ISHMII
University of Manitoba
Agricultural & Civil Engineering Bldg.
A250 - 96 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada
Ph: 204-474-8506
Fax: 204-474-7519
Email: central@ishmii.org

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President

Dr. Aftab Mufti
ISIS Canada
A250 Agricultural & Civil Engineering Bldg.
University of Manitoba
96 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
Ph: 204-474-8506
Fax: 204-474-7519
Email: muftia@cc.umanitoba.ca
Website

Vice-Presidents

Dr. A. Emin Aktan
Drexel Intelligent Infrastructure and Transportation Safety Institute (DI3)
3001 Market Street, Suite 50
Philadelphia, PA19104 USA
Ph: 215-895-6135
Email: aaktan@drexel.edu
Website

Dr. Farhad Ansari
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dept. of Civil & Materials Engineering (MC 246) - College of Engineering
842 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7023 USA
Ph: 312-996-2437
Fax: 312-996-2426
Email: fansari@uic.edu
Website

Prof. Dan M. Frangopol
Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture
Center for Advanced Technology for Structural Systems (ATLSS Center)
117 ATLSS Drive, Imbt Labs
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA 18015-4729 USA
Ph: 610-758-6103 or 610-758-6123
Fax: 610-758-4115 or 610-758-5553
Email: dan.frangopol@lehigh.edu
Website

Prof. Yozo Fujino
University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Engineering
7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo, 113-8656 Japan
Ph: 81-3-5841-7662
Fax: 81-3-5841-6023
Email: fujinoy@attglobal.net
Website

Dr. Wolfgang Habel
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Division VIII.1, Measurement and Testing Technology
Unter den Eichen 87
Berlin, 12205 Germany
Ph: 49 30 8104-1916
Fax: 49 30 8104-1917
Email: wolfgang.habel@bam.de
Website

Prof. Urs Meier
EMPA
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing & Research
Ueberlandstrasse 129
Duebendorf, CH-8600 Switzerland
Ph: 41-1-823-4100
Fax: 41-1-821-6244
Email: urs.meier@empa.ch
Website

Secretary

Kim Archer
ISIS Canada
A250, 96 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2
Canada Ph: 204-474-6231
Fax: 204-474-7519
Email:archerk@ms.umanitoba.ca

Newsletter Editor

Dr. John Newhook
Dalhousie University
Department of Civil Engineering
D Building, 1360 Barrington St.
Halifax, NS B3J 1Z1 Canada
Ph: 902-494-5160
Fax: 902-494-3108
Email: john.newhook@dal.ca
Website

Treasurer

Dr. Daniele Inaudi
Smartec SA
Via Pobiette 11, 6928 Manno
Manno, TI Switzerland
Ph: 41-91-610-1800
Fax: 41-91-610-1801
Email: inaudi@smartec.ch
Website

Members At Large

Prof. Bjorn Taljsten
BYG-DTU, Brovej
Building 118, Room 156
2800 Kgs
Lyngby, Denmark
Ph: +45 4525 1773
Email: bt@byg.dtu.dk
Website

Dr. Helmut Wenzel
Vienna Consulting Engineers
A-1140, Diesterweggasse 1
Vienna, Austria
Ph: 43-1-894-60-21
Fax: 43-1-894-61-70
Email: wenzel@vce.at
Website

SHMII-3 Conference Chair

SHMII-2 Conference Chair

Prof. Jinping Ou
Harbin Institute of Technology
92 Dazhi Street
Harbin, 150001 China
Ph: 86-451-641-8190
Fax: 86-451-628-2094
Email: oujinping@hit.edu.cn
Website

SHMII-1 Conference Chair

Prof. Zhishen Wu
Ibaraki University
Department of Urban and Civil Engineering
4-12-1 Nakanarusawa, Hitachi-Shi
Ibaraki, 316-8511 Japan
Ph: 81-294-38-5179
Fax: 81-294-38-5268
Email: zswu@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp
Website

COUNCIL

Dr. A. Emin Aktan
Drexel Intelligent Infrastructure and Transportation Safety Institute (DI3)
3001 Market Street, Suite 50
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
Ph: 215-895-6135
Email: aaktan@drexel.edu
Website

Dr. Sreenivas Alampalli
New York State Department of Transportation
Bridge Evaluation Services Group
50 Wolf Road, POD 43
Albany, NY 12232, USA
Ph: 518-457-5498
Fax: 518-457-6945
Email: salampalli@dot.state.ny.us
Website

Dr. Sergio Alcocer
Instituto de Ingenieria, UNAM
Edificio Fernando Hiriart, Planta Alta
Circuito Escolar, Ciudad Universitaria
Mexico, DF 04510
Mexico
Ph: 52-5622-3422/3423
Fax: 52-5616-2894/1514
Email: direccion@pumas.iingen.unam.mx
Website

Dr. Ashutosh Bagchi
Concordia University
Dept. of Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering
BE-341, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, QC H3G 1M8 Canada
Ph: 514-848-3213
Fax: 514-848-7965
Email: abagchi@bcee.concordia.ca
Website

