CEE Faculty Profile

Research Interests

• Matrix analysis
• Numerical methods
• Design of steel structures
• Structural optimization
• Computer applications
• Advanced computer programming
• Large-scale application software development
• Computer-aided engineering

Education

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Structural Systems Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 1970
• M.S.C.E. Civil Engineering (Structures), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1967
• B.C.E. Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1965

Honors

1. Engineer of the Year in Education, Georgia Engineering Alliance, 2010
2. Engineer of the Year in Education, Georgia Society of Professional Engineers, 2009
3. Nominated by the Georgia Section of the American Consulting Engineers Council for Engineer of the Year in Education, October 2007.
4. Invited to be a Member of the International Academic Committee for the International Conference on Engineering & Technology Sciences 2000 (ICETS2000), Civil Engineering in the 21st Century Branch, Chinese Engineering Academy (CEA), Beijing, China, October 2000.
5. Faculty of the Year Award, 1999-2000, ASCE Student Chapter, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2000.
6. Software Development Award (with Dr. K. M. Will), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2000.
7. Computing in Civil Engineering Award, 1996, American Society of Civil Engineers, for "outstanding achievements and contributions in the promotion of the effective use of computers in the practice of civil engineering," presented at the Third Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Anaheim, California, June 1996.
8. Invited Visiting Professor, Second Two Week Series of Lectures on the Advanced Use of Computers for Structural Engineering Analysis and Design, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, November 1995.
9. Invited Visiting Professor, First Two Week Series of Lectures on the Advanced Use of Computers for Structural Engineering Analysis and Design, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, December 1994.
10. Invited to be Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Engineering & Design, Beijing, China, October 1993
11. Member of Panel of Judges for the 1993 Engineering Excellence Awards Competition, Consulting Engineers Council of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1993.
12. HONORARY PROFESSOR AWARD "for contributions enhancing higher education in China," conferred by Shaanxi Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Xian, People's Republic of China, April 1989.
13. Invited by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to act as a Technical Advisor on the commercialization of university developed CAE/CAD software in structural engineering to the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, funded by UNIDO and the Government of India, March 1987.
14. Cited as one of "Atlanta's Best and Brightest" in Atlanta Magazine, April 1983.
15. Invited to be a Guest Overseas Speaker at the "Symposium on Developments and Applications of Finite Element Software Systems," Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, August 1983
16. National Science Foundation Division of International Programs Travel Grant for a scientific visit to Bucharest, Romania, to discuss a possible joint research project entitled, "Large Scale Integrated Engineering and Construction Software Research and Development for Mini/Midi Computers," June 1977
17. Listed in Dictionary of International Biography, 1979
18. Listed in WHO'S WHO in the South and Southwest, 1977 78 and 1980 81 (17th Edition), and in WHO'S WHO in Engineering, 1982 (5th Edition)
19. Invited Speaker to present "The University Viewpoint," NSF sponsored workshop on SOFTWARE COORDINATION IN THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, November 1976
20. Nominated by the Structural Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, for the 1977 ASCE STATE OF THE ART OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AWARD for the paper, "Epoxy Repaired Bolted Timber Connections," Journal of Structural Division, April 1976 (with Dr. R. R. Avent, R. H. Howard and C. L. Chapman)
21. Listed in WHO'S WHO IN COMPUTER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (U. S. Edition), 1975, and in WHO'S WHO in North America, 1976 77
22. National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Travel Grant to attend the 12th International ICES Users Group Conference, Munich, Germany, January 1974
23. National Science Foundation Research Initiation Grant Recipient, 1974 76
24. Listed in WHO's WHO in Georgia, 1973, 1976
25. Listed in PERSONALITIES OF THE SOUTH, 1973 1976
26. LEON S. MOISSEIFF AWARD, 1973, American Society of Civil Engineers, for "outstanding contributions to the field of structural design by the paper, Storywise Plastic Design for Multistory Steel Frames," published in the Journal of the Structural Division, January 1972 (with Dr. W. A. Litle)
27. American Iron and Steel Institute Engineering Fellowship, M.I.T., 1968 69
28. National Science Foundation Graduate Traineeship, Georgia Tech, 1965 66
29. Armco Foundation Scholarship, Georgia Tech, 1964 65
30. Member of Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary Society
31. Member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, and Phi Kappa Phi

