{"55291":{"#nid":"55291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CEE Professor Ellingwood Named Distinguished Member of ASCE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Society of Civil\nEngineers have elected School of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nDistinguished Professor Bruce R. Ellingwood a Distinguished Member. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInternationally recognized as an\nauthority on structural load modeling and load combination analysis, structural\nreliability and risk analysis of engineered facilities, Ellingwood also is\nconsidered a leader in the technical development and implementation of\nprobability based codified design standards for building structures. He served\nas administrator of the Secretariat of American National Standard Committee A58\non Minimum Design Loads from 1977 to 1984, directing the development of the\ngeneral probability-based load criteria for limit states design that have\nappeared for nearly three decades in successive editions of \u201cMinimum Design\nLoads for Buildings and Other Structures,\u201d most recently ASCE Standard 7-05.\nThese standards are found in all strength design standards\u2014structural steel,\nconcrete and wood construction\u2014in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to ASCE, Ellingwood is\nrecognized primarily for his contributions of the last 30 years in implementing\nnovel research concepts into engineering practice. In recent years, Ellingwood\u2019s\nexpertise in dealing with low-probability, high-consequence events in\nstructural design and condition assessment has made him an authoritative and\nsought-after individual for the treatment of abnormal loads and progressive\n(disproportionate) collapse, structural engineering for fire conditions, and\nfor probabilistic risk assessment of special structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Ellingwood, in the\n158-year history of the ASCE, only 586 other engineers have been similarly\nnamed. \u201cI was truly honored to be elected as a Distinguished Member of ASCE,\u201d\nhe said. \u201cI have been a member of ASCE for over 35 years, and treasure my\nnumerous professional associations and friendships with Society colleagues.\u0026nbsp;My\nfellow Distinguished Members are at the top of the profession, and it is a\nprivilege to be considered as worthy to be included in that group.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\nEllingwood\u2019s career has\nspanned both academe and federal service. He joined the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty in 2000, and\nwas Chair of the School from 2000 to 2002. In 2001, he was elected to the\nNational Academy of Engineering for his leadership in the use of probability\nand statistics in the design of structures and in the development of new design\ncriteria.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Society of Civil\nEngineers have elected School of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nDistinguished Professor Bruce R. 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