STRUCTURES COMMITTEE SEMINAR LIST

ASCE NEW ORLEANS BRANCH STRUCTURES COMMITTEE

SEMINAR LIST

List of Seminars presented by SEI New Orleans Chapter

Date	Topic	Organizer Struc. Comm.	Presenters 1	Presenters 2	Presenters 3
1990
July 20, 1990	The Long and Short of it- Debate on Development Length of Reinforcement in Concrete Construction	David Hunter	Dr. James Jirsa
October 24, 1990	Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for Steel – What and Why???	Om Dixit	Dr. Michael Folse
1991
January 23, 1991	Innovative Ways to Use Welded Wire Reinforcing in Concrete Construction	David Hunter	Richard Ramsey
June 27, 1991	Computerized Structural Analysis, Design and Drafting – Current State of the Art	Jim Danner	Dr. Jyoti Chaterjee
October 1, 1991	Design of Offshore Structures Located in a Soil Subsidence Bowl	Juan Campo	Juan Campo	L.B.Green	J.R.Hooper
November 19, 1991	Wood Structures: Design and Materials	Om Dixit	Dr. Vijay Gopu	Catherine Marx
November 20, 1991	Wood Structures: Design and Materials	Om Dixit	Mark Eide	E.J.Lamulle
1992
March 10, 1992	Concrete Parking Structures – Planning to Construction	David Hunter	Richard Ramsey
March 11, 1992	Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures	David Hunter	Dr. Farhad Afshar	David Factor	Guy Knight
May 6, 1992	Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7) and Controversy of Load Factors and PHI Factors For LRFD Design	David Hunter	Walter P. Moore, Jr
August 19, 1992	Salvage, Disposal, and Reuse of Offshore Structures	Juan Campo	Griff Lee	Tom car	Robert LaBlanc
December 9, 1992	Structural Connections – Concrete, Timber, and Wood	Herb Roussel	Sam Greenwood	Ed Morphy
December 10, 1992	Structural Connections – Concrete, Timber, and Wood	Herb Roussel	Dr. Vijay Gopu	Dr. Herbert Roussel
1993
June 9, 1993	Protecting Public from Fools and Rascals: Developing User Friedly Codes	Om Dixit	Dr. Gene Corley
October 26, 1993	Auger Tension Leg Platform	Juan Campo	Peter Arnold	Don Crimmons	Glen Gros
1994
February 22, 1994	Practical Steel Connections – Design and Detailing	John Housey	Tom Farrell	James Anders
May 5, 1994	New AASHTO Specifications for LRFD – Underlying Principes	Om Dixit	Dr. John Kulicki
June 20, 1994	Seminar on Computer Software for Structural Design	Herb Roussel	Dr. Herbert Roussel,Jr
October 19, 1994	Garden Banks 388 Subsea Template	Juan Campo	Mike Blincow	Tom Carr	George Gerno
1995
February 7, 1995	Structural Integrity: Lessons from Earthquake Damage Studies	Om Dixit	Dr. James Jirsa
May 11, 1995	Wood Structures-Design and Detailing with New 1991 NDS Code	Om Dixit	Dr. Vijay Gopu
July 18, 1995	Theory and Design of Curved Steel Girder Structures	Om Dixit	Om P. Dixit	Rudy McLellan	William Convay
August 16, 1995	Economic Design of Steel Structures	John Housey	James Anders	Brian Quinn
October 18, 1995	Neptune Project-First Production Spar Floating Platform	Juan Campo	Don Verdeman	Steve Richardson	Rick
December 12, 1995	When, Why and How to Use NON-DESTRUCTIVE Testing of Concrete	Om Dixit	Dr. Luke Snell	Donald Meyn
1996