Articles

1. Invited Panel Member, Impact of ICES R&D on the Civil Engineering Practice, MIT Alumni Day, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 2000.
2. Avent R. Richard, Emkin, Leroy Z., and Sanders, Paul H., "Banding for Structural Repair at Timber Connectors," Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, Vol 106, No. ST1, Proc. Paper 15126, January 1980.
3. Avent, R. Richard, Sanders, Paul H., and Emkin, Leroy Z., "Structural Repair of Heavy Timber with Epoxy," Forest Products Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3, March 1979
4. Nicoletti, J. P., Jhaveri, D. P., Emkin, Leroy Z., and Mesley, R. C., "Computer Aided Structural Analysis and Design of the 37 Story Los Angeles Bonaventure Hotel," Bulletin of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 3, September 1979
5. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Will, Kenneth M., Discussion of "Stiffness Matrix for Eccentric Beam Segment," Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, Vol. 105, No. ST11, Proc. Paper 14936, November 1979
6. Avent, R. Richard, Emkin, Leroy Z., and Sanders, Paul H., "Behavior of Epoxy Repaired Full Scale Timber Trusses," Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, Vol.104, No. ST6, Proc. Paper 13817, June 1978
7. Sanders, Paul H., Emkin, Leroy Z., and Avent, R. Richard, "Epoxy Repair of Timber Roof Trusses," Journal of the Construction Division, ASCE, Vol. 104, No. C03, Proc.Paper 13986, September 1978
8. Avent, R. Richard, Emkin, Leroy Z., Howard, Robert H., and Chapman, Charles L., "Epoxy Repaired Bolted Timber Connections," Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE,Vol. 102, No. ST4, Proc. Paper 12061, April 1976 (This paper was nominated by the ASCE Structural Division for the 1977 STATE OF THE ART OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AWARD.)
9. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Litle, William A., "Storywise Plastic Design for Multistory Steel Frames," Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, Vol. 98, No. STl, Proc. Paper 8675, January 1972 (This paper was awarded the ASCE LEON S. MOISSEIFF AWARD, 1973.)
10. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Litle, William A., "Plastic Design of Multi-story Steel Frames by Computer," Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, Vol. 96. STll, Proc. Paper 7689, November 1970

