Florida Condominium Collapse - Technical Webinar

ASCE Los Angeles Younger Member Forum (LA YMF) Professional Development Committee is excited to host a technical webinar on July 13th at 6:00 PM about the collapsed condominium in the State of Florida. This tragic event has left many professionals in the civil engineering industry wondering what actually occurred during the catastrophic collapse of the 12-story building. Join us on Tuesday to hear more about the potential causes, the forensic investigation of the site of the collapsed condominium, and the work that has been done ever since the incident. We're hoping to communicate to our members that it is our responsibility as civil engineers to design safe structures, and prevent an incident like this from ever happening again!!

Speaker:

Dawn Lehman - Professor of Structural Engineering, University of Washington

Professor Dawn Lehman is a performance-driven leader with over two decades of academic excellence in higher education serving as a faculty member, structural laboratory director and associate dean at the University of Washington (UW); demonstrated passion for transforming higher education by asking the right questions, working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to develop solutions and providing the leadership required to drive solutions through to successful implementation.  Career highlights include developing and sustaining an active and impactful research program funded by state, non-profit and government funding agencies; re-inventing partnerships and facilities to support the modern engineering (STEM) academic mission and leading successful cultural change initiatives.