PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

 

09 –      Chairman                      Executive Committee, Technical Activities Division, Structural Eng. Inst., ASCE

08 – 09 Vice Chairman                Executive Committee, Technical Activities Division, Structural Eng. Inst., ASCE

07 – 08 Secretary                      Executive Committee, Technical Activities Division, Structural Eng. Inst., ASCE

06 – 07 Member                         Executive Committee, Technical Activities Division, Structural Eng. Inst., ASCE

 

07 – Present Member                  Board of Directors, International Association of Structural

                                                Control and Monitoring (IASCM).

 

06 –08  Chairman                       U.S. Panel on Structural Control and Monitoring

                                                IASCM.

 

04 – 06  Founding Chairman New Technical Committee on Structural Health Monitoring and Control,

Eng. Mechanics Division, ASCE

 

02 – 06   Member, Publications Administrative Committee

                        of ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering

 

04–05    Chairman, Task Group Benchmark Problems, ASCE, Int. Assc. St. Cntl. & Monitoring

 

98-02    Chairman          Technical Committee on Structural Control, Structural Eng. Inst., ASCE

 

00-08    Member            Technical Committee on Dynamics, Eng. Mechanics Division, ASCE

95-02    Member Structural Control Committee, Structural Eng. Inst., ASCE

95-03    Member Methods of Analysis Committee, Structural Eng. Inst., ASCE

95-02    Member Control Group Member, ASCE, Structural Control Committee

95-02    Member ASCE, Standards Committee on Testing of Base Isolation Systems

95-01    Vice Chair          Subcommittee on Base Isolation, ASCE, Seismic effects committee

95-01    Member Seismic Effects Committee, Structural Eng. Inst., ASCE

94-98    Director New Madrid Chapter of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

90-93    Member Structural Engineers Association of Southern California

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

 

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)

International Association of Structural Control and Health Monitoring (IASCM)

International Joints and Bearings Research Council (IJBRC)

Indian Institution of Engineers (IIE)

 

 

CONFERENCE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES

09         Member              ANCRiSST 5th International Workshop on Smart Structures Technology, Boston

08         Member IASCM Committee, 5 International Workshop on Structural Control and Monitoring, Dalian, China

06         Member             Scientific Committee, Fourth World Conf. on Structural Control, UCSD,

                                    International Assoc. of Structural Control and Health Monitoring

06         Member Steering Committee, Analysis & Computation, Structures Congress 2006,

                                    St. Louis, MO

05         Member Scientific Committee, Structural Engineering Convention,

                                    Indian Institute of Science, India

04       Chairman            Structural Control WG, Fourth International Workshop Structural Control,

International Assoc. of Structural Control & Health Monitoring

02         Member Scientific Committee, Seventh U.S. National Conf. on Earthquake Engineering,

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

99         Member Steering Committee, Mid America Highway Seismic Conf.,

                                    Federal Highway Administration

 

CONFERENCE SESSION ORGANIZATION

 

CIMTEC             Chairman, Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection

June 2008                      Third World CIMTEC conference on Smart Structures and Materials,

                                    Sicily, Italy

 

5CUEE                           Chairman, Structural Control and Monitoring

March 2008                    5th International Symposium Center for Urban Earthquake Eng,

                                    Tokyo Institute of Tech., Tokyo

 

4WCSCM                       Chairman, Analytical Studies in Structural Health Monitoring II

July 2006                       4TH World Conf. on Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego

 

4WCSCM                       Chairman, Smart Tuned Mass Dampers

July 2006                       4TH World Conf. on Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego

 

USNCTAM                      Chairman, Structural Health Monitoring I

May 2006                      15th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

                                    Boulder

 

USNCTAM                      Chairman, Structural Health Monitoring II

May 2006                      15th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

                                    Boulder

 

SPIE                             Co-Chairman, Structural Control I

Feb. 2006                      San Diego

 

SHMII -2                       Co-Chairman, Damage Identification and Localization III

Nov. 2005                     Shenzhen, China

 

McMat                           Co-Chairman, Highway Bridge Benchmark Problem

June 2005                     ASCE/ASME Conf., New Orleans

 

3ICEE, Chairman, Seismic Analysis of Bridges, October 2004         3rd Int. Conf. on Earthquake Eng., Nanjing, China.,

 

US-Korea Workshop, Chairman, Structural Health Monitoring, September  2004, US – Korea Smart Structures Workshop, Seoul Korea.