Proceedings

1. Emkin, Leroy Z., "Computers in Structural Engineering Practice: The Issue of Quality," Fourth Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings, Pgs. 842-855, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1986.
2. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Green, David B., "ICES Concepts - A Modern Systems Approach," First International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings, Pgs. 89-107, New York, New York, May 1981.
3. Will, Kenneth M., Virk, Som P., Schelling, D. R., and Emkin, Leroy Z., "An Integrated Bridge Design System," First International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings, Pgs. 274- 285, New York, New York, May 1981.
4. Swanger, Michael H., and Emkin, Leroy Z., "Computer-Aided Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures," First International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings, Pgs. 302-317, New York, New York, May 1981.
5. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Green, David B., "Engineering Data Management in the ICES System," Invited Overseas Speaker, ACADS International Symposium - CAD/CAM in the 80's and Integration through Databases, Proceedings, Melbourne, Australia, October 1980
6. Emkin, Leroy Z., "GTSTRUDL and the GTICES Systems Laboratory," Invited Paper, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Conference on Computer Applications and Utilization for Engineering Executives, Proceedings, Huntsville, Alabama, April 1980.
7. Swanger, Michael H., and Emkin, Leroy Z., "A Fiber Element Model for Nonlinear Frame Analysis," ASCE Seventh Conference on Electronic Computation, Proceedings, St. Louis, Missouri, August 1979.
8. Wegmuller, Anton W., Goodno, Barry J., and Emkin, Leroy Z., "On the Analysis of Orthotropic Tainter Gates," ASCE Seventh Conference on Electronic Computation, Proceedings, St. Louis, Missouri, August 1979.
9. Emkin, Leroy Z., "Practical Uses of STRUDL in the Practice of Structural Engineering," Invited Paper, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Conference on Computer Applications and Utilization for Engineering Executives, Proceedings, Huntsville, Alabama, April 1979
10. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Will, Kenneth M., "Georgia Tech STRUDL," Invited Paper, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Conference on Computer Applications and Utilization for Engineering Executives, Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1978
11. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Will, Kenneth M., "The GTICES/STRUDL-II Subsystem (GTSTRUDL), A Mature CAD Structural Analysis and Design System," CAD78 International Conference and Exhibition on Computers in Engineering and Building Design, Proceedings, Brighton Metropole, Sussex, England, March 1978.
12. Emkin, Leroy Z., "ICES--The key to Cost Effective Engineering Computing in Developing Countries," International Conference on Computer Applications in Developing Countries, Proceedings, Bangkok, Thailand, August 1977
13. Nicoletti, Joseph P., Jhaveri, Dilip P., Emkin, Leroy Z., "Computer-Aided Structural Analysis and Design of the 37-Story Bonaventure Hotel," ASCE National Structural Engineering Conference, Proceedings, Madison, Wisconsin, August 1976
14. Emkin, Leroy Z., Avent, R. Richard, and Chapman, Charles L., "Epoxy Repair of Roof Trusses," ASCE National Meeting on Structural Engineering, Meeting Preprint 2474, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1975
15. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Swanger, Michael H., "ICES PLADS I: A Practical Approach to the Plastic Analysis and Design of High-Rise Steel Building Frames," ASCE National Meeting on Structural Engineering, Meeting Preprint 2500, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1975
16. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Prichard, Mark A., "Data Handling in Civil Engineering Systems," ASCE National Meeting on Structural Engineering, Meeting Preprint 2503, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1975
17. Emkin, Leroy Z., "Overview of ICES," Invited Paper, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Conference on Computer Applications and Utilization for Engineering Executives, Proceedings, Ft. Worth, Texas, March 1975
18. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Swanger, Michael H., "ICES PLADS I: The Plastic Analysis and Design System," Symposium on Tall Buildings: Planning, Design and Construction, Proceedings, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, November 1974
19. Emkin, Leroy Z., "Overview of ICES," Invited Paper, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Conference on Computer Applictions and Utilaization for Engineering Executives, Proceedings, Vicksburg, Miss., June 1974
20. Emkin, Leroy Z., "Overview of ICES," Invited Paper, UNIVAC Scientific Exchange (USE) Conference, Proceedings, New Orleans, La., March 1974
21. Emkin, Leroy Z., "Some New Plastic Analysis and Design Techniques," Technical Committee 15, ASCE-IABSE International Conference on Tall Buildings, August 1972, Preprints, Vol. DS

