17th Analysis & Computation Specialty Conference
March 13, 2006
Dear Congress Delegates,
On behalf of the Analysis & Computation (A&C) Technical Administration Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE, we are pleased to invite researchers and practitioners to attend the 17th A&C Specialty Conference being held in conjunction with the 2006 Structures Congress, May 18-20, 2006. The conference will highlight recent research in the broad areas of applied structural analysis, optimal structural design, structural control, and emergent computing technology.
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The technical program for the 17th A&C Specialty Conference opens on May 18 with a Plenary session, followed on May 18-20 by twelve technical sessions in two tracks involving forty-four paper presentations. Each paper underwent double peer review to secure a place in the program. Authors of selected papers have been invited to submit an extended version of their paper for further peer review leading to publication in a special issue of the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering dedicated to the 17th A&C Specialty Conference.
The 17th A&C Specialty Conference continues a long tradition of holding such conferences in conjunction with the Structures Congress. They are intended for practitioners and researchers alike, and are held every two years. The 18th A&C Specialty Conference is scheduled for 2008 in Vancouver, Canada.
We hope to see you in St. Louis.
Yours sincerely,
D. E. Grierson, F. A. Charney & M. Hoit
17th A&C Specialty Conference Steering Committee
17th A&C Conference Plenary session: Highlighting the 17th A&C Conference will be a special 90-minute Plenary session on Thursday, May 18th beginning at 10:30 am. Addressing the Conference will be Dr. Bill Spencer of the University of Illinois and Dr. Charles Kircher of Kircher & Associates.
Dr. Spencer will be presenting on the subject of Innovative Concepts for Seismic Protection of Structures. Dr. Spencer is currently the Nathan M. Newmark Chaired Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He has authored two books and more than 80 journal papers in the subject topic area, which have been widely cited in other publications.
Dr. Kircher’s presentation will address the topic of Protecting Older Buildings with Seismic Isolation and Damping Systems. Dr. Kircher has made significant contributions to the field of earthquake engineering including the development of earthquake damage and loss estimation methods, seismic hazard criteria, and isolation and damping system design criteria used in building codes.
17th A&C Specialty Conference Steering Committee
Donald E. Grierson (Chair), PhD, PE, University of Waterloo, Canada
Finley A. Charney, PhD, Virginia Tech, USA
Marc Hoit, PhD, University of Florida
Jasbir Arora, PhD, University of Iowa
Colby Swan, Jr, PhD, University of Iowa
Shahram Pezeshk, PhD, University of Memphis
Shirley Dyke, PhD, Washington University at St. Louis
Carolos Matos, PhD, PE, Jacobs Civil Inc., St. Louis
Christopher Foley, PhD, PE, Marquette University
Satish Nagarajaiah, PhD, Rice University
Elisa Sotelino, PhD, Purdue University