Dr. Baidar Bakht
J.M.B.T. Structures Research Inc.
21 Whiteleaf Crescent
Scarborough, ON M1V 3G1 Canada
Ph: 416-292-4391
Fax: 416-292-7374
Email: bbakht@rogers.com

Prof. Pradipta Banerji
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Department of Civil Engineering
Bombay, Powai, Mumbai
400 076 India
Email: pbanerji@civil.iitb.ac.in
Website

Dr. Nemkumar Banthia
University of British Columbia
Department of Civil Engineering
CEME Building,
2024-2324 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Ph: 604.822.9541
Fax: 604.822-6901
Email: banthia@civil.ubc.ca
Website

Dr. Konrad Bergmeister
BOKU - U of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences
Peter-Jordan-Str. 82 A-1190
Vienna, Austria
Ph: 43 1476545251 5250
Fax: 43 1 476545272 5292
Email: berg@iki.boku.ac.at
Website

Dr. Luke Bisby
Queen's University
Department of Civil Engineering
99 University Avenue, Ellis Hall
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
Ph: 613-533-3086
Fax: 613-533-2128
Email: bisby@civil.queensu.ca
Website

Prof. James Brownjohn
University of Sheffield
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Mappin Street
Sheffield, S1 3JD United Kingdom
Ph: 44-0-114-222-5771
Fax: 44-0-114-222-5700
Email: james.brownjohn.@sheffield.ac.uk
Website

Dr. Fritz Brunner
Graz University of Technology
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Rechbauerstr. 12
8010 Graz
Ph: 43-0-316-873-0
Fax: 43-0-316-873-6562
Email: fritz.brunner@tugraz.at
Website

Dr. Francisco Carrion-Viramontes
Instituto Mexicano del Transporte (IMT)
Km 12, Carretera Queretaro-Galindo
Queretaro, Qro.
Mexico
Ph: 52 (442) 216-9744 x3020
Email: carrion@imt.mx
Website

Dr. Steven Chase
Federal Highway Administration
Infrastructure Inspection and Management - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101 USA
Email: steve.chase@fhwa.dot.gov
Website

Dr. J.J. Roger Cheng
University of Alberta
Department of Civil Engineering
220F Civil/Electrical Building
Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7 Canada
Ph: 780-492-2992
Fax: 780-492-0249
Email: roger.cheng@ualberta.ca
Website

Prof. Alessandro De Stefano
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24
10129 Torino, ITALY
Ph: 39 011 564-4819
Fax: 39 011 564-4899
Email: alessandro.destefano@polito.it
Website

Prof. Yozo Fujino
University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Engineering
7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo, 113-8656 Japan
Ph: 81-3-5841-7662
Fax: 81-3-5841-6023
Email: fujinoy@attglobal.net
Website

Prof. Hitoshi Furuta
Kansai University
Faculty of Informatics
-1-1 Ryozenji-cho, Takatsuki-shi
Osaka, 569-1095 Japan
Email: furuta@res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp
Website

Dr. Hamid Ghasemi
Turner-Furbank Highway Research Centre (FHWA)
Bridge Safety, Reliability and Safety
6300 Georgetown
Pike McLean, VA 22102 USA
Ph: 1-202-493-3042
Fax: 1-202-493-3442
Email: hamid.ghasemi@fhwa.dot.gov
Website

Mr. Andrew Horosko
Manitoba Transportation and Government Services
Room 209, 450 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0V8 Canada
Ph: 204-945-3768
Fax: 204-945-4766
Email: dmhwy@leg.gov.mb.ca
Website

Dr. Daniele Inaudi
Smartec SA
Via Pobiette 11, 6928 Manno
Manno, TI Switzerland
Ph: 41-91-610-1800
Fax: 41-91-610-1801
Email: inaudi@smartec.ch
Website

Dr. Vistasp Karbhari
University of California, San Diego
Dept. of Structural Engineering
Building 409 University Center
La Jolla, CA 92093-0085 USA
Ph: 858-534-6470
Fax: 858-534-6373
Email: vkarbhari@ucsd.edu
Website

Prof. Jan-Ming Ko
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Office of the VP (Research Development)
Hung Hom, Kowloon 852
Hong Kong, China
Ph: 852-2766-5037
Fax: 852-2356-2682
Email: cejmko@inet.polyu.edu.hk
Website

Prof. Chan Ghee Koh
National University of Singapore
Department of Civil Engineering
Block E1A, 1 Engineering Drive 2
Singapore, 117576
Ph: 65-6874-2163
Fax: 65-6779-1635
Email: cgkoh@nus.edu.sg
Website

Prof. Hyun-Moo Koh
Seoul National University
Gwanak-gu
Seoul, 151-742 Korea
Ph: 82-2-880-7352
Fax: 82-2-887-349
Email: hmkoh@snu.ac.kr
Website

Dr. Pierre Labossière
Département de génie civil
Université de Sherbrooke
2500, boul. de l'Université
Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1 Canada
Ph: 819-821-8000 X2119
Fax: 819-821-7974
Email: pierre.labossiere@usherbrooke.ca
Website

