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'APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'
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... In l977 he moved to the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, first as a Visiting professor and then as Associate Professor. His research there was concerned mainly with the determination of wind loads on structures both from wind tunnel tests and full-scale measurements.
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