March 28, 1996	Harrah’s New Orleans Casino is No Gamble-Unique Structural Design saved Time and Money	Subhash Kulkarni	Subhash Kulkarn
June 6, 1996	Concrete in New Orleans-A Review from the Days of Mortar Box Mixing to Projections into 21st Century	Om Dixit	James Shilstone, Sr
August 7, 1996	Steel Connections-Art Science and Information in the Quest for Economy and Safety	Om Dixit	Dr. William A. Thorton
October 10, 1996	Assessment of Existing Offshore Structures: Fitness for Purpose	Juan Campo	Griff Lee	Felix Dyhrkopp	G. Petrauskas
1997
February 27, 1997	Structural Repairs of Cracked Concrete by Resin Injection	Subhash Kulkarni	Subhash Kulkarni	Thomas D. Harvey
May 1, 1997	Wind Force: How to Contain this Menace in Hurricane Prone Areas	Jim Danner	Marc Levitan	Subhash Kulkarni
June 12, 1997	Structural Integrity: Lessons from Earthquake Damage Studies	Om Dixit	Dr. S. K. Ghosh
August 12, 1997	Steel Hollow Structural Section Specifications-An Overview	John Housey	James Anders	John Housey, Jr
October 9, 1997	Compliant Towers: A Design and Construction Overview	John Housey	Steve Wills	David Wisch	David Fangue
1998
February 5, 1998	Nuclear Power Plants: A Design, Construction, & Operations Overview	Om Dixit	John Burke	Sid Munshi	Greg Ferguson
March 12, 1998	Panel Discussion on Local Building Code	Subhash Kulkarni	Subhsh Kulkarni
May 12, 1998	What is High Performance Concrete?	Om Dixit	Dr. Paul Zia
October 22, 1998	Shell Oil’s”Cinnamon”:World’s Deepest Tripod Pltform	Juan Campo	Dr. John Reeves	Ernest Langley	Robert Machen
December 8, 1998	Economic Detailing of Steel Structures	Om Dixit	Walter J. Gat
1999
January 28, 1999	Masonary Design Seminar	Norma Jean Mattei
February 25, 1999	A Practical Approach to LRFD Steel Design	Pramod Patel	Jacques Cattan
May 11, 1999	Lessons Learned from Structural Failure	Om Dixit	Dr. Saad E. Moustafa
June 15, 1999	Design of Steel Weld and Bolt Groups	Herb Rousse	Dr. Herbert Roussel,Jr
August 24, 1999	Demonstration of Shell’s 3-D PDMS Cad Structural Design and Detailing Program	Juan Campo	Anrew Egne	Doug Lewis	Robert Samudio
October 14, 1999	Morpeth Field Development Project Subsea System, Export System and Installation	Juan Campo	Neil Mackintosh	Jonathan Kennefick	Ian Redfern
December 15, 1999	Applied Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Seminar	Mark Gonski	Dr. Robert S. Vecchio	Dan Vorenkamp
2000
January 20, 2000	Design and Inspection of Steel Bolted Connection	Anthony Goodjion	Dr. Lewis B. Burget	Kenneth Meyn
March 23, 2000	Heat Straightening Repair of Damaged Steel	Om Dixit	Dr. Richard Avent
April 26, 2000	Straightforward Design for Concrete Columns & Unified Design of Concrete	Om Dixit	Dr. Richard Furlong
October 26, 2000	Non-traditional Offshore Platform Topsides Installation Methods	Juan Campo	Tom Carr	John Greeves
December 14, 2000	Finite Element Analysis and Modeling for Today’s Civil Engineer	Juan Campo	Eugene Pharr, Sr
2001
March 29, 2001	Preventing Corrosion with Protective Coatings		Richard Burgess
May 16, 2001	Lessons Learned in a Long Bridge and Structural Engineering Career	Om Dixit	William B. Conway
