AAWE News
Dr. Jack Cermak Passed Away on August 21, 2012
AAWE President, Prof. Sarkar, shared the sad news that our colleague, long-time friend, and one of the pioneers of wind engineering, Dr. Jack E. Cermak, passed away on August 21, 2012 at Fort Collins, Colorado. He would have been 90 in a couple of...
Posted: Oct 2012
ATC/ASCE Hurricane Conference
Program announced. In the 20th anniversary year (2012) of Hurricane Andrew ATC and ASCE will host this event in Miami.
Posted: Apr 2012
Awards Committee and Board Add Two Annual Awards
The AAWE Awards Committee has renamed a traditional quadrennial award to be the "Michael Gaus Distinguished Service Award" and created two new annual awards - the "Best Journal Paper Award" and the "Industry Innovation Award". The details may be...
Posted: Jan 2012
Wind Engineering Research Needs (TCWE)
The ASCE Technical Council on Wind Engineering has generated this brief White Paper on future wind-engineering research needs.
Posted: Oct 2011
Cyclone Yasi Report by JCU
The Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, has issued this report on a major cyclone in early 2011.
Posted: Apr 2011
Cyclone Yasi Report by Prof. George Walker
This North Queensland storm damaged a large populated area in early 2011. Prof. Walker, a long-standing AAWE member, has reviewed the damage in this PDF document, and he also provides some the wind-related history and code discussion from...
Posted: Feb 2011
Saffir-Simpson Removes Storm Surge
A selection of PDf files are available at this NOAA site that describe the recent modifications to the venerable Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Posted: May 2010 |




