Civil Engineering Magazine Presents!

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Editor in Chief
Anne Elizabeth Powell

New to ASCE's Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition, Civil Engineering Magazine Presents is an exciting new content track. Designed as a series of four one-and-a-half hour presentations, this track will explain in detail three significant engineering undertakings that have been featured as Civil Engineering cover stories.

These dynamic presentations will afford you unparalleled opportunities to meet and learn from colleagues whose work constitutes highly significant contributions to the civil engineering profession and to society.

Thursday, November 13 -- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

2003 OCEA AWARD WINNER!
The Milwaukee Art Museum Addition

Milwaukee Art MuseumJohn H. Kissinger, P.E., S.E., and Loei Badreddine, P.E., S.E., Principals of Milwaukee-based Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer & Associates, Inc., the civil and structural engineers of the Milwaukee Art Museum Addition, which won the 2003 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award, will explain the enormous structural engineering challenges posed by Santiago Calatrava's remarkable edifice - and the marvelous solutions the project engineers devised for these challenges.

Thursday, November 13 -- 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Building the Great Pyramid

PyramidsCraig B. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman of Orange, CA-based DMJM H+N, has unraveled the mystery of how the Great Pyramid at Giza was built. No monument to human achievement has intrigued mankind more than the Great Pyramid - the most celebrated and enduring vestige of the remarkable civilization that emerged during the golden age of the pharaohs, the sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the World. Through an exhaustive process of forensic analysis that applied modern-day technology to bridge the chasm of time, Dr. Smith has developed the most complete explanation in history of how the Great Pyramid was constructed. He presents an overview of his findings, which will be fully explained in his book Stairsteps to the Gods: Building the Great Pyramid at Giza, to be published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 2004.

Friday, November 14 -- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

The Pentagon Building Performance Study Team Findings

PentagonPaul F. Mlakar, Ph.D., P.E.,F.ASCE, the lead investigator for the Pentagon building performance study team, and other members of the team will explain precisely how the Pentagon's resilient structural system substantially mitigated the damage, number of casualties and fatalities, and extent of collapse that resulted from the impact of the aircraft and ensuing fires. This structural system saved hundreds - if not thousands - of lives, and team members will provide you with information that argues eloquently for incorporating structural resiliency into the design and construction of buildings that are required to resist progressive collapse.

Saturday, November 15 -- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

2003 OCEA MERIT AWARD WINNER!
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the AngelsNabih Youssef, S.E., the Principal of Los Angeles-based Nabih Youssef & Associates, and C. Terry Dooley, P.E., a retired Senior Vice President of Morley Construction Company, of Santa Monica, CA, will describe the extraordinary structural engineering challenges involved in the construction of the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, the winner of a 2003 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Merit Award. Built to last at least 500 years near an active seismic fault, the cathedral is an engineering marvel. The concrete work alone presented exceptional technical challenges. The cathedral has 454,000 sq. ft. of architectural concrete, the thickness of the walls varies from 1 to 5 ft., no two walls intersect at 90-degree angles, and there are 850 non-repeating corner conditions, each requiring a custom form.