Applied Technology Council Sponsors Wind Forum on April 16, 1999, in New Orleans

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February 19, 1999

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The Applied Technology Council (ATC) is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring a Wind Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 16, 1999. the objective of the Wind Forum is to formulate potential wind engineering knowledge transfer projects. ATC intends that the Wind forum will be a catalyst for bringing forward potential projects that focus on areas where engineering technology can be focused effectively to address important wind engineering topics. The Wind Forum is an initiative of ATC's to promote the development of meaningful technology in fulfillment of our vision for "Advancing engineering applications for natural hazard mitigation." The Forum is being held in collaboration with the American Association for Wind Engineering and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The Forum Panel consists of:

Edwin T. Dean, Dean Engineering, Inc., Portland, Oregon (Moderator)
Howard Burton, Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire, Inc., Seattle, Washington
Arthur Chiu, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Jim Delahay, Lane Bishop York Delahay, Inc., Alabama
Mike Gaus, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
Do Kim, Institute for Business and Home Safety, Boston, Massachusetts
Tim Reinhold, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
James Rossberg, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia
Charles Thornton, Thornton-Tomasetti, New York, New York

The Wind Forum is scheduled from 1:30-5:00 p.m., April 16, 1999 and is being held in conjunction with the 1999 ASCE Structures Congress at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans. Limited seating, to be provided on a first-come first-serve basis, is available at the Forum for persons interested in advancing new applications in wind engineering. Persons interested in participating should contact ATC at 650/595-1542 (fax 650/593-2320; e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Attendance will be at the participant's own expense.

Welcome to the ATC Team!

As a former Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle, Mike comes to ATC with more than 30 years of structural engineering experience in new design, evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings, applied research, and codes and standards development. Mike’s design experience includes the landmark Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and his research and development experience includes the FEMA 356 Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, FEMA P-2012 Assessing Seismic Performance of Buildings with Configuration Irregularities (ATC-123 Project), and NIST GCR 10-917-9 Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design (ATC-76-6 Project).

Mike also has extensive experience as an ATC consultant serving as a reviewer, a technical contributor, and Project Director on multiple ATC projects. We look forward to how Mike’s unique experiences as a successful team member will contribute to ATC projects in the future.

Retired from federal service as a Senior Geophysicist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mike comes to ATC with more than 30 years of experience in hazard mitigation program management and policy development, post-disaster response and recovery, and problem-focused research and development in support of FEMA’s efforts under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). He has led FEMA’s earthquake-related work with the International Code Council and has been involved with the development of national model codes and standards since 1984.

In his career at FEMA, Mike has led the development of countless major FEMA publications, including: FEMA 350 Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings and its series of companion reports (ATC-41 Project series), FEMA P-58 Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Methodology and Implementation (ATC-58 Project series), FEMA P-695 Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors (ATC-63 Project), FEMA P-2018 Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential (ATC-78 Project), and FEMA P-2090/NIST SP-1254 Recommended Options for Improving the Built Environment for Post-Earthquake Reoccupancy and Functional Recovery Time (ATC-137 Project). With Mike’s extensive knowledge of federal government programs, and past collaboration with state and local agencies, hazard mitigation partners, and code development organizations, we look forward to how his unique experiences will help serve ATC’s client needs and objectives in the future.