Dear Seaint Friend: I am delighted to invite you to a seminar on:
"Structural Engineering in the 21st Century-Changing Practices" to be
given by Dr. Charles H. Thornton, one of the most preeminent structural
engineers and educators in the world, in Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel
Engineering Center, UC Berkeley Campus on Monday October 8, 2007,
1:00-2:00 pm.
The text of announcement is below along with a short introduction on Dr.
Thornton. For more information and a one-page announcement of the
seminar please refer to http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~astaneh. A resume of
Dr. Thornton is at: http://www.chtandcompany.com/charleshthornton1.html
I had invited Dr. Thornton to give his seminar to a joint meeting of my
students in CE122-Design of Steel Structures and E36-Engineering
Mechanics I-Statics courses. He has honored us all by accepting the
invitation and has agreed for me to open the seminar to the campus
community and the public so that others also can attend.
Please forward the announcement below to all who might be interested.
Sincerely,
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
University of California, Berkeley
www.ce.berkeley.edu/~astaneh
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Structural Engineering Seminar
"Structural Engineering in the 21st Century-Changing Practices"
By
Charles H. Thornton Ph.D, PE,Founding Principal-Thornton Tomasetti,
(www.thorntontomasetti.com)
Chairman- Charles H. Thornton and Company, LLC
(cthornton@chtandcompany.com)
Date: Monday October 8, 2007, Time: 1:00-2:00PM, Place: Sibley
Auditorium, UC Berkeley Campus
A map of Campus is at: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/large_map.html
Abstract: Building Information Models (BIM), Computer Numerically
Controlled (CNC) fabrication,Performance Based Engineering is causing
startling
changes in both the practice and delivery of structuralengineering
services. The time is now for the structural engineer to step up and
into a new
leadership role in the industry. Through examples such as Petronas
Towers, Taipei 101, NY Times HQ,Soldier Field, DC Baseball and many
other projects,
Dr. Thornton will discuss these Changing Practices.
Speaker: Dr. Charles H Thornton is one of the most preeminent structural
engineers and educators in the world. He has led the
structural design of some of the most important and monumental
structures worldwide, including the Taipei-101 in Taiwan, currently the
tallest building in the world, as well the Petronas towers in Malaysia,
the second tallest building in the world. In addition, Dr. Thornton
has taught courses in structural engineering for many years as visiting
and adjunct professor. Dr. Thornton is currently Chairman of
Charles H. Thornton & Company , LLC, a management and strategic
consulting firm and continues as a consultant to The Thornton-
Tomasetti Group, Inc. Through December 2004, he was Co- Chairman of The
Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc., a 500- person
organization providing engineering and architectural services, failure
analysis, hazard mitigation, and disaster response services. He is the
founder of the ACE Mentor Program, a non-profit organization that, each
year offers guidance and training to inner city high schools
students in architecture, construction and engineering in cities across
the U.S.
For more information refer to www.ce.berkeley.edu/~astaneh
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