Patents

Presentations

1. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, November 2011.
2. GTSTRUDL in the Offshore Industry, GenPro Engineering, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 2011.
3. GTSTRUDL in the Offshore Industry, Ocianica Offshore, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 2011.
4. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Oriciclon Engineers, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 2011.
5. Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Industrial Structures," PEPCO, Washington, D.C., October 2011.
6. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant, Burlington, Kansas, August 2011.
7. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Entergy Waterford 3 Nuclear Power Plant, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 2011.
8. "Static and Earthquake Frame and Finite Element Dynamic Analysis of Complex Bridge Structures," Bernardin and Lochmueller, Evansville, Indiana, July 2011.
9. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, Intergraph International Convention, Orlando, Florida, June 2011.
10. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Progress Energy, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 2011.
11. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, American Institute of Steel Construction Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 2011.
12. "Advanced Earthquake and Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis for Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Shaw Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Stoughton, Massachusetts, May 2011.
13. "Advanced Earthquake and Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis for Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Shaw Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Morristown, New Jersey, May 2011.
14. "Advanced Earthquake and Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis for Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Shaw Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 2011.
15. "Advanced Earthquake Analysis, General Dynamic Analysis, and Steel Frame Design of Complex Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Korea Power Engineering Company, Seoul, South Korea, March 2011.
16. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Progress Energy, New Hill, North Carolina, February 2011.
17. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Industrial Structures," PEPCO, Newark, Delaware, February 2011.
18. Offshore Deep Water Wind Energy Structures and GTSTRUDL, DONG Energy, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2010.
19. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, November 2010.
20. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, 4M-VK Engineering Consultants, London, United Kingdom, October 2010.
21. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, 4M-VK Engineering Consultants, Madrid, Spain, October 2010.
22. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, 4M-VK Engineering Consultants, Milan, Italy, October 2010.
23. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, Intergraph International Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 2010.
24. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, Tekla Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2010.
25. "Modeling and Static Analysis of General Structures by Computer," GTSTRUDL Training, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2010.
26. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Electronic Control Systems Supporting Structures at Nuclear Power Plants," United Controls International, Tucker, Georgia, July 2010.
27. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, 3DR Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2010.
28. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, American Institute of Steel Construction Convention, Orlando, Florida, May 2010.
29. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Black & Veatch Corp., Kansas City, Missouri, May 2010
30. GTSTRUDL Seminar, PEPCO Inc., Newark, Delaware, April 2010
31. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” Structural Engineers Association of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, January 2010.
32. American Institute of Steel Construction, Meetings of the Task Committee on Stability, and the Ad Hoc Committees on Industrial Buildings and on Nonlinear Inelastic Analysis, Captiva, Florida, November 2009.
33. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” Southern Company Services and Georgia Power Company, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2009.
34. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” Southern Company Services, Birmingham, Alabama, October 2009.
35. "Advanced Earthquake Analysis, General Dynamic Analysis, and Steel Frame Design of Complex Industrial Structures," Merrick & Company, Denver, Colorado, November 2009.
36. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, October 2009.
37. "Analysis and Design of Pipe Support Systems at Nuclear Power Plants," Atomic Energy of Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, September 2009.
38. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, Intergraph International Convention, Washington, D.C., June 2009.
39. "Advanced Earthquake Analysis, General Dynamic Analysis, and Steel Frame Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Babcock & Wilcox, CH2M Hill, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, May 2009.
40. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, American Institute of Steel Construction National Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2009.
41. "Rigorous Response Spectrum Earthquake and General Dynamic Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Westinghouse Nuclear Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, March 2009.
42. GTSTRUDL Seminar and Demonstrations, Worley-Parsons Company, Reading, Pennsylvania, January 2009.
43. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, December 2008.
