Chris Stutzki, Ph.D.
Studio ProfessorStutzki Engineering, Inc.
Office:
3366 S. State Street
Office Hours: Tuesday, 2pm - 6pm
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
stutzki@iit.edu
Web:
Expertise
- Structural engineering, lightweight structures, structural glass engineering, facade technology, spaceframes, cable structures.
Education
- Ph.D. Structural Engineering, Technical University of Aachen, Germany
- M.S. Civil Engineering, Technical University of Aachen, Germany
Curriculum Vitae
Courses Taught
ARCH 486: Structures II: Design of Wood and Steel
ARCH 509: Topics in Advanced Technology
ARCH 597: Glass Engineering and Building Facade Systems
ARCH 691: Doctoral Research
Research & Major Accomplishments
”The Use of Glass and Advanced Glazing Systems for Residential, Institutional, and Commercial Buildings” Invited Keynote presentation at the “International Conference for Design and Technology” 2010, at the Universidad Autonoma Metropoloitana, Mexico City-Xochimilco, October 18-22, 2010
“Modeling Structural Glass Components”, presentation at the annual Central User Conference of the SIMULIA Corporation in Chicago, September 28, 2010.
Stutzki Engineering is currently contracted by the Astrophysics Department of the University of Colorado to develop and optimize a 75 ft diameter primary mirror truss, manufactured out of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP), for the Cornell-Caltech Atacama Telescope. The CCAT Project is an internationally highly ranked project, recommended to get priority funding due to its technically convincing concept (ASTRO2010, National Research Council)
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
D. Stahl, J. Schultz, Ch. Stutzki: Design Method for Point Supported Glass (in preparation for submittal in 2010).
Christian L. Stutzki, Hiroki Tamai, Thomas A. Sebring: Design concepts for primary mirror support structures of large optical telescopes; Proceedings of the SPIE Conference 2008 in Marseille.
Hiroki Tamai, Ch. Stutzki, Joshua Buckholt, Mathew Weglarz: Determination of warping deformation limits for insulating glass units in cable net facades; Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures IASS-IACM 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Christian Stutzki, Hiroki Tamai , Joshua Buckholt: Design process, detailing and examples of non-traditional structures. IASS-IACM 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Chris Stutzki, Hiroki Tamai: Stabilizing Effects of the Cover Membranes on the Member Buckling of Articulated Geodesic Domes; Proceedings of the IASS conference in Beijing, 2006.
Ch. Stutzki, B. VandeZande, D. Stahl: Design of Connections for Glass Structures. In: DER STAHLBAU 2004.
S. Stephan, Ch. Stutzki: A General Method for the Design of Bolted Connections for Space Structures. In: Space Structures 5, Thomas Telford 2002.