chock, G., Yu, G., and Robertson, I.N., 2016. “The New ASCE Tsunami Design Standard Applied to Mitigate Tohoku Tsunami Building Structural Failure Mechanisms, Chapter 22” in Coastal Disasters – Lessons Learnt for Engineers and Planners, ed. By Esteban, M., Takagi, H, and Shibayama, T., Elsevier.
Chock, G., Carden, L., Robertson, I., Olsen, M., and Yu, G., 2013. Tohoku Tsunami-Induced Building Failure Analysis with Implications for U.S. Tsunami and Seismic Design Codes, Earthquake Spectra 29(S1), S99-S126.
Buckle, I.G. Itani A.M., Carden L.P., 2010 “Recent Developments in the Seismic Design of Bridges with Steel-Plate Girder Superstructures.” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 1(8), 1113-113.
Carden, L.P., Pekhan, G. and Itani, AM., 2008. "Investigation of Flange Local Bending Under Flexible Patch Loading", Engineering Journal; 45(1), 47-56.
Carden, L.P., Buckle, I.G. and Itani, A.M., 2007. “Transverse Displacement Capacity and Stiffness of Steel Plate Girder Bridge Superstructures for Seismic Loads.” Journal of Constructional Steel Research; 63(11), 1546-1569.
Carden, L.P., and Itani, A.M., 2007. “Performance of an Unprotected Steel Structure subjected to Repeated Fire at a Fire Fighter Training Facility” Fire Safety Journal; 42(2), 81-90.
Carden, L, P., Pekcan, G., and Itani, A.M., 2007. "Web Yielding, Crippling, and Lateral Buckling under Post Loading," Journal of Structural Engineering; 133(5), 665-673.
Carden, L.P., Pekhan, G., and Itani, A.M., 2007. “Flange and Web Limit States in Beams Subjected to Patch Loading.” Journal of Constructional Steel Research; 63(1), 45-54.
Carden, L.P., Itani, AM., and Buckle, I.G., 2006. "Cyclic Behavior of Buckling-Restrained Braces for Ductile Cross Frames," Engineering Journal; 43(2), 127-140.
Carden, L.P., Garcia-Alvarez, F., Itani, AM., and Buckle, I.G., 2006. "Cyclic Behavior of Single Angles for Ductile Cross Frames," Engineering Journal; 43(2), 111-126.
Carden, L, P., Itani, A.M., and Buckle, I.G., 2006. "Seismic Performance of Steel Plate Girder Bridges with Ductile End Cross Frames using Buckling-Restrained Braces," Journal of Structural Engineering; 132(3), 338-345.
Carden, L.P., Itani, AM., and Buckle, I.G., 2006. "Seismic Performance of Steel Girder Bridges with Ductile Cross Frames using Single Angle X-Braces," Journal of Structural Engineering; 132(3), 329-337.
Carden, L.P., Davidson B.J., Larkin TJ and Buckle, I.G., 2005. "Retrofit of Seismically Isolated Structures for Near-Field Ground Motion using Additional Viscous Damping," Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; 38(2), 106-118.
Itani, A.M., Bruneau, M., Carden, L.P., & Buckle, I.G., 2004, "Seismic Behavior of Steel Girder Bridge Superstructures", ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 9(3), 243-249.
Carden, L.P., Itani, A.M., and Buckle, I.G., 2002, "Composite Action in Steel Girder Bridge Superstructures Subjected to Transverse Earthquake Loading," Transportation Research Record, 1814 (02-2455), 245-252.
