October 9, 2013 An Important note from the Principal Investigator Abolhassan ASTANEH-ASL on the document that follows: The following PowerPoint was presented to combined students enrolled in CE92 and CE92 in the Department of Civil and Env. Engineering at University of California, Berkeley in 2002. Abolhassan ASTANEH-ASL, Ph.D., P.E. Professor and Principal Investigator for the NSF Funded UC Berkeley WTC Project (Duration: 10-2001 to 9-2002) 1 of 40
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October 9, 2013
An Important note from the Principal Investigator Abolhassan ASTANEH-ASL on the document that follows:
The following PowerPoint was presented to combined students enrolled in CE92 and CE92 in the Department of Civil and Env.
Engineering at University of California, Berkeley in 2002.
Abolhassan ASTANEH-ASL, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Principal Investigator for the NSF Funded UC Berkeley WTC Project (Duration: 10-2001 to 9-2002)
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Special Joint Lecture of CE92/CE24
World Trade Center and Engineering
Aspects of 9/11
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Professor (www.ce.berkeley.edu/~astaneh)
University of California, Berkeley
WTC
9/11
Investigation
Future?
Credit:Wtcphotos.com
This document is part of the “World Trade Center Post-Disaster Reconnaissance and Perishable Structural
Engineering Data Collection”, a research project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation at the Univ. of
California Berkeley with Prof. Abolhassan ASTANEH-ASL as Principal Investigator
(http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~astaneh) as the Principal Investigator. Duration of the project was from 10/2001 to
3. Need new systems to prevent progressive collapse
4. Developers, architects, structural engineers and fire engineering should work together from the start of the project and consider safety of the occupants the highest priority regardless of the cost.