STRUCTURAL DIVISION, ASCE

Report on Activities FY99
Report on Plans FY00

Committee on:	Emerging Computing Technology
TAC:		Analysis and Computation

Submitted by:	John W. Baugh Jr., Chair
Date:           29 March 1999

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I. Administration

   A. Membership (number of committee members):  14 members

   B. Meetings:

      1.  Meetings held during FY99:

            -  April 19, 1999, New Orleans, LA (1999 Structures Congress)

      2.  Meetings planned for FY00 (date, location)

            -  April 2000, Philadelphia, PA (2000 Structures Congress)

   C. Subcommittee and Task Committees (reporting to this committee):

          None


II.   Papers in FY98  (10/97 - 9/98)  Journal of Structural Engineering

   A. Number of papers reviewed for Journal: 8 as committee activity

   B. Number of Papers published in Journal: 0 as committee activity


III.  Publications (Special Publications, Manuals, other)

   A. Publications completed during FY99  (10/98 - 10/99) (title,
      where and when published)

      none

   B. Publications in preparation (title, expected completion date)

      - WWW Structural Engineering Information Repository

        Our plans for building a Web-based information repository have
	been postponed until we can identify a group of members who
	are willing to take up this task.

   C. Publications planned for the future (topic, expected starting date)


IV.   Technical Sessions (ASCE Annual Convention, Structures
      Congresses, Specialty Conferences, other meetings)

   A. Sessions held during FY99 (10/98 - 9/99)

      - Technical Session in 1999 Structures Congress
        April 21, 1999, New Orleans, LA
	"Advanced Technologies in Conceptual Design"
	  Colby Swan, University of Iowa
	  Co-sponsored with Optimal Structural Design (OSD)

   B. Sessions Planned for FY00 (10/99 - 9/00)

      - Technical Session in 2000 Structures Congress
        April 2000, Philadelphia, PA
	"Emerging Computing Technology in Structural Engineering"
  	  Meg Neggers, Premisys Corporation
	  Jim Garrett, Carnegie Mellon University
	  Kincho Law, Stanford University

      - Technical Session in 2000 Structures Congress
        April 2000, Philadelphia, PA
	"High Performance Computing"
	  John Baugh, North Carolina State University
	  Elisa Sotelino, Purdue University

   C. Sessions Planned for the Future:

      - Sessions and workshops are being planned for the
        2001 Structures Congress


V.    Other activities (type of activities, action completed or planned)

   A. Completed during FY99 (10/98 - 10/99)

      - Committee Web Page (ongoing)

        We have a World Wide Web page that describes the mission of
        the committee and its associated activities.  The URL for this
        page is: http://www.ce.cmu.edu/~garrett/ect/

      - Interaction with European Community (ongoing)

        In 1998 Baugh reported on ECT activities in Switzerland at a
        meeting of the European Group for Structural Engineering
        Applications of AI, EG-SEA-AI (~60 persons).  ECT and
        EG-SEA-AI are exploring opportunities for joint activity.

      - ECT Workshop and Mini-Exhibition

        During this year's committee meeting we are putting on an open
        but informal workshop to allow committee members and any
        interested visitors an opportunity to demonstrate the emerging
        computing technologies they are developing.  We anticipate
        taking the better part of a day, with several breaks, for this
        activity, which allows more flexibility than the usual session
	and presentation format.

   B. Planned for FY00

      - ECT Workshop and Mini-Exhibition

        At the 2000 Structures Congress we plan to hold another
        workshop, which may evolve in size and scope based on the
        results of the preliminary 1999 activity.

   C. Planned for the future


VI.   Plans for the Future (goals, areas of opportunity, etc.)

     - Recruitment

       Although we have a core of dedicated members, we need to
       continue recruiting new ones to remain viable.  In recent years
       fewer and fewer of our committee members have attended the
       Structures Congress.  To effect change, we need to project to
       the community a commitment on the part of SEI to
       state-of-the-art computing and attempt to draw in this segment
       of the structural engineering community.


VII.  List activities that have been delayed or tabled due to lack of funding.

     - None.