44. "Advanced Earthquake Analysis, General Dynamic Analysis, and Steel Frame Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Shaw Stone & Webster, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2008.
45. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Shaw Stone & Webster, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2008.
46. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Westinghouse Nuclear Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, October 2008.
47. Immediate Past President, Business Presentations to the International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering ("ISCCBE") Board of Directors Meeting, 12th Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering ("ICCCBE-XII"), Beijing, China, October 2008.
48. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” Southern Company Services, Birmingham, Alabama, October 2008.
49. "Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," General Dynamics Corporation, Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut, October 2008.
50. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, STRUDL(UK), Milan, Italy, London, England, and Madrid, Spain, September 2008.
51. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” Structural Engineers Association of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2008.
52. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conferences, and Business Meetings, ISC Internacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile, August 2008.
53. "Effective Use of GTSTRUDL for the Analysis of Complex Industrial Structures," Burns & Roe, Oradell, New Jersey, July 2008.
54. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” GTSTRUDL User Group Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2008.
55. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, Intergraph International Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2008.
56. "Advanced Linear and Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis of Industrial Structures," Parsons Infrastructure and Technology, Pasadena, California, May 2008.
57. "GTSTRUDL and CAD System Technology," COADE, Houston, Texas, May 2008.
58. “Rigorous Dynamic Analysis of General Structures with an Emphasis on Response Spectrum Earthquake Dynamic Analysis and Ground Motion Time History Dynamic Analysis (including independent multi-support ground motion),” Shaw Stone & Webster, Stoughton, Massachusetts, April 2008.
59. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” Shaw Stone & Webster, Stoughton, Massachusetts, April 2008.
60. “Rigorous Dynamic Analysis of General Structures with an Emphasis on Response Spectrum Earthquake Dynamic Analysis and Ground Motion Time History Dynamic Analysis (including independent multi-support ground motion),” LeMessurier Consultants, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2008.
61. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” LeMessurier Consultants, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2008.
62. “Stability Analysis & Design of Steel Frame Structures by the 2005 AISC Specification Direct Analysis Method,” AMEC, Tucker, Georgia, April 2008.
63. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, American Institute of Steel Construction National Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, April 2008.
64. "Finite El'ement Software QA/QC Requirements of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: An Example," Reliable Engineering Computing Conference, Savannah, Georgia, February 2008.
65. "Rigorous Earthquake Response Dynamic Analysis, and General Finite Element Analysis of Complex Industrial Structures by Computer," BWXT Pantex (maintains the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, and manages and operates its plant for the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration), Amarillo, Texas, January 2008.
66. "Rigorous Use of Computer Technology for the Modeling, Analysis, and Design of U.S. Defense Industry Industrial Structures," BWXT Pantex (maintains the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, and manages and operates its plant for the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration), Amarillo, Texas, December 2007.
67. "Effective Use of Computers for the Analysis of Complex Industrial Structures," Atomic Energy of Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, December 2007.
68. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, November 2007.
69. Executive Board Meeting as the Immediate Past President, International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 2007.
70. "Rigorous Use of Computer Technology for the Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Complex Industrial Structures," Parsons Infrastructure, Pasadena, California, June 2007.
71. Continuation of, "Advanced Earthquake Dynamic Analysis Procedures by Computer," Parsons Infrastructure, Pasadena, California, April 2007.
72. "Analysis and Design of Stainless Steel Frame Structures with GTSTRUDL," Kellogg Brown & Root, Houston, Texas, February 2007.
73. "Effective Use of Computers for the Analysis of Complex Industrial Structures," Bechtel Corporation, Houston, Texas, February 2007.
74. "Effective Use of Computers for the Analysis of Complex Industrial Structures," Jacobs Engineering, Houston, Texas, February 2007.
75. "Advanced Earthquake Dynamic Analysis Procedures by Computer," Parsons Infrastructure, Pasadena, California, December 2006.
76. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, November 2006.
77. "Effective Use of Computers for the Analysis of Complex Industrial Structures," Black & Veatch, Kansas City, Missouri, November 2006.
78. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Seminars, MetalCon Light Gage Steel Building International Convention and Exposition, Tampa, Florida, October 2006.
79. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conferences, and Business Meetings, ISC Internacional, Santiago and Conception, Chile, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2006.
80. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, STRUDL Europe, Milan, Italy, and Athens, Greece, March-April, 2006.
81. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Static and Dynamic Analysis of Bridge Structures, Kentucky Department of Transportation, Frankfort, Kentucky, March 2006.
82. GTSTRUDL Seminar, Demonstration, and Business Meetings, CNG Softek, Seoul, South Korea, December 2005.
83. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, December 2005.
84. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Seminars, MetalCon Light Gage Steel Building International Convention and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, October 2005.
85. Keynote Lecture, "Misuse of Computers by Structural Engineers: A Clear and Present Danger," 8th Structural and Seismic Engineering Conference, the Costa Rica Association of Structural and Seismic Engineers, the Costa Rica College of Civil Engineering, and the Costa rica Federal College of Engineers and Architects, San Jose, Costa Rica, September 2005.
86. "Advanced Earthquake and Transient Dynamic Analysis of General Structures," Costa Rica Association of Structural and Seismic Engineers, San Jose, Costa Rica, September 2005.
87. GTSTRUDL 28 Seminars and Demonstrations, Bechtel Corporation, Houston, Texas, July 2005.
88. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Static and Dynamic Analysis of Complex Bridge Structures, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, May 2005.
89. Invited Guest Speaker, "The Extreme Danger of Computers in Engineering Practice," "Direct Supervision of Engineering Design, Its the Law," and "Outsourcing of Engineering Services, Legal Implications," Georgia Society of Professional Engineers, Atlanta Metro Chapter, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2005.
90. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, CNG Softek, and Midas IT Co., Seoul, South Korea, December 2004.
91. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, December 2004.
92. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Dynamic Analysis and Steel Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant, Burlington, Kansas, November 2004.
93. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, MetalCon Light Gage Steel Building International Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2004.
94. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations and Presentations, Intergraph APEX Convention, Houston, Texas, September 2004.
95. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Dynamic Analysis, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 2004.
96. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Dynamic Analysis, Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 2004.
97. "Advanced Uses of Computers for the Analysis and Design of Power Plant structures," Southern Company Services, Birmingham, Alabama, July 2004.
98. GTSTRUDL Training, GTSTRUDL User Group Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2004.
99. Vice President and the U.S.A. Representative, Business Presentations to the International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering ("ISCCBE") Board of Directors Meeting, 10th Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering ("ICCCBE-X"), WeimGermany, June 2004.
100. Current and Future Developments for GTSTRUDL, Bechtel Engineering Corporation, Civil/Structural Engineering Chiefs' Conference, Frederick, MD, March 2004.
101. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Dynamic Analysis and Steel Design, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, March 2004.
102. Invited Guest Speaker, "The Extreme Danger of Computers in Civil Engineering Practice," Annual Engineer's Conference, S&ME, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, January 2004.
103. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Static and Dynamic Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant, Burlington, Kansas, January 2004.
104. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Analysis of Complex Bridge Structures, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, Oregon, December 2003.
105. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, December, 2003.
106. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, STRUDL(UK), Athens, Greece, and Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, Turkey, November-December, 2003.
107. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, November 2003.
108. GTSTRUDL Demonstrations, MetalCon Light Gage Steel Building International Convention, Tampa, Florida, October 2003.
109. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, STRUDL(UK), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, July-August,2003.
110. GTSTRUDL Training, Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant, Burlington, Kansas, July 2003.
111. GTSTRUDL Training, GTSTRUDL User Group Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida, June 2003.
112. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Tampa, Florida, June 2003.
113. Invited Presentation, "Extreme Danger of Computers in Structural Engineering Practice," American Society of Civil Engineers, New Orleans Branch, April 2003.
114. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, STRUDL(UK), Milan, Italy, Madrid, Spain, and London, England, March-April, 2003.
115. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, STRUDL(UK), Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2003.
116. Invited Presentation, "Refined Mesh Static and Dynamic Analysis of Post-Frame Building Systems," National Frame Builders Association and the American Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference for Engineers, Nashville, Tennessee, February 2003.
117. GTSTRUDL Training, Advanced Uses of Computers for the Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Complex Transportation System Structures, Port Authority of New York/New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, December 2002.
118. GTSTRUDL Training, GTSTRUDL User Group Conference, San Diego, California, June 2002.
119. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Los Angeles and San Diego, California, June 2002.
120. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, and Business Meetings, Hsoft Technolgies, Beijing, China, May 2002.
121. Invited Speaker, “Structural Modeling for Computer Processing,” American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Technical Group, Central Florida Section, Orlando, Florida, May 2002.
122. Invited Speaker, “The Extreme Danger of Computers in Structural Engineering Practice,” American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Technical Group, Central Florida Section, Orlando, Florida, May 2002.
123. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Washington, DC, May 2002.
124. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Memphis, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida, April 2002.
125. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Savannah, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina, April 2002.
126. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers ("JUSE"), Tokyo, Japan, April 2002.
127. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, and Business Meetings, Q.E. Design Systems (Taiwan), Taipei, Taiwan, April 2002.
128. Business Presentations to the International Society for Computing in Civil and Structural Engineering ("ISCCSE") Board of Directors Meeting, 9th Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering ("ICCCBE-IX"), Taipei, Taiwan, April 2002.
129. GTSTRUDL Seminar and Demonstration, Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 2002.
130. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama, March 2002.
131. Invited Lecturer, Linear and Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis, and Earthquake Engineering of Bridge Structures, California Transportation Department (CALTRANS) Training, Sacramento, California, March 2002.
132. Invited Speaker, “The Extreme Danger of Computers in Professional Engineering Practice,” Georgia Society of Professional Engineers, Atlanta Metro Chapter, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2001.
133. Invited Panel Member, "The Future Role of Computers in Deep Foundation Analysis, Design, Testing, and Construction," The International Deep Foundations Congress, Orlando, Florida, February 2002.
134. Invited Speaker, "The Extreme Danger of Computers in Professional Engineering Practice," Georgia Society of Professional Engineers, Atlanta Metro Chapter, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2001.
135. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York, November 2001.
136. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Houston, Texas and Chicago, Illinois, November 2001.
137. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Anaheim, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, California, October 2001.
138. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2001.
139. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, STRUDL(UK), Milan, Italy and Madrid, Spain, October 2001.
140. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, User Group Conference, and Business Meetings, ISC Internacional, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2001.
141. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2001.
142. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Seattle, Washington, May 2001.
143. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Kansas City, Kansas, and St. Louis, Missouri, April 2001.
144. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado, April 2001.
145. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Richmond, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC, March 2001.
146. GTSTRUDL Training, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2001.
147. GTSTRUDL Training, Agri Simons, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2001.
148. GTSTRUDL Seminar and Demonstration, Watchtower, Brooklyn, New York, December 2000.
149. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Tampa and Orlando, Florida, November 2000.
150. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Montreal and Toronto, Canada, November 2000.
151. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, and Business Meetings, STRUDL (UK) Ltd., Milan, Italy, and London, United Kingdom, October 2000.
152. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Atlanta, Georgia, and Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee, October 2000.
153. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, and Business Meetings, Dimension Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea, September 2000.
154. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, and Business Meetings, Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers, Tokyo, Japan, September 2000.
155. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, and Business Meetings, CADS Software India, Madras, Bombay, Hyderabad, and Delhi, India, and Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2000.
156. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, LeMessuier Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2000.
157. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Dallas, Texas and Miami, Florida, April 2000.
158. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio, March 2000.
159. Invited Panel Member, Impact of ICES R&D on the Civil Engineering Practice, MIT Alumni Day, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 2000.
160. “Application of Computers for Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Design,” ASCE South Carolina Section, Structural Technical Group Program, Annual Joint Engineers Meeting, University of South Carolina at Aiken, South Carolina, March 2000.
161. GTSTRUDL Seminars and Demonstrations, Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan, February 2000.
162. GTSTRUDL Seminar and Demonstration, Boston, Massachusetts, February 2000.
163. GTSTRUDL Seminars, Demonstrations, and Business Meetings, Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers, Tokyo, Japan, February 2000.
164. Please contact Dr. Emkin for a list of Presentations prior to 2000.