August 23, 2001	Load and Resistance Factor Design of Wood Structures	Norma Jean Mattei	Vijay Gopu
October 25, 2001	API RP 2A, 21 st Edition: Consequence-Based Offshore Structural Design Standard	Juan Campo	Griff Lee	Felix Dyhrkopp
November 12, 2001	WIND LOADING OF STRUCTURES: BEYOND ASCE 7	John Housey	J.D.Holmes
2002
February 28, 2002	MODERN WELDING PRACTICE AND INSPECTION	M Gonski	David Mandina
June 4,2002	Performance of Structures in Natural Disasters (DHL)	Om Dixit	Vijaya Gopu
July 18,2002	Galvanize It	J. Crut	Dale Williams
October 24, 2002	Devils Tower Spar (Offshore Seminar)	Crutti/Campo	Steve Richardson
December 2 2002	Light Cold Formed Members in Structural Design	A. Goodgion	Melvin Loseke
2003
February 6 2003	World Trade Center Building Performance	Om Dixit	Gene Corely
March 13 2003	Essential Requirements for Reinforced Concrete Buildings	Om Dixit	Luis Garcia
April 24 2003	Misuse of Computers by Structural Engineers (DHL)	H. Roussel	Leroy Emkin
June 12 2003	Light Gage Steel Framing and Connection Design	T. Smith	Michael Booth
October 9 2003	Vortex Induced Vibrations (Offshore Seminar)	Campo/Crut	Dale Ramsey	Bala Padmanabhan
3-Dec-03	Liquid Containing Concrete Structures	Dixit	David Kittridge
2004
29 January, 2004	International Building Code (IBC) w/ Applicable Foundaction Amendments	Kulkarni	Kulkarni
31 March, 2004	Legal Responsibilities of Structural Engineers	Om Dixit	Tom Jackson	Larry Canada
29 April, 2004	Finite Element Analysis and Modeling	Gonski	Kenneth Will
20 May, 2004	What’s New in Wind Loading Codes and Standards	Roussel	Levitan
17 November, 2004	Spars Lessons Learned and Technology Developments	Campo	Tom Carr	Robbin Converse
2005
27 January, 2005	API RP 2A Section 17 (2003Revision) – Recommended Practice for the Assessment of Existing (Oﬀshore) Platforms	John Crutti	Paul E. Verowsky
2 March, 2005	Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete – Five Test Methods That Can Save You Money	Om Dixit	Dr. Luke Snell
10 May, 2005	ARCHITECTS DREAMS – ENGINERS’ NIGHTMARES” -SOLUTIONS TO GRAVITY DEFYING ARCHITECTURE	Om Dixit	Jon Magnusson
5 June, 2005	ADVANCES IN CONNECTION DETAILS FOR PRECAST CONCRETE	Om Dixit	Alvin c. Ericson
2006
27 April, 2006	The World Trade Center Investigation: Analysis and Recommendation	Om Dixit	Dr. Fahim Sadek
6 June, 2006	New Orleans Levee Failure	Mattei	Gordon Boutwell
17 August, 2006	Achieving Flood Resistant Design Seminar	Juan Campo	Chris Jones
26 October, 2006	Design and Construction of STEEL SHEET PILING STRUCTURES(8 Hours)	Om Dixit	Dr. Richard Hartman
14 November, 2006	Evolution and Lessons Learned in the Design of Soft Berth for MPEH	Juan Campo	Jose H. Vazquez, PH.D.
7 December, 2006	ARE YOU USING ASCE 7 CORRECTLY FOR WIND DESIGN?	Om Dixit	Dr. Frank Bernardo
2007
March 14, 2007	PREDICTION FOR THE LIFECYCLE OF ENGINEERED STRUCTURES – USING FABRICATION QUALITY CONTROL AND STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING	Jay Jani	Dr. Vivek R. Dave
May 10, 2007	Professional Practice & Business of Forensic (Structural) Engineering	Om Dixit	Dr. Robert T Ratay, P.E.
