Students at The NASCC: The Steel Conference

Students Connecting with Industry Sessions

Sponsored by The AISC Education Foundation; Organized in cooperation with SE Solutions

America's Center Convention Complex
St. Louis, Missouri

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Thursday, April 18, 2013: 10:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m.

SCHEDULE

10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m – Student Career Session

"Tips for Starting Your Career" presented by:

• John Hooper, P.E., S.E., Principal, Magnusson Klemencic Associates

John Hooper is a Principal and the Director of Earthquake Engineering at Magnusson Klemencic Associates, a consulting structural and civil engineering firm in Seattle, Washington. He received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Seattle University in 1981 and a Master of Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984.

Hooper has 30 years of engineering experience in the fields of renovation, earthquake engineering, and structural analysis. He serves on the AISC Committee on Specifications, as well as AISC Task Committee 9 on Seismic Design. John is also Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE-7) Seismic Subcommittee, a member of ASCE-7 Main Committee, member of the NEHRP Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) and a member of the Building Seismic Safety Council Provisions Update Committee. Through both his project and technical committee experience, Hooper remains at the forefront of industry advancements and research, especially in seismic analysis, design, and retrofit.

• Karl H. Frank, Ph.D., P.E., Hirschfeld Industries

Karl Frank is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on the design and behavior of structural steel bridges. Throughout his career as a researcher, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Ferguson Structural Engineering Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, he has made extraordinary contributions to improving the understanding of the fatigue and fracture behavior of structural steel as well as towards the design and behavior of bolted and welded connections. And while he is widely recognized for his expertise in steel bridge systems, he is also well known for his contributions to the building industry.

Dr. Frank has been a long time and consistent contributor to AISC programs. For decades, he has worked with AISC and the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) on the development of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) specifications related to the design of structural steel bridges. He is a member of the Research Council on Structural Connections, has been an Engineering Journal reviewer, a continuing education speaker, and is currently a member of the Partners in Education committee. In 2011, Dr. Frank was awarded an AISC Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his outstanding service over many years to AISC and to the structural steel design/construction/academic community.

11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. – Lunch Break and Guided Tour in the Exhibit Area, (Boxed Lunch Provided)

1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.  – Student Career Session

“Direct Connect”:  Interact one-on-one with industry experts and companies from around North America.  Representatives will be joining us from the following preliminary list of companies:

AISC Alper Audi, Inc. Bechtel Bentley Systems, Inc. Buro Happold Cannon Design Degenkolb Engineers DZSE Engineering Ministries International Englekirk Partners, Inc. Fitzpatrick Engineering Group HDR Engineering H.W. Lochner, Inc.

HNTB Halvorson and Partners Illinois DOT Jacobs KPFF Consulting Engineers L.A. Fuess Partners, Inc. LeMessurier Consultants, Inc. Louis Perry & Associates, Inc. Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Inc. Meyer Borgman Johnson Nucor-Vulcraft Group Odeh Engineers, Inc.

Protection Engineering Consultants Ruby + Associates, Inc. Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. SSOE TRC Worldwide Engineering T.Y. Lin International Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. TranSystems Corporation WSP Cantor Seinuk Walter P. Moore & Associates, Inc. Weidlinger Associates, Inc. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

• CLICK HERE for a list of detailed tips about SCIS.
  

Student Bonus

Students who attend the entire* SCIS program will receive:
• up to $175 in travel reimbursement.
• a ticket to the Thursday night Conference Dinner.
*Note: Students must attend all 3 sessions in order to be eligible for travel reimbursement and Conference Dinner ticket.

Student registration is FREE to student members of AISC.  To become a student member, click here. 

To register for The Steel Conference and for the SCIS program, go to www.aisc.org/nascc.  For questions, please contact Maria Mnookin at mnookin@aisc.org.