Reports

1. "Investigation of the Structural Design of the D&L Interiors Billboard Structure that Collapsed on August 1, 2002," for Butler, Wooten, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan, LLP, August 2004 (with A. H. Zureick)
2. "Kentucky Dam Bridge - GTSTRUDL Model Verification," for Tennessee Valley Authority and American Consulting Engineers, June 2004 (with K. M. Will).
3. "Review, Verification, and Modification of Korea Power Engineering Corporation's GTSTRUDL Command Files for Shear Wall and Floor Analysis Results for Use in Design," for Korea Power Engineering Corporation and CNG Softek, March 2003 (with K. M. Will).
4. "Behavior of Conventional Double-Skin Plate and Torque Tube Miter Gate Finite Element Models," for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 1983 (with K. M. Will and B. J. Goodno).
5. "Analysis of John Hollis Bankhead Lower Miter Gate, Black Warrior River, Alabama, Phase B-Continued," for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 43 pages, March 1983 (with K. M. Will and B. J. Goodno)
6. "Analysis of John Hollis Bankhead Lower Miter Gate, Black Warrior River, Alabama, Phase B," for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 128 pages, September 1982 (with K. M. Will and B. J. Goodno)
7. "Comparison of Conventional, Double-Skin Plate, and Torque Tube Models for Miter Gates," for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 30 pages, June 1982 (with B. J. Goodno and K. M. Will)
8. "Analysis of John Hollis Bankhead Lower Miter Gate Black Warrior River, Alabama," for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi 381 pages, April 1981 (with B. J. Goodno and K. M. Will)
9. "Analysis of the Brandon Road Miter Gate, Chicago District Corps of Engineers," for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 299 pages, May 1980 (with B. J. Goodno and K. M. Will)
10. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Thurmond, Michael W., "GTSTRUDL/TOWER User's Manual," GTICES Systems Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, First Edition, 488 pages, March 1980.
11. "Development of an Integrated Bridge Design System, Phase I, Volumes I and II, Final Report," Multisystems, Inc., Cambridge Massachusetts, University of Maryland, College Park, MD., and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Volume I--162 pages, Volume II--325 pages, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, NCHRP Project HR 12-18, October 1979
12. Sanders, Paul H., Emkin, Leroy Z., and Roglin, Robert L., "Epoxy Repair of Wood Trusses, Evaluation of In-Place Repair of Timber Roof Trusses-Final Report, Part I," School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 46 pages, January 1979
13. "Comparative Evaluation of the Static and Dynamic Performance of 110-Ft. and 50-Ft. Orthotropic and Conventional Tainter Gates," for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 639 pages, February 1978 (with B. J. Goodno)
14. Emkin, Leroy Z., Will, Kenneth M., Keck, David W., and Thurmond, Michael W., "GTICES STRUDL, GIT-ICES STRUDL-II Users's Manual Up-date," First Edition, Civil Engineering Systems Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering Research Report SCEGIT-77-138, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 235 pages, May 1977
15. Emkin, Leroy Z., Sanders, Paul H., and Benoit, Richard H., "Epoxy Repair of Wood Trusses, In-Place Repair of Timber Roof Trusses - Final Report, Part I," School of Civil Engineering Research Report, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, NSF Grant No. ENG74-09797, 450 pages, January 1977
16. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Adelson., Barry L., "Formal Computer Oriented Stiffness Design Method for Large and Complex Building Frames," Final Report, School of Civil Engineering Research Report SCEGIT- 75-136, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, NSF Grant No. ENG74-09797, 450 pages, January 1977
17. "Engineering Manual for the General Purpose Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of Tainter Gates," for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 251 pages, February 1976
18. "Theoretical Manual for the General Purpose Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of Tainter Gates," for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 161 pages, February 1976
19. "COLDES - The Column Design Program," for John Portman & Associates, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1975
20. "A Study of the Roof System Collapse at EAM, Inc., West Memorial Drive, Dallas, Georgia," for American Associated Companies, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, October 1975 (with B. J. Goodno)
21. Avent, R. Richard, Emkin, Leroy Z., and Howard, Robert H., "Epoxy Repair of Wood Trusses - Epoxy Repaired Bolted Timber Connections - Final Report," School of Civil Engineering Research Report SCEGIT- 77-103, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 53 pages, August 1975
22. "PLOT - The Structural Geometry Plotting Program," for John Portman & Associates, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1975
23. "A Study for a Suspended Wire Mesh Enclosure for a Monkey Holding Area," for the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1974 (with R. R. Avent)
24. "Preliminary Study of Soil-Structure Interaction for Transmission Towers," for Florida Power & Light Company, Miami, Florida, February 1973 (with W. F. Brumund)
25. Emkin, Leroy Z., and Avent, R. Richard, "Epoxy Repair of Roof Trusses - Concept Report," School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 90 pages, April 1973
26. "Detroit Downtown Development Project - Elevator Shaft Analysis Study," for John Portman & Associates, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1972 (with R. R. Avent)
27. "Report of Dynamic Tests for Steel Cable Tray Support Systems," for Quo Modo, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, June 1972
28. Emkin, Leroy Z., "A Computer-Based Optimization Method for Plastic Design of Braced Multistory Steel Frames," M.I.T. Department of Civil Engineering Research Report R69-66, 324 pages, October 1969
29. Albertson, L. C., Emkin, L. Z., and Kruger, R. M., "ICES BRIDGE Design System Engineering User's Manual for Steel Girder Design and General Loading Description," M.I.T. Department of Civil Engineering Research Report R68-27, June 1968
30. "ICES BRIDGE I Design System, Problem Formulation and Solutions," M.I.T. Department of Civil Engineering Research Report R67-71, December 1967
31. "ICES BRIDGE I Design System, General Description and Engineering User's Manual," M.I.T. Department of Civil Engineering Research Report R67-69, December 1967