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9th Forensic Engineering Congress

Denver, Colorado | –

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9th Forensic Engineering Congress

ASCE commissioned the Forensic Engineering Division (FED, formerly the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering) several decades ago to enhance the body of knowledge within the civil engineering profession regarding the investigation of failures and performance problems within the built environment. Since its inception, FED has continually sponsored the widely-read Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, published numerous books and guidelines, and presented many workshops and seminars to aid both practitioners and academia. FED continues to develop practices and procedures to reduce the number of failures, to disseminate information on failures and their causes, to provide guidelines for conducting failure investigations, and to provide guidelines for ethical conduct in forensic engineering. Each Forensic Engineering Congress, with this being the 9th, serves as an opportunity for architects, engineers, scientists, lawyers, and insurance professional to enhance their knowledge and understanding of civil engineering works, their performance issues, and state of the art investigative tools/procedures.

Congress Committees

Forensic Engineering Division Executive Committee Chair

  • Stewart M. Verhulst, P.E., M.ASCE, Vice President and Executive Technical Director, Nelson Forensics

Congress Steering Committee Chair

  • Carmen Mulea, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Engineered Building Solutions, Inc.

Congress Steering Committee 

  • Ronald W. Anthony, Aff.M.ASCE, Principal, Anthony & Associates Inc.
  • Hossein Ataei, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng, F.ASCE, Civil Engineering Faculty and Director of Construction Engineering and Management Program, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Paul A. Bosela Jr., P.E., LEED AP, Forensic Engineer, Bosela Forensic Engineering Consultants, LLC
  • Tara Cavalline, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte
  • Alicia E. Diaz de Leon, P.E., R.A., S.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Drerup Building Performance Engineering, PLLC
  • Stephen Andrew Dlugos, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Thomas Downey, LTD
  • Michael J. Drerup, P.E., F.ASCE, Principal Engineer, Drerup Building Performance Engineering, PLLC
  • Anthony M. Dolhon, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Dolhon Forensics
  • Travis Gregory Ebisch, P.E., M.ASCE, Project Director, Nelson Forensics, LLC
  • Joshua B. Kardon, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Principal, Joshua B. Kardon and Co.
  • Michael P. Lester, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Element Analytical, PLLC
  • Rui Liu, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Associate Professor, Kent State University
  • Navid Nastar, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., F.ASCE, Principal, Brandow & Nastar, Inc
  • M. Kevin Parfitt, P.E., F. AEI, M. ASCE, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
  •  Kevin L. Rens, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Chair and Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver
  • Ziad Mohammad Salameh, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, ZS, LLC
  • Maria Mirian Velay-Lizancos, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Assistant Professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
  • Wael A. Zatar, M.ASCE, Dean and Professor of Civil Engineering, Marshall University

Forensic Engineering Awards Committee

  • Navid Nastar, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., F.ASCE, Principal, Brandow & Nastar, Inc, Division First Past Chair
  • Clemens Rossell, P.E., M.ASCE, Facilities Strucutral Engineer, Boeing, Division Second Past Chair
  • Alicia E. Diaz de Leon, P.E., R.A., S.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Drerup Building Performance Engineering, PLLC, Division Third Past Chair

ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities Chief Editor

  • Norbert Joseph Delatte, Jr, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, M.R. Lohmann Endowed Professor of Engineering and Head School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma State University

Committee for Dissemination of Failure Information Chair

  • Ziad Mohammad Salameh, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal In Charge, ZS LLC

Committee on Practices to Reduce Failures Chair

  • Vincent N. Campisi, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal/Owner, Consulting Engineer LLC

Committee on Forensic Investigations Chair

  • John Curtis Wylie, P.E., M. ASCE, Structural Engineer, Construction Science and Engineering, Inc.

Education Committee Chair

  • Rui Liu, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State

Committee on Forensic Practices Chair

  • Derrick Stephen Hancock, P.E., M.ASCE, Senior Structural Engineer, GHD

Editor-in-Chief: 

  • Rui Liu, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State

Co-Editor-in-Chief: 

  • Carmen Mulea, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Engineered Building Solutions, Inc.

Co-Editor-in-Chief: 

  • Tara Cavaline, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE, Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte, The William States Lee College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management

Co-Editor-in-Chief: 

  • M. Kevin Parfitt, P.E., F. AEI, M. ASCE, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Forensic Engineering Division of ASCE

Authorized by ASCE in July 1985, the purpose of the Forensic Engineering Division is to:

  • Develop practices and procedures to reduce the number of such failures.
  • Disseminate information on failures and their causes.
  • Provide guidelines for conducting failure investigations.
  • Provide guidelines for ethical conduct in forensic engineering

Forensic Committee Application

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