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Mission Statement

The American Association for Wind Engineering (AAWE) was originally established as the Wind Engineering Research Council in 1966 to promote and disseminate technical information in the research community. In 1983 the name was changed to American Association for Wind Engineering and incorporated as a nonprofit professional organization. The multi-disciplinary field of wind engineering considers problems related to wind and associated water loads and penetrations for buildings and structures, societal impact of winds, hurricane and tornado risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, codes and standards, dispersion of urban and industrial pollution, wind energy and urban aerodynamics.

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The 15th AWES Workshop will be in Sydney next year. A wind load handbook and seminar will be part of the event.

The ASCE Technical Council on Wind Engineering has generated this brief White Paper on future wind-engineering research needs.

Call for papers. In the 20th anniversary year (2012) of Hurricane Andrew ATC and ASCE will host this event in Miami.

The Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, has issued this report on a major cyclone in early 2011.

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