ASCE NEW ORLEANS BRANCH STRUCTURES COMMITTEE
SEMINAR LIST
List of Seminars presented by SEI New Orleans Chapter
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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. |
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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 |