W. Gene Corley, MAE Center Executive Advisory Board Member and UIUC Alumnus, Receives Prestigious OPAL Award from ASCE
W. Gene Corley, MAE Center Executive Advisory Board Member, CTLGroup's senior vice president, and UIUC Alumnus, received the 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award for Design.
April 26, 2006
Dr. W. Gene Corley (UIUC B.S. 1958, M.S. 1960, Ph.D., 1961), CTLGroup's senior vice president, has received the 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award for Design. These prestigious awards, which were presented April 26 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., are given to recognize the "lifetime achievements of civil engineers whose contributions have greatly enhanced the health, safety and economy of our nation and our world."
In presenting the award, ASCE president Dennis R. Martenson said, "Gene has made many important contributions to the engineering design community during his career, and his research and participation on building performance assessment teams have had an immeasurable impact on our understanding related to concrete structures and blast resistance."
Dr. Corley has wide-ranging international experience in consulting related to earthquake- and blast-resistant structures, bridge design, and construction. He has conducted nationally recognized research into bridges, buildings, railroads and engineering uses of concrete. He served as the principal investigator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the Oklahoma City bombing building performance assessment team and was the team leader for the ASCE/FEMA World Trade Center building performance assessment team. Corley has also chaired a committee that developed strength design for concrete, a basis of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Bridge Specifications and chaired the American Concrete Institutes' (ACI) Committee 318, which focuses on building code requirements for structural concrete.
In presenting the award, ASCE president Dennis R. Martenson said, "Gene has made many important contributions to the engineering design community during his career, and his research and participation on building performance assessment teams have had an immeasurable impact on our understanding related to concrete structures and blast resistance."
Dr. Corley has wide-ranging international experience in consulting related to earthquake- and blast-resistant structures, bridge design, and construction. He has conducted nationally recognized research into bridges, buildings, railroads and engineering uses of concrete. He served as the principal investigator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the Oklahoma City bombing building performance assessment team and was the team leader for the ASCE/FEMA World Trade Center building performance assessment team. Corley has also chaired a committee that developed strength design for concrete, a basis of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Bridge Specifications and chaired the American Concrete Institutes' (ACI) Committee 318, which focuses on building code requirements for structural concrete.