June 7, 2007	High Deﬁnition Underwater Acoustic Substructure Inspection	Om Dixit	Kenneth LaBry
August 9, 2007	What should structural engineers know about a Geotechnical report?	Om Dixit	Bill Gwyn & David Lourie
October 4, 2007	An Overview of Inland Marine Facility Design	Tom Smith	Gil Chatagnier	Joe Jacquat		Lanier &; Associates, New Orleans, LA
November 29, 2007	An Introduction to the IBC Seismic Requirements for Southeast Louisiana	Bill Rushing	Ronald O Hamburger			Simpson Gumpertz & Herger, San Francisco, CA
2008
February 13, 2008	Towards Total Precast Construction	Om Dixit	Donald Don Theobald			Gulf coast Prestress, Pass Christian, MS
April 10, 2008	The Devil is in the Details – Structural analysis, Structural Collapse and Structural Integrity	Om Dixit	Ed Huston			Smith & Huston, Seattle, Washington
June 19, 2008	What Engineers Should Know about Contracting	Tom Smith & Bill Sewell	Robert Boh	Larry Gibbs		BOH Brothers & Gibbs Contrsuction, New Orleans, LA
October 16, 2008	GULF OF MEXICO OFFSHORE PLATFORM ASSESSMENT, DESIGN, AND ANALYSIS – TODAY AND TOMORROW (API Recommended Practice in RP2A )	John Crutti	Paul E. Versowsky			Cheveron Corp., New Orleans, LA
November 12, 2008	Local Building Design Codes and IBC 2008 Code	S.Kulkarni & Bill Sewell	S.Kulkarni	Paul Mat, Curtis Mann		Kulkarni Consultants, Metairie, LA Permit Dept., City of New Orleans, New Orleans, La
2009
January 28, 2009	Using the 2008 MSJC Code and Speciﬁcation	Om Dixit	Richard Klingner			University of Texas, Austin TX
March 5, 2009	LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE I-35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE	Jay Jani	Dr. Justin Oecl			Professional Services, McLean, VA
April 16, 2009	More To Concrete Than Meets The Eyes	Om Dixit	Dr. Kenneth C. Hover			Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
June 24, 2009	INTERPRETATION OF GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN TO PROJECT DESIGN	Mike Choudry	William W. Gywn			Eustis Engineering, Metairie, LA
August 5, 2009	Transforming The Project Delivery Process Using Building Information Modeling (BIM)	Om Dixit	James G. Jacobi			Walter P. Moore& Associates, Houston, TX
October 15, 2009	INNOVATIONS IN OFFSHORE LIFT RIGGING AND SALVAGING TECHNIQUES	John Crutti	Jon E. Khacchaturian			Versabar, Belle Chasse, LA
2010
January 21, 2010	HOLLOW STRUCTURAL SECTION CONNECTIONS	Pawan Gupta	Jefrey Parker			University of Toronto, Toronto CANADA
March 4, 2010	SMART STRUCTURES	Om Dixit	Joe Church			Roctest, Charleston, South Carolina
April 8, 2010	CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN SUSTAINABILITY OF CONCRETE	Om Dixit	Richard Stehly			President ACI, American Testing, Minneapolis, MN
August 26, 2010	ASD AND LRFD CODE FOR WOOD CONSTRUCTION AND UPCOMING CHANGES IN WOOD-FRAME CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS/SPECIFICATIONS	Mike Choudry	VIJAYA GOPU	CATHERINE MARX KAAKE		LTRC, Baton Rouge, La. Southern Forest Product Assoc., Kenner, La.
