Lecture On Natural Disasters, April 3

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University Park, Pa. -- Alan G. Davenport, professor of civil engineering, will present a lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the Applied Research Laboratory auditorium on "Why Worry About Natural Disasters?" Davenport is also director of the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory at the University of Western Ontario.

Davenport has pioneered the application of research from boundary layer wind tunnels to the design of wind-sensitive structures, engineered to overcome common structural problems involving the action of wind. He has acted as engineering consultant for many major structural projects, including projects involving some of the world's tallest buildings such as the World Trade Center in New York City and the Sears Building in Chicago.

The lecture, presented by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is the fifth annual Thomas C. Kavanagh Memorial Structural Engineering Lecture, named in memory of the late Thomas C. Kavanagh.

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Contact: Christy Rambeau (814) 865-7517 (office) cmr7@psu.edu