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Design of Wood Structures

Purpose:

To define the future of the design of wood structures including transitioning from allowable stress design to LRFD, enhancing the present design standards, and enabling efforts to incorporate performance-based approaches into wood design.

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Shiling Pei Chair Headshot

MEET THE CHAIR

Shiling Pei, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE

Dr. Shiling Pei received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University in December 2007 and joined the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines in Fall 2013. His research focused on traditional and innovative timber systems, multi-hazard mitigation through performance-based engineering, numerical modeling of structural dynamic behavior, and large-scale dynamic testing. Dr. Pei received the 2012 ASCE Raymond C. Reese Research Prize for his work on seismic performance of mid-rise wood frame building, and the 2026 ASCE Norman Medal for his work on seismically resilient tall wood building. Dr. Pei was recognized as one of the 25 ENR’s News Makers of 2023. He serves as Associate Editor for ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering and ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering. Dr. Pei is a registered Professional Engineer (Civil) in the State of California.

Membership

  • Shiling Pei, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE
    Chair
  • Bianca Augustin, M.ASCE
    ASCE Staff Contact
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  • Bilal Alhawamdeh, EIT, M.ASCE
    Member
  • Mohammad Omar Amini, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Pouria Bahmani, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Sujit Bhandari, Ph.D., EIT, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Daniel Bressler, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Bryan Casillas, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Ileana Corbi, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Ottavia Corbi, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Thang Nguyen Dao, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Trung Quang Do, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Judian Duran, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Dillon Fitzgerald, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Ernest Heymsfield, P.E., F.ASCE
    Member
  • Tu Xuan Ho, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Jared Hudson, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Ruben Jerves, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Felix Martin, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Drew Mill, M.ASCE
    Member
  • Gary Lee Mochizuki, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Zonglei Mu, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Fiona O'Donnell, M.ASCE
    Member
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  • James Aaron Redus, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Michael Stoner, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Thomas Tannert, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Aivars Vilguts, M.ASCE
    Member