2011
January 20, 2011	AASHTO LRFD BRIDGE DESIGN – OBSERVATIONS ON THE CODE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND FUTURE	Zolan Prucz	John M. Kulicki			Modjeski and Masters, Mechanicsburg, PA
January 26, 2011	CONCRETE ANCHOR DESIGN IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACI 318 APPENDIX D	Om Dixit	Anthony J. Lamana			Anthony J. Lamana Consulting Engineers, New Orleans, LA
February 17, 2011	MSJC MASONRY CODE CHANGES FOR 2011 EDITION	Pawan Gupta	Dennis Graber	David Pitre		National Concrete Masonry Institute & Hardscape, USA, Theodore, AL
March 29, 2011	APPLICATION AND ADVANCES IN NON DESTRUCTIVE WELD TESTING	Mark Gonski	David Mandina			Mandina’s Inspection Service, Inc., New Orleans, LA
April 20, 2011	THE CASES FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN CONCRETE REPAIR, PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT	Om Dixit	Peter Emmons			Structural Group, Baltimore, MD
June 9, 2011	PERFORMANVE OF CONTINUOUS PRESTRESSED GIRDER BRIDGES: A STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING APPROACH	Om Dixit	Ayman Okeil			LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
August 4, 2011	TIPS FOR IMPROVING THE CONSTRUCTIBILITY OF STRUCTURAL STEEL AND CAST-INPLACE CONCRETE STRUCTUCTURES	Om Dixit	Clifford Schwinger			The Hartman Group, King of Prussia, PA
August 23, 2011	Reorganization and Modiﬁcations to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE/SEI 7-10	Mark Gonski	Sam Amoroso	Joﬀrey Easley		Engensus Engineering and Consulting, Baton Rouge, LA
October 20, 2011	THE ROLES OF DYNAMIC POSITIONING AND HEAVE COMPENSATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEEP AND ULTRA WATER RESOUCES	Jay Jani	Anil Raj			Technology Associates, Inc., New Orleans, LA
November 10, 2011	DESIGN OF CONNECTIONS IN WOOD FRAMED STRUCTURES	Mike Choudry	VIJAYA GOPU	CATHERINE MARX KAAKE		KAAKE LTRC, Baton Rouge, La. Southern Forest Product Assoc., Kenner, La.
2012
October 18, 2012	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY AND DISCUSSION OF THE AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION’S 2012 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES (AWEA RP2012)		Barry Reed	Benjamin Foley		Keystone Engineering, Metairie, LA
November 15, 2012	Connection Eccentricities and Restraints: Common Misconceptions	Om Dixit	Dr. Joseph Yura			University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
2013
February 26, 2013	Lessons Learned: From Structural Problems that Ended in Litigation	William Rushing, Jr	Jeﬀrey W. Coleman			Coleman, Hull & van Vliet, PLLP, Minneapolis, MN.
April 4, 2013	What to Expect in the Reorganized ACI 318-14 Building Code	Om Dixit	Basile G Rabbat			Structural Engineering Consultant, Mt. Prospect, IL
July 18, 2013	The ACI 562 Repair Code – How does it Aﬀect Your Concrete Repair Project?	Mike Choudhry	Keith Kessner			WDP Associate, Inc., South Norwalk, CT
October 24, 2013	INNOVATIONS IN HIGHWAY BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION	Zolan Prucz	Edward P. Wassermen			Modjeki Masters, Nashville, TN
2014
May 8, 2014	The Panama Canal 100 years of History – A Review of the Past, Present and Future of an Engineering Marvel	William Rushing, Jr.	Luis Ferreira			Communication Specialist, Planning Division of Resources and Enlargement Programs Authority of Canal de Panama, PANAMA
October 16, 2014	The AASHTO LRFD Strut-and-Tie Model for Design of Concrete Bridges	Om Dixit	Basile G. Rabbat			Structural Engineering Consultant, Mt. Prospect, IL
2015
January 21, 2015	THE DIRECT ANALYSIS METHOD OF AISC 360-10	Michael Folse	Michael Folse	Steven Fall, Jay Jani		Lanier & Associates, New Orleans, LA
February 26, 2015	USACE Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps in New Orleans	Leslie Campbell	Benan Zahawi, Shaun Gill	Dan Grandal, Rian Johnson		STANTEC
April 2, 2015	Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Other Windstorms: Advances in Engineering Design for Extreme Winds	Norma Jean Mattei	Marc Levitan			National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, DC
April 28, 2015	The Building of a Building Code	Om Dixit	Randall W. Poston			Senior Principal, Pivot Engineers, Austin, Texas
October 8, 2015	Practical Applications of Structural Engineering & Design for Historic Structures and Modern Brick Masonry	Jay Jani	David Biggs			Biggs COnsulting Engineering, Saratoga, NY