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• Large-scale structural testing
• Finite element analysis of reinforced concrete structures
• Anchoring to concrete

Education

• Ph.D. Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials, University of California, Berkeley, 2022, Advisor: Jack Moehle, Thesis: Column-foundation moment connections with headed anchors: experimental tests and analytical simulations
• MS Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials, University of California, Berkeley, 2017
• BS Civil Engineering, University of Costa Rica, 2015

Professional Background

• Member of ACI 318-R - Resolution of Anchorage and Development Provisions (2022-present)
• PE California (License No. 94023)
• PE Costa Rica (License No. IC-28220)
• ACI 318-14 Design Professional Certification (ID No. 01662601)

Teaching Subjects

• Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures (CE-123), University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2023
• Steel and Reinforced Concrete Design (CEGE 4401), University of Minnesota, Fall 2023
• Reinforced Concrete II (CEGE 4412), University of Minnesota, Spring 2024
• Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures (CEGE 8451), University of Minnesota

Honors and Awards

• ASCE Minnesota Young Engineer of the Year (2026)
• ACI Walter P. Moore, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, American Concrete Institute (2025)
• ACI Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper (2023)
• T.Y. Lin Fellowship, UC Berkeley (2018-2022)
   

Student Honors and Awards

• Pradhyu Kosaraju, ACI Foundation Fellowship (2026)
• Erik Kittelson, ACI Foundation Fellowship (2026)
• Jack Chapin, Second place blind prediction contest: Seismic Testing on Full-Scale Two-Story RC Structures (2025)
  
• Ximena Gómez, Precast Concrete Institute Midwest Scholarship (2025)

Selected Publications

Cheng, M.Y., Chen, P.J., Chen, C.H., Worsfold, B., Parra-Montesinos, G., and Moehle, J., (2025), Effect of Reinforcement Detailing on Cyclic Behavior of RC Column-Footing Connections, ACI Structural Journal, V. 122, No. 4

Worsfold, B., Karać, D., and Moehle, J., (2025), Shear-Reinforced Concrete Breakout Failure in Axially Loaded Anchor Groups, ACI Structural Journal, V. 122, No. 6.

Lee, H., Yu, F., Lin, K., Wang, J., Worsfold, B., and Silva, J., (2024), High-Strength Headed Bars in Joints of Special Moment Frames under Cyclic Loading, ACI Structural Journal, V. 121, No. 5

Worsfold, B. and Moehle, J., (2023), Moment transfer at column-to-footing connections: analytical studies. ACI Struct J 2023;120(2).

Worsfold, B. and Moehle, J. (2023), Shear-reinforced concrete breakout design methodology for moment transfer at column-foundation connections, Engineering Structures, Volume 283, 2023

Worsfold, B., Moehle, J., and Silva, J., (2022), Moment transfer at column-foundation connections: physical tests. ACI-Struct J 2022;119(5).