SEI - SEI

Wood

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To initiate research, to evaluate and correlate theories and data bearing on the properties and structural uses of wood, to report conclusions and recommendations from, and to disseminate knowledge concerning wood as an engineering material.

Wood Building Design

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Wood Research

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Reliability Based Wood Design

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Wood Education

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April 24-26, 2008 May 16-19, 2007 Calendar of Events 2008 SEI Structures Congress Vancouver, Canada April 24-26, 2008 CASE Risk Management Convocation Atlanta, USA November 1-2, 2007 The Structural Engineering World Congress (SEWC 2007) Bangalor, India November 2-7, 2007 INSHAB-2008 Tamil Nadu, India January 3-5, 2008 2008 FHWA Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference Baltimore, USA March 20-21, 2008 Durability of Building Materials and Components Istanbul, Turkey May 11-14, 2008 IALCCE '08 Lake Como, Italy June 11-14, 2008 IABMAS 2008 Seoul, South Korea July 13-17, 2008 Sixth National Seismic Conference on Bridges & Highways Charleston, USA July 27-30, 2008 IABSE Congress on Creating and Renewing Urban Structures Chicago, USA September 17-19, 2008 14WCEE Beijing, China October 12-17, 2008		Wood Purpose: To initiate research, to evaluate and correlate theories and data bearing on the properties and structural uses of wood, to report conclusions and recommendations from, and to disseminate knowledge concerning wood as an engineering material. Wood Building Design *Purpose:* To identify and study wood engineering building design problems and to disseminate the findings to the engineering community. Wood Research *Purpose:* To define the state-of-the-art and the research needs related to the applications of wood to engineered structural applications; to prepare a position statement for publication and distribution through ASCE to provide guidance to researchers, funding agencies, industry and others concerned with efficient use of wood in engineered applications. Reliability Based Wood Design Purpose: To define the application of reliability-based concepts for wood-based components and systems, along with methods for incorporating these concepts into practical design provisions. Wood Education *Purpose:* To promote and develop mechanism for effective structural wood engineering education in the academic and professional arenas by (a) developing educational resources material (teaching tools), (b) by organizing national level wood engineering instructional programs, and (c) fostering wood-design competition for civil engineering students.