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Following 6 successful years of presentations, BYA Publications is pleased to announce this year’s best and most comprehensive structural engineering review program in California. The 13 session program is comprised of a detailed interactive review of a comprehensive selection of problems included in the California Structural Engineer exams and discussion of more recent developments in structural and seismic engineering. With the imminent adoption of the IBC in California, the workshop also provides an in-depth introduction to those provisions.
“Register Early and Receive 10% Discount”
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All classes are on Saturdays or Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. **
At the La Quinta, 3 Centerpointe Drive, La Palma, CA 90623, Phone: (714) 670-1400
May 19 IBC Wind & Seismic Provisions Dr. S.K. Ghosh, Ph.D.
June 9 Concrete Design, Part I (IBC) Dr. Attila Beres, Ph.D., PE
June 23 Steel Design, Part I (CBC) Rafael Sabelli, MS, SE
July 15 Wood Design (UBC/IBC) Kelly Cobeen, MS, SE
July 28 Steel Design, Part II (ASD/LRFD/IBC) Dr. Michael Engelhardt, Ph.D., PE
August 4 Advanced Analysis/Dynamics Dr. Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., SE, Esq.
August 25 CBC/OSHPD Provisions, New Construction Chris Tokas, MS, SE
August 26 CBC/OSHPD Provisions, Existing Buildings Chris Tokas, MS, SE
September 9 Concrete Design, Part II (UBC/IBC) Dr. Attila Beres, Ph.D., PE
September 16 Steel Design, Part III (UBC/IBC) Rafael Sabelli, MS, SE
September 23 Masonry Design (UBC/IBC) Dr. Chukwume Ekwueme, Ph.D., SE
September 29 Concrete Design, Part III (UBC) Mehran Pourzanjani M.S. S.E
October 7 General Overview Ben Yousefi, MS, SE
**Since the Workshops are Also Presented in the Bay Area, Participants Who Miss Any of the Sessions, or Would Like to See a Repeat of a Program, Can Attend the Respective Bay Area Session at No Charge.
What Past Participants Are Saying About Our Workshops?
I did take both the national and state-specific SE examinations and passed them on the first try. Though it was an effort to make it all the way through your preparation course (I live around 3-1/2 to 4 hours away and didn’t miss a single session), I believe that it significantly contributed to my success. The SE Review Manual and the host of celebrity (at least within the SE community) guest speakers you had lined up for us helped to sharpen the areas I was weak in. I wouldn’t have attempted the exam without first taking your course. Thanks for the valuable service you provide to the structural engineering profession in this state. Steve Mickelson, SE, LEED AP, NorthStar Engineering
Thanks fora great course. I'm sure it made the difference in allowing me to pass first time while having a very heavy workload in the office. I was only able to start studying properly a week before the exam, but just absorbing and thinking about design issues at the weekends in the months before helped a lot. Simon Rees, SE, Arup, Los Angeles
Thank you for hosting the review classes, it really helped in preparing for the exam. In addition to the technical preparation for the exam presented by the instructors, I found my "classmates" to be a source of inspiration and challenge as we prepared together for this grueling exam. I met many other engineers with whom I look forward to maintaining a personal and professional relationship.
Arshad Vali, SE, Chief Engineer, Coreslab
I passed both tests! Thank you for organizing the workshop. It was a great experience for me and it helped me greatly in my preparation. I have already recommended your class to a few of my friends, so hopefully youwill need a bigger room next year.
Mahmoud M. Hachem, Ph.D, SE, Senior Associate, Wiss, Janney, Elstner
The class was a great help! I took the exam for the first time and managed to pass both the CA portion and the National portion.Your class, especially the book of old exams was a very valuable part of my study plan. Bryan Seamer, S.E., Miyamoto International
First of all, I would like to thank you Ben for putting this review course together. It helped tremendously and got me focused on studying early enough that I felt very prepared entering the first day of the exam. I believe it was a large part of the reason I passed. Thanks again and I will be recommending the course to all of m friends/coworkers. Brad Erickson, S.E., Associate, Watry Design
I just wanted to shoot you a quick note to thank you for the review class. I just received my results yesterday and I am extremely pleased to say that I passed both the national and state-specific portions of the test on the first try. I definitely would not have been successful without your class. I have already, and will continue to recommend your class to my friends and colleagues. Andy Guerra, SE, Principle, Taylor & Syfan
INSTRUCTORS:
Attila Béres, PhD, PE, Dr. is the Western United States Regional Engineering Manager at the Portland Cement Association (PCA). Prior to joining PCA, Dr. Béres was a project engineer with Englekirk and Sabol Consulting, where he was involved in the seismic design of many major commercial and institutional projects. He has also authored numerous technical papers on a wide variety of topics. He recently wrote a chapter on Strut-and-Tie Methods in the PCA Monograph “Notes on ACI 318”. Dr. Beres is an active member of SEAOC, ACI and EERI.