Dr. Alexis Mendez
MCH Engineering, LLC
1728 Clinton Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501 USA
Ph: 510-521-1069
Fax: 510-521-5079
Email: alexis.mendez@mchengineering.com

Prof. Ayaho Miyamoto
Yamaguchi University
Dept. of Computer and Systems Engineering
2-16-1, Tokiwa-dai
Ube, 755-8611 Japan
Ph: 81-836-85-9530
Fax: 81-836-85-9530
Email: miyamoto@design.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Website

Prof. Masoud Motavalli
EMPA
Ueberlandstr. 129
Duebendorf, 8600 Switzerland
Ph: 41 1 823 55 11
Fax: 41 1 823 44 55
Email: masoud.motavalli@empa.ch
Website

Dr. Aftab Mufti
ISIS Canada
A250 Agricultural & Civil Engineering Bldg. University of Manitoba
96 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
Ph: 204-474-8506
Fax: 204-474-7519
Email: muftia@cc.umanitoba.ca
Website

Dr. John Newhook
Dalhousie University
Department of Civil Engineering
D Building, 1360 Barrington St.
Halifax, NS B3J 1Z1 Canada
Ph: 902-494-5160
Fax: 902-494-3108
Email: john.newhook@dal.ca
Website

Prof. Toshiyuki Oshima
Kitami Institute of Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
165 Koen-Cho
Kitami-City, Hokkaido 090-8507 Japan
Ph: 81-157-25-8731
Fax: 81-157-23-9408
Email: oshima@stce2.civil.kitami-it.ac.jp
Website

Prof. Jinping Ou
Harbin Institute of Technology
92 Dazhi Street
Harbin, 150001 China
Ph: 86-451-641-8190
Fax: 86-451-628-2094
Email: oujinping@hit.edu.cn
Website

Prof. Werner Ruecker
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Division VII.2, Buildings and Structures
Unter den Eichen 87
Berlin, 12205 Germany
Ph: 49 30 8104-1720
Fax: 49 30 8104-1707
Email: werner.ruecker@bam.de
Website

Mr. Walter Saltzberg
366 Matheson Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2W 0C8, Canada
Ph: 204-586-7018
Fax: 204-586-9907
Email: saltzber@cc.umanitoba.ca
Website

Prof. Tripp Shenton
University of Delaware
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Newark, DE 19716 USA
Ph: 1-302-831-2447
Fax: 1-302-831-3640
Email: shenton@ce.udel.edu
Website

Dr. Charles Sikorsky
California Dept of Transportation
Engineering Service Centre - Office of Earthquake Engineering
P O Box 168041
Sacramento, CA 95816 USA
Email: Charles_Sikorsky@dot.ca.gov
Website

Prof. Ian Smith
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)
IMAC - Applied Computing and Mechanics Laboratory
Structural Engineering Institute, Bldg. GC - ENAC
Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
Ph: (+41-21) 693-5242
Fax: (+41-21) 693-4748
Email: ian.smith@epfl.ch
Website

Dr. Paul S. Sumitro
Smart Structures, LLC
233 N. Garrard
Rantoul, IL 61866 USA
Ph: 217-892-3333
Fax: 217-893-8806
Email: paul@smart-structures.com
Website

Dr. Gamil Tadros
SPECO Engineering Ltd.
43 Schiller Crescent NW
Calgary, AB T3L 1W7 Canada
Ph: 403-547-2196
Fax: 403-547-4266
Email: gtadros@telus.net
Website

Prof. Bjorn Taljsten
BYG-DTU, Brovej
Building 118, Room 156
2800 Kgs
Lyngby, Denmark
Ph: +45 4525 1773
Email: bt@byg.dtu.dk
Website

Dr. Douglas Thomson
University of Manitoba
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
E2-390C Engineering and Information Technology Complex (EITC)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6 Canada
Ph: 204-474-8797
Fax: 204-261-4639
Email: douglas_thomson@umanitoba.ca
Website

Dr. Asif S. Usmani
University of Edinburgh
School of Engineering & Electronics
The King's Buildings
Edinburgh, EH9 3JL United Kingdom
Ph: 44-0-131-650-5789
Fax: 44-0-131-650-6781
Email: asif.usmani@ed.ac.uk

Prof. Ming L. Wang
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Civil & Materials Engineering
842W. Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60607-7023 USA
Ph: 1-312-996-8260
Fax: 1-312-996-2426
Email: mlwang@uic.edu
Website

Dr. Helmut Wenzel
Vienna Consulting Engineers
A-1140, Diesterweggasse 1
Vienna, Austria
Ph: 43-1-894-60-21
Fax: 43-1-894-61-70
Email: wenzel@vce.at
Website

Prof. You-lin Xu
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Hung Hom, Kowloon 852
Hong Kong, China
Ph: 852-2766-6050
Fax: 852-2365-9291
Email: ceylxu@polyu.edu.hk
Website

* as of December 5, 2007