Here is how we build resilience and safety
SUNY Distinguished Professor Michel Bruneau recognized for advancing structural engineering with the ASCE Ernest E. Howard Award
Bruneau and other engineers at UB pioneered work in resilience in 2002, and his work on SpeedCore has helped cut the construction time for high-rises with core walls nearly in half.
Bruneau, who is a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), is an internationally known leader in civil engineering. His work spans across multiple decades and concentrations.
The Ernest E. Howard Award recognizes Bruneau for "his contributions to advancing seismic design and improving the safety and resilience of steel and steel-concrete composite structures through research codification activities, and authoring articles, books and presentations benefitting the engineering community around the world."
Bruneau's work with SpeedCore—a structural system consisting of concrete-filled composite steel plate shear walls, used in both seismic and non-seismic areas—is codified for structures across the country.
A legacy among the best
Past recipients of the Howard Award include some of the most influential structural engineers in the history of the field, including many Bruneau looked up to throughout his academic career. Egor R. Popov, Helmut Krawinkler and John W. Fisher, all past Howard Award winners, were "the icons of the day," according to Bruneau.
"When I saw these names, I thought, 'They're on the list,'" Bruneau says. "'Do I really belong?' It's a lasting legacy, and it's humbling,"
Bruneau has been honored by ASCE, the American Institute of Steel Construction, and is a fellow of the Candian Academy of Engineering. Over the course of his career, he has been recognized with the J. James Croes Medal, Raymond C. Reese Research Prize and Moisseff Award, all from ASCE.
