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APPENDIX A 48 DAVID J. WICKERSHEIMER, is Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Champaign, and President of Wickersheimer Engineers. He earned the B.Arch. degree in 1967 and M.S.Arch. in 1969 from the University of Illinois. He is a registered professional engineer and architect with special expertise in the prevention and investigation of building failures and the practices of building inspection. PAUL ZIA is Distinguished University Professor of Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from National Chiao Tung University, China, in 1949, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington in 1951, and the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida in 1960. His areas of expertise include innovative design, basic and applied research, failure investigation and strength evaluation of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, and properties and applications of high performance concrete. He is the 1989 President of the American Concrete Institute, an honorary member of ASCE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. STAFF ANDREW C. LEMER, Director, is an engineer-economist and planner. Formerly division vice president with PRC Engineering, Inc., Dr. Lemer is founder and president of the MATRIX Group, Inc., and has written widely on matters of building economics and development policy, often in conjunction with his work on major projects in the United States and overseas. He received his S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Urban Land Institute, and the American Macroengineering Society.
APPENDIX A 49 PETER H. SMEALLIE, Director of the Geotechnical Board, and formerly Senior Program Officer, and Executive Secretary of the Public Facilities Council maintains a working arrangement with the BRB on programs of mutual interest. Prior to his work with the NAS-NRC, he was Vice President of Thomas Vonier Associates, an architecture and consulting firm, and was a program director with the American Institute of Architects Research Corporation. He has a degree in Urban Studies from St. Lawrence University.
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