SEI President’s Award The SEI President’s Award recognizes exemplary contributions to the success of SEI. The recipient of the 2012 SEI President’s Award was Roberto T. Leon, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE. In addition to serving as President of SEI from 2009 to 2011, Dr. Leon was a member of the following SEI/ASCE boards and committees; SEI Board of Governors, ASCE Technical Region Board of Governors (TRBG) representing SEI, the SEI Technical Activities Division Executive Committee, Structural Steel Beams with Web Openings Standards Committee, Joints & Connections in Monolithic Concrete Structures
Committee, Development and Splicing of Deformed Bars Committee, Composite Construction Committee, Methods of Design Committee.
Call for 2013 SEI/ASCE Award Nominations Nominations are being sought for the 2013 SEI and ASCE Structural Awards. The objective of the Awards program is to advance the engineering profession by emphasizing exceptionally meritorious achievement, so this is an opportunity to recognize colleagues who are worthy of this honor. Nomination deadlines begin October 1, 2012 with most deadlines falling on November 1, 2012. For more information and nomination procedures, visit the SEI Awards and Honors page at http://content.seinstitute.org/inside/honorawards.html.
American Society of Civil Engineering Structural Awards
Shortridge Hardesty Award The Shortridge Hardesty Award may be given annually to individuals who have contributed substantially in applying fundamental results of research to the solution of practical engineering problems in the field of structural stability. The 2012 award went to Jeffrey A. Packer, Ph.D., D.Sc., P.Eng, F. ASCE, in recognition of a career in research on the use of hollow structural section tubes, a desirable but inherently more difficult to connect structural member. Prof. Packer has researched and developed practical connections for these members in structural design, and worked with specification writing bodies in the US and Canada to translate these results into engineering practice. Moisseiff Award The Moisseiff Award recognizes a paper contributing to structural design, including applied mechanics, as well as the theoretical analysis or construction improvement of engineering structures, such as bridges and frames, of any structural material. The 2012 award was presented to Yasser Alaskher,
Ph.D.; Sherif El-Tawil, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE; and Fahim Sadek, Ph.D., M. ASCE for the paper “Progressive Collapse Resistance of Steel-Concrete Composite Floors,” published in the October 2010 issue of the Journal of Structural Engineering. Raymond C. Reese Research Prize The Raymond C. Reese Research Prize may be awarded to the author(s) of a paper published by ASCE that describes a notable achievement in research related to structural engineering and recommends how the results of that research (experimental and/or analytical) can be applied to design. The prize was established in 1970 in honor of Raymond C. Reese. The 2012 prize was presented to John W. van de Lindt, Ph.D., M. ASCE; Shiling Pei, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE; Steven E. Pryor, P.E., S.E., M. ASCE; Hidemaru Shimizu, Ph.D.; and Hiroshi Isoda, Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE. They are receiving the prize for the paper “Experimental Seismic Response of a Full-Scale Six-Story Light-Frame Wood Building,” published in the October 2010 issue of the Journal of Structural Engineering. ASCE Journals Associate Editor Award The Associate Editors Award is presented annually by the ASCE Board Publications Committee recognizing an Associate Editor who has provided consistent and exemplary service to a particular journal or practice periodical, or a substantial unique contribution to the enhancement of ASCE’s publication activities. ASCE Journals Department would like to thank Michael H. Scott, Ph.D., for his contributions as Associate Editor of the Journal of Structural Engineering.
Building and infrastructure professionals, make your plans today to attend the ATC-SEI Advances in Hurricane Engineering Conference Make your plans today to attend the first-of-its-kind event: the ATC-SEI Advances in Hurricane Engineering Conference held Oct. 24-26 in Miami. This event will focus exclusively on wind and flood design topics of interest to professionals who design, engineer, regulate and build projects in hurricane affected regions. Specific hurricane engineering topics include wind design using ASCE 7-10, building code changes in Florida and in the 2012 International Building Code, storm surge inundation modeling, discussion of wind pressure modeling using new wind tunnels, and more. STRUCTURE magazine
View the technical program and learn about the educational sessions given by industry luminaries such as Larry Griffis, P.E.; Chris Jones, P.E.; David Prevatt, Ph.D., P.E.; Ron Cook, Ph.D., P.E.; Scott Douglass, Ph.D., P.E.; Peter Irwin, Ph.D., P.Eng, and many more. Thought-provoking, post-conference workshops allow for more in-depth discussions of key topics, while post-conference tours visit interesting local sites including the new Miami Dolphins Stadium, the RWDI wind tunnel, the National Hurricane Center and the Wall of Wind at Florida International University. For more program and lodging details visit www.atc-sei.org.
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Jack E. Cermak Award This award was created by the Engineering Mechanics Institute/ Structural Engineering Institute to recognize Dr. Jack E. Cermak’s lifetime achievements in the field of wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics. The 2012 award went to Nicholas Isyumov, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, in recognition of his contributions in developing a wind tunnel methodology now used routinely in the design and testing of tall building, long span bridges, and other structures.
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Engineering and as Editor of the Handbook for Blast-Resistant Design of Buildings, published in 2010. He is currently Chair of ASCE Standard Committee 59 on Blast Protection of Buildings, and serves on the SEI Board of Governors.