Kelly E. Cobeen, MS, SE. Mrs. Cobeen is president of Cobeen & Associates. Her code activities include the American Forest and Paper Association Wood Design Standards Committee, ASCE Design of Timber Structures Standards Committee (ASCE-16), past chair SEAOC Building Code Committee, Building Seismic Safety Council NEHRP, Wood Design Technical Subcommittee, and Provisions Update Committee. Kelly is co-author of two editions of the Design of Wood Structures textbook, and was a manager for CUREE-Caltech Woodframe Project.
Michael Engelhardt, Ph.D., PE. Dr. Engelhardt is a professor of structural engineering at the University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Engelhardt specializes in the behavior and design of earthquake-resistant steel structures.In addition to several years of industrial experience he has published more than 60 technical articles and reports. He was one of pioneers of research on moment frame connections for the post Northridge era. He currently serves on the AISC Committees on Seismic Design Provisions and Prequalified (moment frame) Connections.
Chukwume Ekwueme, Ph.D., SE. Dr. Ekwueme is a Senior Associate with the Hart-Weidlinger Division of Weidlinger Associates.He is on the Board of Directors of The Masonry Society and is an associate member of the flexure and axial load and seismic subcommittees of the Masonry Standards Joint Committee (MSJC). Dr Ekwueme is a registered Civil and Structural engineer in the Sate of California.
S. K. Ghosh, Ph.D. Heads his own consulting practice, S.K. Ghosh Associates, Inc. Northbrook, IL and Laguna Niguel, CA. He was formerly Director, Engineering Services, Codes and Standards, PCA. Dr. Ghosh is known internationally for his work in earthquake engineering. He actively participates in the development of national design standards as a member of ACI Committee 318, as a member of the ASCE Standards Committee on (ASCE 7), and as a member of the Board of Direction of the Building Seismic Safety Council. He is the author of numerous publications.
Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., SE, Esq. Dr. Naeim is the Director of Research & Development at John A. Martin Associates, Los Angeles, and adjunct professor at the California State University, Northridge. Dr. Naeim received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1982. Dr. Naeim has over two decades of research and analysis experience in the filed of seismic design of structures and was the recipient of the FEMA/EERI NEHRP Professional Fellowship award in 1993. He is the editor of the highly regarded “The Seismic Design Handbook” and 100 published research papers.
Mehran Pourzanjani M.S. S.E is a principal of Saiful/Bouquet Structural Engineers in Los Angeles. He has over 30 years of experience in structural engineering from high rise to complex regional buildings. Mr. Pourzanjani has led university research through codification for the design and seismic performance of concrete elements. He is a member of the State SEAOC Seismology Committee and the Chair of its Southern California committee and a participant in the PEER Tall building Initiative, charged with the development of seismic design and analysis criteria for tall buildings.
Rafael Sabelli, MS, SE, Principal and Director of research at DASSE Design, Inc., is past Chair of the SEAONC Seismology and Structural Standards Committee, and was previously its Steel Subcommittee Chair. He has published several analytical studies concerning the behavior and performance of steel braced-frame structures. He is a member of the AISC Technical Committee on the Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings. And currently is the Chair of the SEAOC Seismology Committee.
Chris Tokas, MS, SE is Supervising Structural Engineer for OSHPD and the Manager for the Seismic Retrofit Program for Hospital Facilities in California. Mr. Tokas has 18 years of experience in structural engineering and design. He has been teaching seminars at the University of California, Davis and the California State University, Sacramento. His code activities include FEMA 310, the AISC Connections pre-qualification Committee, PCA Concrete Technology Advisory Council, ASCE-7 Seismic Task Committee, and he was past Chair of the SEAOC Seismology Committee
Sharon L. Wood, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Wood is a member of the Structural Concrete Building Code Committee for the American Concrete Institute, the Provisions Update Committee for the Building Seismic Safety Council, and the Advisory Committee on Structural Safety for the Department of Veterans Affairs. She is a past member of the Board of Direction and the past chair of the Technical Activities and Publications Committees within ACI.
Ben Yousefi, MS, SE, Assistant Building Official, City of Santa Monica, CA. Ben has over 20 years of experience in structural design and review which includes design of nuclear power plants and review of numerous major structures. He is a former member of the IBC Structural Review Committee and former chair of ICBO Lateral Design Committee. Ben has been involved in code adoption of structural provisions for the 97 UBC, and the 2000 and 2003 IBC. He currently serves on the ASCE-7 Seismic Task Committee and the AISC Prequalified Connections Committees. He has also been the Editor-in-Chief of the “Structural Engineering Review Manual” for the past 14 years.
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Registration fee of $2,195 ($1,995 if payment is received by May 1) includes a copy of the 660 page “Structural Engineering Review Manual, 2005 Edition (97 UBC)” by Ben Yousefi, James Son & Rafael Sabelli and the 450 page “Structural Engineering: License Review with Problems and Solutions, 5th Edition (2003 IBC)” By Alan Williams, S.K. Ghosh, & David Fanella (approximately a $275 value). In addition, participants will receive hundreds of pages of handouts, which are exclusively available to workshop attendants.
Continental breakfast will be served.
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