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11th Forensic Engineering Congress

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11th Forensic Engineering Congress

ASCE commissioned the Forensic Engineering Division  (FED) to enhance the body of knowledge within the civil engineering profession regarding the investigation of failures and performance problems within the built environment. Since its inception, FED has continually sponsored the widely-read Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, published numerous books and guidelines, and presented many workshops and seminars to aid both practitioners and academia. FED continues to develop practices and procedures to reduce the number of failures, disseminate information on failures and their causes, provide guidelines for conducting failure investigations, and provide guidelines for ethical conduct in forensic engineering. 

Each Forensic Engineering Congress, with this being the 11th, serves as an opportunity for architects, engineers, scientists, lawyers, and insurance professionals to enhance their knowledge and understanding of civil engineering works, their performance issues, and state-of-the-art investigative tools/procedures.

Congress Committees

Forensic Engineering Division Executive Committee Chairs

  • 2025-2026: Randall P. Bernhardt, P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, Principal, Bernhardt Forensic, LLC
  • 2024-2025: Richard S. Barrow, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Barrow Engineering, LLC
  • 2023-2024: Laura E. Sullivan-Green, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Associate Professor Civil & Environ Engineering, San Jose State University
  • 2022-2023: Jason D. Gregorie, P.E., CFM, REWC, RRC, M.ASCE, Civil / Structural Engineer, Building Enclosure Consulting, Forensic Engineering, Applied Building Sciences, Inc.

Congress Steering Committee Chair

  • Jason D. Gregorie, P.E., CFM, REWC, RRC, M.ASCE, Civil / Structural Engineer, Building Enclosure Consulting, Forensic Engineering, Applied Building Sciences, Inc.

Congress Steering Committee 

  • Andrew Anderson, P.E., M.ASCE
  • Hossein Ataei, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng, F.ASCE
  • Richard S. Barrow, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Barrow Engineering, LLC.
  • Scott Batterman, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
  • Randall P. Bernhardt, P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, Owner & Chief Civil/Structural Engineer, Bernhardt Forensic Engineering LLC.
  • Paul Bosela, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE
  • John Cleary, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, M.ASCE, Associate Professor, University of South Alabama
  • Chantell J. Cornett, S.M.ASCE, Principal & CFO/VP, Ward Cornett
  • Anthony M. Dolhon, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Dolhon Forensics
  • Travis Gregory Ebisch, P.E., M.ASCE, Project Director, Nelson Forensics, LLC
  • Amr Helal, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
  • Joerg-Martin Hohberg, D.I.C., MCs, Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE
  • Michael P. Lester, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Element Analytical, PLLC
  • Rui Liu, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Associate Professor, Kent State University
  • Ravi Teja Mullapudi, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Senior Staff Engineer, MMI Engineering Inc.
  • Paul Parfitt, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE
  • David B. Peraza, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal Engineer, Exponent, Inc.
  • Rafael Prieto Piedrahita, Ph.D., Ing., P.E., BC.GE, M.ASCE
  • Clemens Rossell, P.E., M.ASCE
  • Ziad Mohammad Salameh, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, ZS, LLC
  • Sakshi Singh, A.M.ASCE
  • Stewart M. Verhulst, P.E., M.ASCE, Vice President and Executive Technical Director, Nelson Forensics
  • Weijin Wang, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Structural Engineer, Permasteelisa North America
  • Chad Williams, P.E., M.ASCE

Forensic Engineering Awards Committee

  • Richard S. Barrow, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal, Barrow Engineering, LLC, First Past Chair
  • Laura E. Sullivan-Green, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Associate Professor Civil & Environ Engineering, San Jose State University, Second Past Chair
  • 2022-2023: Jason D. Gregorie, P.E., CFM, REWC, RRC, M.ASCE, Civil / Structural Engineer, Building Enclosure Consulting, Forensic Engineering, Applied Building Sciences, Inc., Third Past Chair

ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities Chief Editor

  • Norbert Joseph Delatte, Jr, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, M.R. Lohmann Endowed Professor of Engineering and Head School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma State University

Committee for Dissemination of Failure Information Chair

  • Michael J. Drerup, P.E., F.ASCE, Principal, Drerup Building Performance Engineering PLLC

Committee on Practices to Reduce Failures Chair

  • Vincent N. Campisi, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal/Owner, Vincent N. Campisi. P.E., Consulting Engineer LLC

Committee on Forensic Investigations Chair

  • John Curtis Wylie, P.E., M. ASCE, Structural Engineer, Construction Science and Engineering, Inc.

Education Committee Chair

  • Rui Liu, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State

Committee on Forensic Practices Chair

  • Derrick Stephen Hancock, P.E., M.ASCE, Senior Structural Engineer, GHD

Forensic Engineering Division of ASCE

Authorized by ASCE in July 1985, the purpose of the Forensic Engineering Division is to:

  • Develop practices and procedures to reduce the number of such failures.
  • Disseminate information on failures and their causes.
  • Provide guidelines for conducting failure investigations.
  • Provide guidelines for ethical conduct in forensic engineering

Forensic Committee Application

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