Michael Davidson
Associate Director of the Florida Bridge Software Institute Department of Civil & Coastal EngineeringBiography
Dr. Davidson has accrued more than ten years of bridge engineering research, with exposure to research programs across multiple universities. In his current role as Associate Director within the Bridge Software Institute (BSI), he leads software development and applied research efforts in transforming research findings into algorithms. Dr. Davidson possesses expertise in areas such as extreme-event loading of bridge structures, probabilistic simulation, and the discrete element method.
Primary Research Area
Structural Engineering
Other Research Areas
Geosystems Engineering
Research Interests
Probabilistic simulation, Extreme event loading of bridges, Discrete Element Method
Education
B.S., Civil Engineering, 2005, University of Kentucky
M.S., Civil Engineering, 2007, University of Florida
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2010, University of Florida
Certifications
– PE