Baugh, John W. -- North Carolina State University

Garrett, James H. -- Carnegie-Mellon University

Neggers, Meg -- J.D. Edwards Enterprise Software

Sotelino, Elisa D. -- Purdue University, West Lafayette

Swan Colby -- University of Iowa

Huang, Sampson C. -- Hart Consultant Group

1. Introduction of members and guests

The committee met at 8:00 a.m. Each member received the agenda, the minutes from the previous meeting, and a copy of the Annual Activity Report.

2. Approval of agenda.

All in attendance introduced themselves and John Baugh outlined the agenda.

3. Review and approval of minutes of the last meeting, July 20, 1998 in San Francisco

The minutes from the last meeting were approved unanimously.

4. Status Report
1. Report on the Analysis and Computation Committee Meeting

• There are currently three associated editors in the Journal of Structural Engineering, down from the original four.
• Anyone interested is encouraged to publish theme issues of ASCE journals.
• The merger of the committee on Computer Aided Analysis and Design and of the committee on Methods of Analysis was approved. The name of the new committee is Methods of Analysis.
• The Analysis and Computation Technical Committee has plans to set up a website. The committee on Emerging Computing Technologies may be charged with the creation, but not maintenance, of such a site.
• ASCE has some funds set aside for special projects. The limit is $3000 per project.
2. Report of the FY99 Technical Activity Report

The attending members reviewed the FY99 Technical Activity Report dated March 29, 1999.

3. Technical sessions in the 1999 Structures Congress

There is one session co-sponsored by the committee and the committee on Optimal Structural Design: "Advanced Technical in Conceptual Design", chaired by Colby Swan.

5. Current Business
1. Technical sessions planned for the 2000 Structures Congress

The Emerging Computing Technology Committee is sponsoring two technical sessions at the 2000 Structures Congress, scheduled for May 8-10, 2000 in Philadelphia, PA:

• Two proposed sessions have been merged into one. They are: "Emerging Methods for Performance Based Optimization of Civil Structural Systems" proposed by Colby Swan and "Emerging Computing Technology in Structural Engineering" proposed by Meg Neggers.
• "High Performance Computing" proposed by John Baugh and Elisa Sotelino.
6. New Business
1. Technical sessions for the 2001 Structures Congress

The session proposals for the 2001 Structures Congress are due on November 19,1999. The committee will propose the following technical sessions:

• Emerging Computing Technologies, co-chaired by Jim Garrett, John Baugh and Bozidar Stojadinovic.
• High Performance Computing, chaired by Elisa D. Sotelino. This session will be co-sponsored with the committee on Methods of Analysis.
2. New Initiatives

Some activities identified by the committee:

• Development of a Web site for our parent committee, Analysis and Computation, along with some suggestions and possible support for other A&C subcommittees.
• Publication of a theme issue in the Journal of Structural Engineering based on papers presented in the sessions sponsored by ECT at the 2000 Structures Congress in Philadelphia. We may need to issue a "formal" call-for-papers to bring in some new people and ideas. Of course, we have a June 1 deadline for abstracts ... post to newsgroups?
• ECT Workshop to be held at the 2000 Structures Congress, with outside speakers from the computing industry, possibly from around Philadelphia. We need to look into travel support / honoraria for guests, possibly from ASCE Special Project funds. Another option would be a NSF-sponsored workshop. Elisa D. Sotelino, John Baugh and Colby Swan will look into this possibility.
• Member recruitment, by having current members seek out new ones for various committee activities, such as presenting papers, sponsoring sessions, etc. Each member is encouraged to provide the names of two people working in Emerging Computing Technologies related issues in Structural Engineering. John Baugh will collect the names.
• Look for opportunities for collaboration with our European counterparts at EG-SEA-AI.
7. Other business, announcements

None

8. Adjourn

The committee adjourned at 11:30 AM.