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	SEI Proposed Schedule

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

8:30 AM-5:00 PM - Pre-Congress Seminars

Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of Highway Bridges - PRESENTER: Dennis R. Mertz, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Director of the Center for Innovative Bridge Engineering, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware and Susan N. Lane, P.E., Program Manager, Transportation Structures, Portland Cement Association. Forensic Practice Workshop - PRESENTERS: Clemens J. Rossell, P.E., M. ASCE , Trinity ERD; Ron Anthony, Aff. M. ASCE, Anthony & Associates, Inc.; Paul F. Mlakar, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, ERDC; Stephen Ting, P.E., M. ASCE, Swenson Say Fagét.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

7:00 AM-8:00 AM Engineering Ethics - PRESENTERS: Jimmy H. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Professor of Civil Engineering, Director of the National Institute for Engineering Ethics (NIEE) and the Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism (MCEP) at Texas Tech University; Patricia M. Harper, Deputy Director, MCEP/NIEE, Texas Tech University

8:00 AM-11:30 AM - Pre-Congress Technical Seminars The ASCE Standard for Blast Protection of Buildings - PRESENTERS: Donald Dusenberry, P.E., F.ASCE, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., Committee Chair and Workshop Leader; Jon Schmidt, P.E., M.ASCE, Burns & McDonnell; Paul F. Mlakar, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, ERDC; Robert Smilowitz, P.E., M.ASCE, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.; Steven Smith, CTL Group Sustainable Structures: The Role of the Structural Engineer - MODERATOR: Dirk M. Kestner, P.E., M.ASCE, Associate, Walter P Moore - PRESENTERS: To be announced Wind Load Criteria of ASCE 7-2010: Expected Changes - PRESENTERS: Ronald A. Cook, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, University of Florida; Kishor C. Mehta, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, P. W. Horn Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University Civil Engineering Education Reform - PPRESENTERS: Dr. Mete Sozen, Purdue University; Dr. James Russell, University of Wisconsin; Dr. Ken Fridley, University of Alabama; Dr. Allen Soyster, NSF; Dr. Ben Schafer, Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Oral Buyukozturk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Jose Roesset, Texas A&M University. Design and Construction of Storm Shelters: Introducing the New ICC/NSSA Standard - PRESENTERS: Marc L Levitan, Ph.D., Director, LSU Hurricane Center; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University; Chair, ICC/NSSA Storm Shelter Standard Committee; Ernst W. Kiesling, Ph.D., P.E., Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University; Executive Director, National Storm Shelter Association.