Lichtenstein Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Leslie Robertson

Dr. Leslie Robertson

Monday, March 5th, 2007. 3 PM in Room 260 Dreese Labs

Amongst many other structures, Dr. Robertson is responsible for the structural design of the World Trade Center (New York City), the U.S. Steel Building (Pittsburgh), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong), and the Puerta de Europa (Madrid) as well as exceptional museums and the award-winning Miho Museum Bridge (Japan). He has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from RPI, Lehigh University, University of Notre Dame, and the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He recieved the U.K. Instutition of Structural Engineers' Gold Medal, the Gengo Matsui Prize as the outstanding Structural Engineer in the world, the AIA Institute Honor, ASCE's Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award, and Fazlur Rahman Kahn Medal. He has authored over 300 papers on structures, earthquake, and wind. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 1975 and an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2006.

Structural Engineering: Effects of the Moving Earth and the Passing Winds Particularly When Thinking Tall --- Very Tall

Making use of a profusion of PowerPoint images, this lecture will explore the development of the high-rise building from its inception in about 1880 until today. Borrowing heavily on personal experience, and assuming that no great strides will be made in materials technology, the lecture will go on to explore structural systems that may be appropriate for buildings 1000 and 2000 meters in height and beyond.