2013 AEI Conference |
The Penn State Department of Architectural Engineering is pleased to announce that we will host the 2013 Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Conference in State College, PA on April 3 – 5, 2013. The meeting will include several workshops, technical papers presentations, invited technical sessions, panel discussions and local tours of technical interest. The conference is geared toward a balance of academics and practitioners.
Students attending the conference will have opportunities to interact with leaders of the architectural engineering profession; partake in student meetings and elections; and participate in the finals of 2012-2013 ASCE Charles Pankow Annual Architectural Engineering Student Competition.
Attendees will learn about new and relevant architectural engineering topics that will help them advance their careers and the overall state of the architectural engineering community. Learn More.
The next exam workshop of the Architectural Engineering Exam Committee will be held on the following dates in Kansas City, MO.
Thursday, June 14, 2012, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Friday, June 15, 2012, from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
We need licensed professional engineers who practice in the electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, structural engineering and construction management areas of the building design and construction profession.
21 - 24 August 2012
New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott
New York, NY, USA
Learn more: http://www.asnt.org/events/conferences/smt12/abstracts.pdf
NCEES is seeking volunteers who are licensed professional engineers or engineer interns to participate in a
standard-setting study for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. To qualify, volunteers must have taken
and passed the NCEES FE exam. NCEES especially encourages recent engineer interns and recently licensed
professional engineers to volunteer.
Selected volunteers will review and rate the difficulty of items that will be included on the updated FE exam, which
will be administered as a computer-based exam beginning in 2014. The volunteers’ responses will help NCEES
determine the passing score for the FE exam.
The standard-setting study will take place September 14–15, 2012, in Atlanta, Georgia. Travel and lodging expenses
will be paid by NCEES.
To volunteer, complete a short online questionnaire at ncees.org/FEstandards. Learn more.
The American Society of Civil Engineers recently recognized the accomplishments of an Architectural Engineering Institute member by electing him to the grade of Distinguished Members, Class of 2011. Mohammed M. Ettouney, D.Sc., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE will be formally inducted at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference in Memphis, Tennessee, October 20, 2011.
Dr. Ettouney is a world-renowned engineer in the field of multi-hazard engineering. His solid technical background and contributions in the areas of earthquake engineering, shock and vibration, acoustics, blast, structural, and bridge engineering, machine foundations, hydrodynamic loads, and piping systems, and his innovations in the area of multi-hazard in infrastructure, non-vertically propagating seismic waves for nuclear reactors and long-span bridges, and progressive collapse gives him the necessary perspectives to envision multi-hazard engineering for being the pillar on which all hazards-engineering will be built in the near future. Learn more .
AEI just published the findings of the team of volunteers it sent to study the effects of Hurricane Katrina on a select group of critical facilities: hospitals, nursing homes and buildings serving as refuge. The report, edited by Adam Hapij, P.E., Chair of the AEI Task Committee for the Study of the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, is titled: Multidisciplinary Assessment of Critical Facility Response to Natural Disasters—The Case of Hurricane Katrina.
The book can be ordered by calling 1-800-548-2723 or on-line at: Multidisciplinary Assessment of Critical Facility Response to Natural Disasters.
The Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) held a successful 2011 Conference on March 30 - April 2, 2011 in Oakland, CA. The meeting included a workshop on the Design of Modern Glazing Systems, technical papers presentations, invited technical sessions, panel discussions and local tours of technical interest. The finals of the ASCE Charles Pankow Foundation Annual Architectural Engineering Student Competition, and the AEI National Student Chapter elections were held.
The Meet the Leaders event for students
The Cathedral of Christ the Light Tour
The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has started a search for a new department chair of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE). We are looking for someone to help lead our department to the next level of research and scholarship without compromising our reputation for outstanding education of practicing engineers. Candidates for the position are expected to merit appointment as a full professor and have a record of distinguished research and educational achievements.
CAEE has ABET accredited undergraduate programs in both Civil and Architectural Engineering, Masters programs in Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Construction and Engineering Management, Transportation Engineering, Public Works, and a PhD program in Civil Engineering. The department has 232 undergraduate and 240 graduate students.
The department currently has 13 tenure/tenure track faculty and 2 senior lecturers with one other current faculty search ongoing. IIT has undergone a massive administration change over the past three years with President, Provost, and Dean of Engineering. The new administration is promising highly competitive compensation and benefits.
IIT is located in the heart Chicago, just minutes from downtown. In addition to being in one of the world centers of the A/E/C industry, IIT boasts a very strong College of Architecture and collaboration between CAEE and Architecture is being encouraged by the entire administration. Learn more.
Interested candidates can direct questions and applications to Dr. Ali Cinar (cinar@iit.edu), Vice Provost for Research, 312-567-3637.
For more information about the Armour College of Engineering and CAEE you can check out our web pages at: http://www.iit.edu/engineering and http://www.iit.edu/engineering/cae/
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| Damage to structure in New Orleans as viewed by the AEI assessment team in early December |
