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Matthew Yarnold

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor (Structural)

Director, Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory

1129 Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory

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Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Drexel University
M.S. Civil Engineering, Lehigh University
B.S. Civil Engineering, Lehigh University

Research Interests

Bridge Engineering
Structural Steel Behavior
Large-Scale Laboratory Testing of Structural Components and Systems
Field Assessment of Bridges and Other Structures
Structural Stability

In The News

Auburn University experts: Baltimore bridge collapse had limited redundancy, similar to that of other past collapses

Andrzej S. Nowak, professor and Elton & Lois G. Huff Eminent Scholar Chair of Auburn’s Department of Civil Engineering, and Matt Yarnold, associate professor and director of Auburn’s Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory, provide answers to some pressing questions following the incident, noting how the Baltimore bridge had limited redundancies and is similar to other past bridge collapses.

ASEL director earns $336K grant to improve bridge maintenance

Matthew Yarnold, director of the Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory (ASEL) and an associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, is working to improve the long-term functionality of bridges in Alabama by focusing on how to improve deck slabs that connect bridge decks without using traditional deck joints.

#GINNing Podcast: Hey Yarnold!

On Jan. 1, Matt Yarnold, associate professor of structural engineering, took charge of Auburn University's Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory (ASEL) as director. Find out how that whole thing's working out on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Yarnold named director of Auburn University's Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory

On Jan. 1, Matt Yarnold, associate professor of structural engineering, took charge of Auburn University's Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory (ASEL) as director. It's been a good first two months. "We have won several new research projects with large-scale structural testing to be performed in ASEL," Yarnold said. "One study beat out the top structural testing laboratories in the country. The sponsor indicated that everything ASEL had to offer was a big reason that Auburn was awarded the project."