Board of Governors
President
Charles Meyer, P.E., F.ACEC
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President-Elect
Clarence E. Waters, Ph.D., P.E.
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Past President
Paul Rielly, P.E.
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Mohammed Ettouney,
Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI
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Thomas Babacz, P.E.
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Ray Yunk, P.E., LEED AP
AEI 08 a Clear Success
AEI’08, the 2008 Architectural Engineering Conference held September 24-27, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center in Denver, Colorado, was by all accounts a clear success. It started on Wednesday, September 24 with the training workshop on Post-Disaster Evaluations organized by ASCE’s Committee on Critical Infrastructure, presenting procedures developed to evaluate the safety of buildings and other infrastructure systems after earthquakes, winds, floods, and fire. In the Wednesday afternoon workshop on floor vibrations, Thomas M. Murray, Ph.D., P.E., the Montague-Betts Professor of Structural Steel Design, Department of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech, covered procedures for evaluating steel framed floor systems for vibration serviceability due to walking and rhythmic activities, using criteria based on the AISC/CISC Design Guide 11 Floor Vibrations due to Human Activity.
On Thursday and Friday a large number of technical papers on a wide variety of technical topics were presented in five concurrent sessions, for a total of 40 technical presentation sessions. A number of new topics were introduced at this conference, including structural glass, demolition, architectural engineering education, BIM, the Building Security Rating System, and progressive collapse of building structures. Professionals and academics were both well represented among the conference speakers.
On several occasions, presenters scheduled to speak in a given session did not show up and did not inform the conference organizers that they wouldn’t be able to give their presentation. Fortunately, it was possible to substitute other presentations on the spot, which in all cases were outstanding. Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI and Edd Gibson, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, were each able to save entire sessions by giving impromptu presentations. The staff engineers of one of the exhibitors at the conference, Professional Investigations Engineers, were also able to fill in for several absent speakers and gave excellent presentations.
The highlight of the conference was the Friday 10th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Luncheon. Paul Guyer, P.E., the founder of AEI retraced the history of the early days of AE, commented on its accomplishments and made suggestions for its future. Other members, who played key roles in establishing AEI, Al Dorman, P.E., Hon.M.ASCE, F.AIA, Tom Babacz, P.E., and Stan Caldwell, P.E., F.ASCE, were also attending the event. A number of awards were presented to recognize outstanding achievements.
Best 2008 paper in the Journal of Architectural Engineering |
"Structural Appraisal of the Florentine Gothic Construction System" by Erdogmus, Boothby, and Smith |
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Best papers of the 2008 Architectural Engineering Student Paper Competition |
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1st Place: |
Emily Carlip, California Polytechnic State University |
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2nd Place: |
Michael Kane, Drexel University |
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3rd Place: |
Michael Bell, Kansas State University |
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Best conference papers |
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Architecture |
"The Renewal of Grant Hall" by Joseph Vincent Muscarella, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE |
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Structures |
"Use of Ground Penetrating Radar for Accurate Concrete Thickness Measurements" by Ece Erdogmus, Ph.D. |
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Systems |
"Applying Practical Security to Campus Facilities" by Song Xing, Ph.D. |
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Construction |
"Slab-on-Grade versus Suspended Slab Alternative" by Muang Sangop Seniwongse, Ph.D., P.E. |
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Best Overall |
"Effects of Bottom Chord Extensions on the Static and Dynamic Performance of Steel Joist Support Floors" by Onur Avci, Ph.D., Mehdi Setareh, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Murray, Ph.D., P.E. and "Comparisons of Measured Modal Properties and Walking Accelerations with Analytical Predictions for a Slender Monumental Stair" by Douglas Bradley Davis, Ph.D., S.E. and Thomas. M. Murray, Ph.D., P.E. |
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Best AEI Student Chapters |
Kansas State University and Milwaukee School of Engineering |
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Outstanding student leaders |
Michael Lombardi, Pennsylvania State University And Jason Leffingwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering |
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On Saturday, two well-attended workshops were held. The Architectural Engineering P.E. exam writing workshop was held to write items using the exam specifications updated during the latest PAKS study. The Forensics of Façades workshop organized by the ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering to introduce the participants to key features of building façades failures.
Several committee meetings were held on the occasion of the conference. The Academic Council, Structural Glass Committee, and the C2P Standards Committee of AEI, the Board of Direction of the Building Security Council and the Board of Governors of the Architectural Engineering Institute all had productive meetings. The majority of the AEI student chapters were represented at the conference and a meeting of the student representatives was held on Saturday morning to discuss student chapter issues and elect the AEI national student chapter officers.
Industry exhibits and the Career Fair, introduced for the first time at the AEI conference, were well attended.
Student participation was strong and attendance was higher that at the 2006 conference. All in all, AEI’08 was a great success!
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| Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI, gives an impromptu presentation on the theory of progressive collapse. | ||
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| Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI, addresses the attendees at the 10th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Luncheon. | ||
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| Paul Guyer, P.E., Founder of AEI, reflects upon the formation of AEI. | ||
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| Al Dorman, P.E., Hon.M.ASCE, F.AIA, Paul Guyer, P.E., and Stan Caldwell, P.E., F.ASCE, at the 10th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Luncheon. | ||
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| Dr. Muangsangop Seniwongse receives the Best Conference Paper in the Area of Construction Award from AEI President Paul Rielly, P.E. | ||
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| Kansas State University student Michael Bell receives the 3rd Place Award in the Student Paper Competition. | ||
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| Cal Poly student Emily Carlip receives the 1st Place Award in the Student Paper Competition. | ||
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| Tom Babacz, P.E., Chair of the 2008 Architectural Engineering Student Paper Competition, receives a certificate of appreciation. | ||
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| Ray Yunk, P.E., a member of the 2008 Architectural Engineering Student Paper Competition Jury receives a certificate of appreciation. | ||
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| AEI President Paul Rielly, P.E. presents a certificate of appreciation to Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI, Conference Chair. |
AEI Committee Chairs |
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| Academic Council Ray Yunk , P.E., LEED AP, Chair |
C2P Standards Committee James Ruggieri, P.E. Chair |
Committee on
Facilities for the Aging Ernest W. Parti, Ph.D., P.E. Chair |
| Architectural Engineering Exam Mark McAfee, P.E., Chair |
Committee on Mitigation
of Effects of Terrorism Norman J. Glover, P.E., R.A., L.S., P.P., Chair e-mail |
Committee on Facilities Management Ernest W. Parti, Ph.D., P.E. Chair |
| Awards Bijan Mohraz, Ph. D.,P.E., Chair |
Committee on Architectural Systems Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., Chair |
Task Committee to Study the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Adam Hapij, P.E., Chair |
| Continuing Education Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P..E., Chair |
Committee on Curtainwall Systems Ali Memari , Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Chair |
Standards Administrative Oversight Committee Paul Seaburg, P.E., Chair |
| Journal of Architectural Engineering Editorial Board M.K. Parfitt, P.E., Chair |
Task Committee on Building Commissioning Mingsheng Liu, Ph. D., P.E., Chair |
Structural Glass Committee Nancy Buscemi, P.E., Chair |
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