Fall 2010

September 2, 2010

Tracy Kijewski-Correa
Associate Chair and Linbeck Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Alexandros Taflanidis
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Haiti Earthquake: Lessons Learned and Hope for the Future


September 9, 2010

Joseph Colaco, NAE           
President, CBM Engineers Inc.
Five Decades of Tall Buildings Design: Historical and Engineering Perspectives from Fazlur Kahn’s Era to Present

September 23, 2010 

Jorg Imberger, NAE Foreign Associate
Professor of Environmental Engineering,
Director, Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia
Engineering in 2030: How the Engineering Profession is Changing

October 7, 2010

Robert Gilbert
Brunswick-Abernathy Professor in Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Lessons Learned about Offshore Production Facilities in Recent Hurricanes

October 28, 2010

Jen Irish
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Assessing the Impact of Future Sea Level Rise and Climate Change on Hurricane Flood Level Statistics

November 4, 2010

Shaun A. Sipe, P.E.
Vice President of Organizational Development,Barnhart Crane & Rigging
Bigger is Better: The Multiple Benefits of Modularization in Heavy Industrial Construction and Maintenance

November 18, 2010

Gregory Kopp
Professor, University of Western Ontario
Huffing and Puffing and Blowing It Down:
Can we mitigate damage to houses in severe storms?