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A Biographies of Committee Members
Pages 27-32

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... He founded the Fluid Mechanics and Wind Engineering Program at Colorado State University, as well as the Fluid Mechanics and Diffusion Laboratory, which was awarded the Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award from the National Society of Professional Engineers.
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... Dr. Gaus is the recipient of several awards and honors including: the Meritorious Service Medal, National Science Foundation; Award for Outstanding Contributions to Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, George Washington University; Award for Outstanding Contributions to Wind Engineering, Wind Engineering Research Council.
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... National Hurricane Conference for (~ontrih,,tinn~ to the Development ot Abut /-YS; Presidential Young investigator Award, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy/National Science Foundation; Halliburton Young Faculty Research Excellence Award, University of Houston; Martin Minta Award, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has also been the chairman of several committees including: Committee on Wind Effects/STD-Dynamics Effects, ASCE; Task Committee on Damping System/Wind Effects/STD-Dynamic Effects, ASCE; and Probabilistic Methods Committee, Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE.
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... His expertise is in the fields of structural dynamics, structures, earthquake engineering, engineering mechanics, and offshore structures. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Senior Science Fellowship, Research Prize, ASCE; National Science Foundation Senior Science Fellowship; Silver Medal of Paris; Elected Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics; Nathan M
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... degrees in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Eleonora Saba~lell is the director of the Natural and Technological Hazards Mitigation Program at the National Science Foundation.
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... He is a past chairman of the ASCE Committees on Wind Effects, Dynamic Effects, and the Reliability of Offshore Structures and recipient of the Federal Engineer of the Year Award from the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Gold Medal, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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