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As you may be aware, Alan G. Davenport died July 19 in London, Ontario, Canada at 76.  This issue of "The Wind Engineer" is dedicated to Alan's...
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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.

Current News

CWE2010 23 to 27 May. Abstracts are now posted. Full papers are due 01 March. Register by 01 March 2010 for early-bird rates.

The triennial ICBEST meeting will be held in Vancouver during June 2010.

An NREL publication of the 2008 Workshop on wind-energy resorce and research needs will be of interest to many AAWE members. Click...

Local authorities in Britain may now accept designs based on the wind loads outlined in the Eurocode.