Education

PhD, Columbia University

Areas of Research

Structures and Solid Mechanics, Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Buckling, Structural Optimization, Design Theory, and Fabric Structures

Current Areas of Research

Study of Process of Innovative Design, Analysis and Design of Fabric Roofs, and Nonlinear Structures

Text

• Introduction to Structures (Revised)
• Iterative Structural Design
• Automated Structural Analysis
• Notes on the Calculation of Cable Nets
• Finite Element Workbook
• Structural Analysis Workbook

Selected Publications

Finite Element Workbook, material for an E-course, 250 pages + floppy, 2005. 

“Exploring the Use of Three-Dimensional Dispersion to Damp Building Vibrations” (with Keith MacBain), Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 130, 3, March 2004, pp. 312-319. 

Analysis of Geometrically Nonlinear Structures (with Robert Levy), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003. 

Introduction to Structures, Horwood Publishing, Chichester, 2002. 

Spillers, W. R. and S. Rashidi, “Design for Dynamic Loads: Lack of Uniqueness”, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 20, 242-246, 2000. 

K. MacBain, A. Saadeghvaziri, and W.R. Spillers, "Examples of Stress - Hardening and Softening in Three Dimensional Beams," J. of Structural Engineering, , Vol. 125, No. 9, pp. 1073 - 1076, Sept. 1999. 

Spillers, W., Levy R., Discussion of the Article, “New Definition of Conservative Internal Moments in Space Frames,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, March 1999. 

H.. Berger, J. De Nardis, D. Pilla, and W.R. Spillers, "Hybrid Cable - Arch Systems, for Long Span Lightweight Roof Structures," Proc. IASS, Congress, Sydney, 1998. 

Spillers, W., “The Future of Computing and the Teaching of Engineering Design,” Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 12 pp. 79-80, 1998. 

Spillers, W. and Levy R., “Practical Methods for Shape Finding for Membranes and Cable Nets,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 124, 4, pp. 466-469, 1998. 

Spillers, W., Levy, R. and Joseph, F., “Member Stiffness with Offset Hinges,” Journal of Structural Engineering, pp. 527-529, April 1997. 

Spillers, W. and Bernstein, H., “Reengineering the Profession,” Civil Engineering Magazine, July 1997. 

Spillers, W. and Rashidi, S., “Member Stiffness for Three-Dimensional Beam- Columns,” Journal of Structural Engineering, 123, 7, pp. 971-972, 1997.