 

Eng. Mechanics Conf., Chairman, Smart Base Isolated Benchmark Problem, U Delaware, Newark, June 2004, ASCE, 17th Eng. Mech. Conf.

 

Eng. Mechanics Conf., Chairman, Structural Health Monitoring I, U Delaware, Newark, June 2004, ASCE, 17th Eng. Mech. Conf. (With Prof. Johnson, USC)

 

Eng. Mechanics Conf., Co-chairman, Structural Health Monitoring III, U Delaware, Newark, June 2004, ASCE, 17th Eng. Mech. Conf.

 

Eng. Mechanics Conf., Chairman, Smart Base Isolated Benchmark Problem, UW, Seattle, July 2003, ASCE, 16th Eng. Mech. Conf.

             

ICANCEER Co-chairman, Structural Control I, Int. Conf. of Asia Pacific Centers of Hong Kong, August 2002Earthquake Eng. (With Prof. Masri, University of Southern California)

           

7USNCEE Co-chairman, Smart Materials and Structures, 7 US National Conf. on Boston, June 2002, Earthquake Eng. (With Prof. Gavin, Duke University)

           

3WCSCCo-chairman , Semiactive Seismic Isolation, 3rd World Conf. on Structural Como, Italy, April 2002Control (With Prof. Gavin, Duke University)

 

MMC Conf. Co-chairman, Structural Control I: Smart structural systems and devices, San Diego, CA, May 2001, Materials&Mech. Conf. (With Prof. Johnson, Univ. of Southern California)

 

ICOSSAR Conf., Co-chairman, Probabilistic System Identification, Int. Conf on Struct. Newport Beach, CA, May 2001, Safety and Reliability (With Prof. Beck, Caltech)

 

VETOMAC, IISc, Chairman, Random/Nonlinear Vibrations,  Vibrations and Machines Conf. Bangalore, India, Oct. 2000

 

EMD Conf., Co-chairman, Experimental Studies on Semi-active Structural Control UT Austin, TX, May 2000, ASCE, Eng. Mechanics Conf. (With Prof. Gavin, Duke University)

 

EMD Conf., Co-chairman, Analytical Studies on Semi-active Structural Control UT Austin, TX, May 2000, ASCE, Eng. Mechanics Conf. (With Prof. Gavin, Duke University)

 

EMD Conf., Co-chairman, Structural Control of Asymmetric and Flexible Buildings UT Austin, TX, May 2000, ASCE, Eng. Mech Conf. (With Prof. Johnson, Univ.of Southern California)

 

Structures Congress, Chairman, Session on Smart Materials and Structures San Francisco, CA, April 1998, ASCE Structures Congress

                                   

Structures Congress, Co-Chairman, Session on Semi-active and Hybrid Control, Portland, WA, April 1997      ASCE (with Professor Bill Spencer, Univ. of Illinois-Urbana)

 

Structures Congress, Chairman, Session on Current Issues in Seismic Isolation, Portland, WA, April 1997      and damping systems – I, ASCE

 

 

Structures Congress, Chairman, Session on Current Issues in Seismic Isolation, Portland, WA, April 1997      and damping systems – II, ASCE

 

Second US/Japan Workshop Co-Chairman, Session on Design of Seismic Isolation Systems on Earthquake Protective  (with Prof. Tokida) Systems for Bridges, Tsukuba, Japan, December, 1992