Type Engineering Society President Amarjit Singh | Official language English | |
Formation January 24, 2001 (2001-01-24) Headquarters Fargo, North Dakota, United States Key people Frank Yazdani, Dejan Dinevski, Takashi Hara, Indubhushan Patnaikuni, Vanissorn Vimonsatit, Sai On Cheung, Swapan Saha | ||
The International Structural Engineering and Construction Society (ISEC) is a non-profit professional body founded in 2001 to represent members of the civil engineering, structural engineering, and construction engineering profession worldwide. Based in Fargo, North Dakota, it offers educational conferences, seminars, and literature through an international network of advisors and regional representatives.
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History
ISEC was founded in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 24, 2001, with its first conference in Waikiki hosted by the University of Hawaii. It has since held conferences in Rome, Italy; Shunan, Japan; Perth and Melbourne, Australia; Las Vegas, Nevada; Zurich, Switzerland; Honolulu, Hawaii, and Bangkok, Thailand.
Mission
According to its website, "The mission of ISEC Conferences is to enhance communication and understanding between structural, system, and construction engineers, for successful design and construction of engineering projects. Interdisciplinary integration and international cooperation are encouraged. ISEC conferences promote innovative and integrative approaches in life cycle systems thinking in civil and building engineering that include constructability, specifications, design, bidding, and construction. It is the purpose of ISEC to provide an international forum for the discussion of topics important to developing new knowledge in construction and structural engineering. The aim of ISEC is to conduct such conferences at an international level.".
Conferences and education
Each year ISEC hosts an annual conference and some regional conferences. Its next international and regional conferences are scheduled to be held in Sydney, Australia in 2015 and Istanbul, Turkey in 2016, respectively.[1]
Publications
To date, ISEC has published its proceedings from seven full conferences and two regional conferences, containing more than 1800 peer-reviewed papers from close to 60 countries. Its titles include:
These are accessible in the ISEC Proceedings Archive.
The published proceedings from ISEC Conferences are as follows:
Proceedings of ASEA-SEC-02: 128 peer-reviewed papers; 28 countries represented. Sustainable Solutions in Structural Engineering and Construction, Chantawarangul, Korchoke, Suanpaga, Weerakaset, Yazdani, Siamak, Vimonsatit, Vanissorn, and Singh, Amarjit (eds), 810 pp., ISEC Press 2014, ISBN 978-0-9960437-0-0
Proceedings of ISEC-07: 279 peer-reviewed papers; 44 countries represented. New Developments in Structural Engineering and Construction, Yazdani, Siamak; and Singh, Amarjit (eds.), 1806 pp., Research Publishing Services, Singapore, 2013, ISBN 978-981-07-5354-2
Proceedings of ASEA-SEC-01: 184 peer-reviewed papers; 38 countries represented. Research, Development, and Practice in Structural Engineering and Construction,Vimonsatit, Vanissorn; Singh, Amarjit; and Yazdani, Siamak (eds.), 1151 pp., Research Publishing Services, Singapore, 2012, ISBN 981-07-3677-0
Proceedings of ISEC-06: 205 peer-reviewed papers; 38 countries represented. Modern Methods and Advances in Structural Engineering and Construction, Cheung, Sai On; Yazdani, Siamak; Ghafoori, Nader; and Singh, Amarjit (eds.), 1325 pp., Research Publishing Services, Singapore, 2011, ISBN 981-08-7920-2
Proceedings of ISEC-05: 163 peer-reviewed papers; 32 countries represented. Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions in Structural Engineering and Construction, Ghafori, N. (ed.), 1009 pp., CRC Press/ Balkema, 2009, ISBN 978-0-415-56809-8.
Proceedings of ISEC-04: 242 peer-reviewed papers; 34 countries represented. Innovations in Structural Engineering and Construction, Xie, Y. M. and Patnaikuni, I. (eds.), Vol. 1 & 2, 1588 pp., Taylor & Francis/Balkema, The Netherlands, 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-45755-2.
Proceedings of ISEC-03: 150 peer-reviewed papers; 43 countries represented. Collaboration and Harmonization in Creative Systems, Hara, T. (ed.), Vol. 1 & 2, 1000 pp., Taylor & Francis/Balkema, The Netherlands, 2005. ISBN 0 415 390370.
Proceedings of ISEC-02: 360 peer-reviewed papers; 57 countries represented. System-based Vision for Strategic and Creative Design, Bontempi, F. (ed.), Vol. 1, 2 & 3, 2521 pp., A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 2003. ISBN 90 5809 599 1.
Proceedings of ISEC-01: 166 peer-reviewed papers; 27 countries represented. Creative Systems in Structural and Construction Engineering, Singh, A. (ed.), 1019 pp., A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 2001, ISBN 90 5809 161 9.
Sponsors, Promoters, Endorsers
Past and present ISEC Conference sponsors, supporters, and endorsers have included: