NCSEA-SEAOC Wind Design Webinar Series Day 5: Beyond the Code

This concluding session explores advanced and emerging topics in wind design, including performance-based wind design (PBD), wind tunnel studies, computational fluid dynamics, and digital tools. Attendees will gain insights into designing for irregular structures, an area that has historically lacked guidance, and will learn about recent research findings. The session will also discuss the integration of AI, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and digital tools into wind design workflows. Updates on wind tunnel testing will be provided. This session will conclude with an interactive panel discussion featuring leading experts in the field.

• Course will award 1.5 hours of continuing education
• Diamond Review approved in all 50 states
• This webinar will be available as a recording.

Speakers:

Dr. Roy Denoon has over 30 years of experience in Wind Engineering. Roy’s contributions to the field were recognized by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in the award of a Fellowship and he currently serves as the chair of their Engineering Assembly. He is a voting member of the ASCE 7 Main Committee and Wind Loading Subcommittee and was a primary author of their Manual of Practice on the Design and Performance of Tall Buildings for Wind and the Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design.

Gregory Kopp, Ph.D., is Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Western University, where he also holds the ImpactWX Chair in Severe Storms Engineering and is the founding Director of the Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory (CSSL). He works actively to implement research findings into practice, currently serving as Chair of the ASCE 49 Standards Committee on “Wind Tunnel Testing for Buildings and other Structures”, and as a member of various other building code and design standards committees including the ASCE 7 Wind Loads Sub-Committee.

Russell Larsen, P.E, S.E., is a Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA). Russell has served on the Applied Technology Council (ATC) as a Design Engineer for ATC 58 and ATC 58-2, which focus on PBSD guidelines, and as a Subject Matter Expert for ATC’s FEMA Seismic Hazard Technical Guidance Development & Wind Performance-Based Engineering. At the code-development level, Russell has served as leader of the ASCE7 Wind Committee Performance-Based Wind Engineering leader since 2018, and is a voting member and steering committee member of the ASCE7 Wind Committee and its associated activities.

Dr. David Banks, P.E., has been with CPP Wind Engineering since 2000 and has been President since 2020. He developed and continues to lead CPP’s Solar Services sector as a globally recognized authority on solar wind loads. He is a committee member of the ASCE 7 wind loading, the ASCE Computational Wind Engineering pre-standard, the ASCE 49 Wind Tunnel Testing standard, and the ASCE Solar Manual of Practice.

Moderator:

Emily Guglielmo, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, has over two decades of structural engineering experience, all with Martin/Martin, Inc. She began her career in their Denver, CO area office, and is currently a Principal with the firm, managing their San Francisco Bay Area office. She has lectured on wind loads provisions across the nation and is the Past Chair the NCSEA Wind Engineering Committee, a voting member of the SEAOC Wind Committee, and a voting member of ASCE 7 Wind Load Subcommittee.

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Webinar Cancellation

By NCSEA: If a webinar is canceled by NCSEA, all registered attendees will be notified via email. NCSEA will issue a full refund if the event cannot be rescheduled. If the event is rescheduled and a registrant can not attend on the rescheduled date, NCSEA will offer a credit in the amount of the purchase price.

By Registrant/Attendee: Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours in advance of the webinar (or the first webinar in the case of a series or bundle) and in writing via email (ncsea@ncsea.com) with the subject line “NCSEA Webinar Cancellation” and include the following in the body of the email: Title of Webinar, Order/Invoice Number, Name of Registrant, and Reason for Cancellation. No telephone refund requests will be accepted.

If the request has been approved, NCSEA can do one of the following:

• Refund the amount back to the original order payment method (a $25 cancellation processing fee will be assessed)

• Issue a full credit on the purchaser’s account that can be used towards a future webinar/event.

If you are unable to attend the webinar and the cancellation deadline has passed, a recording will be available (in most cases) in the Education Portal after the webinar has concluded.
Refunds are not granted due to attendee technology issues. It is your responsibility as the webinar attendee to test your computer setup prior to the start of the webinar.

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