AISI-Sponsored Research and Standards Development Reach Around the World

As the steel industry becomes more global, so do the research and standards development activities that establish the competitive playing field for steel in construction applications. In June 2008, AISI's standards development work will be presented at two significant conferences in Australia that bring together preeminent researchers from around the world to share research findings and showcase standards development accomplishments.

At the 5th International Conference on Coupled Instabilities in Metal Structures in Sydney, Dr. Roger LaBoube of the Missouri University of Science and Technology will present a paper co-authored by Helen Chen and Jay Larson on the AISI North American Cold-formed Steel Design Standards. In addition, Dr. Ben Schafer of The Johns Hopkins University will present a series of papers resulting from AISI-sponsored work he has conducted to further develop the direct strength method, a revolutionary design approach recently codified in the AISI North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members.

The 2008 International Conference on Thin Walled Structures will include a paper presented by Dr. Roger LaBoube of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, which is co-authored by Jay Larson on the AISI Standards for Cold-formed Steel Framing. Additional papers highlighting AISI-sponsored research will include Residential Hip and Valley Roof Framing Using Cold-formed Steel Members by Abel, Stephens and LaBoube, and Rotational Restraint of Distortional Buckling in Cold-formed Steel Framing Systems by Schafer, Sangree and Guan. For more information, contact Helen Chen or Jay Larson.