Industry Updates
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Industry Updates
Published online: 15 August 2007 ASM International 2007
World Trade Center Investigation Engineer Honored by AAES Dr. W. Gene Corley, P.E., who led the federal investigation into the 2001 collapse of the World Trade Center, received the National Engineering Award from the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) on May 7. He was one of six honorees during the organization’s 28th annual awards ceremony in the Great Hall of the National Academy of Engineering. Corley, a preeminent expert on building collapse investigations and building codes, is senior vice president of CTL Group. He serves as the company’s managing agent for professional and structural engineering and is active in earthquake engineering projects. In 1995, the American Society of Civil Engineers selected him to lead a Building Performance Assessment Team investigating the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. In addition to heading up the building performance evaluation of the World Trade Center, Corley also served as a team member evaluating the structural performance of the Pentagon following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The National Engineering Award is presented for inspirational leadership and tireless devotion to the improvement of engineering education and to the advancement of the engineering profession, as well as to the development of sound public policies as an engineerstatesman. Previous recipients include astronaut Neil Armstrong (1979) and former Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine (1991). For more information: American Association of Engineering Societies, 1620 I St. NW, Ste 210, Washington,
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Engineering Design & Testing Corp. Opens Hartford District Office Engineering Design & Testing Corp., an association of engineers committed to the study, interpretation, and resolution of loss, has opened the doors of its Hartford (Connecticut) District Office. Engineers in the new office include Thomas D. Traubert, Anthony P. Centurelli, and Thomas W. Dombrowski. •
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Mr. Traubert is a mechanical engineer and provides consulting services in the areas of damage assessment, repair and replacement cost estimates, and root cause failure analysis of mechanical systems. Mr. Centurelli is a civil/structural engineer providing consulting services in the area of structural analysis, including root cause, scope of damage, and value of loss of residential and commercial property. Mr. Dombrowski is a mechanical/controls engineer. He provides consulting services in the area of root cause analysis of malfunction of HVAC and plumbing systems and their associated control systems in residential, commercial, and industrial applications; and analysis of matters involving machinery and mechanical systems.
For more information: Engineering Design & Testing Corp., P.O. Box 320, Windsor, CT 06095-0320; tel: 860/285-8000; fax: 860/285-8066; web: www.edtengineers.com.
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