Joseph Collins, P.E., S.E. , (age 37) associate, Arup, Oakland, Calif., specializes in seismic engineering, long-span steel structures, and projects overseas. He has led the design of a diverse portfolio of buildings, including an in- novation campus in China, an airport terminal in Saudi Arabia, a motorcycle manufacturing plant in India, multiple hospitals in California and Canada, a corporate restaurant in California, as well as office and retail developments. He has had a key role in implementation and development of BIM within Arup San Francisco, from coordination and in- tegrated project delivery to prefabrication. Collins played an integral part in the establishment and opening of Arup’s new Oakland office. In 2014, he was a faculty member at Arup’s Design School, where he helped plan and organize an internal retreat for the brightest young engineers within Arup with design exercises that challenge the industry’s approach to building design. In that same year, he won Arup’s internal MotOVEator Award. Currently, Collins is working with the Structural Engineering Association of Northern California Seismology Committee, co-authoring the SEAOC Blue Book Seismic Design Recommendation on Stair and Ramp Design. Drew Dudley, P.E. , (age 29) owner, Dudley Engineering, College Station, Texas, has been a key member of the struc- tural team that delivered the renovations to Kyle Field at Texas A&M University, a $500 million fast-track structural project accomplished in two off-seasons without interruption to home football games. He recently completed his fourth year as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston College of Architecture. Dudley is also a structural specialist for Texas Task Force 1, which functions as one of the 28 federal teams under the Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency’s National Urban Search and Rescue System and as a statewide urban search and rescue team under direction of the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Recently, he started a structural engineering and building envelope consulting firm, Dudley Engineering LLC, capitalizing on his background in both commercial construction and disaster engineering to provide unique and cost-effective solutions to new and adaptive reuse projects. He is leading a structural team in evaluating a reinforced concrete and timber-framed building constructed in the 1940s for structural integrity and adapting the building to function as a mixed-use facility. Ece Erdogmus, Ph.D., P.E. , (age 40) professor of architectural engineering, University of Nebraska (The Durham School), Omaha, Neb., achieved full professorship before the age of 40; has received nine teaching, mentoring, and service recognitions from the department and college; has published more than 60 peer-reviewed technical articles; and is principal investigator for nearly $1.5 million in funded grants. Internationally known in assessment and reha- bilitation of historical structures, Erdogmus is the only structural engineering faculty solely affiliated with the AE program. She mentors all structural engineering option students, collaborating with the civil engineering program to teach the structures courses for both programs. Her research expertise is related to assessment and rehabilitation of structures. She developed a novel nondestructive evaluation technique during her Ph.D. studies that allowed for experimentally validated finite element models of complex masonry structures such as vaulting systems of cathedrals. She also developed methodologies for lateral strength of masonry arch bridges, exploring soil backfill-structure inter- actions. Erdogmus is chief editor of the ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, managing all paper submissions and leading the editorial board. Gustav Fagerström, ARB , (age 38) digital practice leader, Walter P Moore, New York, leads computational model- ing for structural and façade engineering. He has experience in all stages of projects in more than 10 countries, having practiced with Urban Future Organization, Kohn Pedersen FoxAssociates, UNStudio, and BuroHappold Engineering. His work has been exhibited and published in Europe, the Americas, and Asia and presented at Autodesk University, the Venice Architecture Biennale, CAADRIA, ACADIA, FABRICATE, and the SmartGeometry conference. Fager- ström has also served on various design juries and lectured at Yale, the Architectural Association, UCL Bartlett, the Royal Institute of Technology, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. As a senior technical designer, he has played a key role in many high-profile projects, including Golden State Warriors Arena, which is clad with a complex rain screen metal perforated skin with large glass atria walls; Daily’s Place at EverBank Field, a multi- purpose facility connecting a 5,500-seat amphitheater and a 94,000-square-foot indoor practice facility; and 25-11 49th Ave, a project in historic Queens that involved adding a 120,000-square-foot, nine-story office tower over an existing building.
Joseph Collins, P.E., S.E.
Drew Dudley, P.E.
Ece Erdogmus, Ph.D., P.E.
Gustav Fagerström, ARB
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