Professor Mir M

Professor Mir M. Ali's

Professor and Chairman, Structures Division

School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL 61820, USA

Title:

Educational Background:

B.Sc./Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
M.S./Structural Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Ph.D./Structural Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

Professional Registration:

Professional Experience:

Wickersheimer Engineers, Champaign, Illinois
Sargent & Lundy, Chicago, Illinois
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, Illinois
Albery, Pullerits, Dickson & Associates, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
B. H. Martin Consultants Ltd., Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Consulting Engineers (Pakistan) Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh, a firm affiliated with Louis Berger International, East Orange, New Jersey, USA

Areas of Research:

Teaching Experience:

School of Architecture/University of Illinois/1985 to present
School of Civil and Structural Engineering/ Nanyang Technological University, Singapore/ 1984
Northern College, Timmins, Ontario, Canada/1978

Courses Taught in the School of Architecture:

Arch 251, Arch 252
Arch 301, Arch 352, Arch 354,
Arch 451, Arch 452, Arch 453, Arch 454, Arch 457, Arch 458, Arch 495 EQ, Arch 495 SP
Participated in the School of Architecture Studio reviews and design juries during different semesters since 1985.

Supervised:

Excellence in Teaching: Selected on the "Incomplete List of Teachers ranked as excellent by their students"

Recent Departmental Committees and Administrative Services in the School of Architecture :

Member, Graduate Committee, School of Architecture, 1993-present
Member, Curriculum Committee, School of Architecture, 1993-present
Coordinator, Structures Option, 1993-present
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Regional Conference Planning Committee 1994-95
Member, Editorial Committee, Reflection, 1995-97
Member, Capricious Grading Committee, 1996-present

Membership in Professional Societies:

Public and Professional Service:

Publications:

Presented and authored numerous (eighty to date) technical papers and articles on building structures and other topics
Edited two books: Architecture of Tall Buildings for Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, published by McGraw-Hill Publishers, Inc.; Bangladesh Floods: Views from Home and Abroad, published by University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Participated and lectured in many regional, national, and international conferences, meetings, and seminars

Research: Completed several research projects funded or sponsored by:

Innovative Solutions to Major Structural Problems in Engineering Practice:

Eight projects in Illinois and Indiana
Eleven projects in Ontario, Canada
Five international projects (Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Mexico, and Pakistan)

Recent International Activities:

Member of Program Committee, Sixth World Congress on Tall Buildings, Melbourne, Australia, March, 2000.
Co-organizer of Joint US-Bangladesh Conference on Floods in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May, 1995.
Chaired, CTBUH Committee 30 workshop session "Architecture of Tall Buildings," at Fifth World Congress on Tall Buildings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May, 1995.
Was involved in ten other international activities in the previous years.

Recent Professional and Public Service Activities:

Co-editor of a book "Bangladesh Floods: Views from Home and Abroad", United Press Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1998.
Chairman of the Editorial Group for the Monograph Volume "Architecture of Tall Buildings" for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Lehigh University, McGraw Hill, 1995.
Reviewer of educational videotape "Tall Buildings: 2000 and Beyond" by Atmospheres, Inc. for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Lehigh University
Reviewer of research grant proposals for NSF
Reviewer of technical papers for journals and conferences for ASCE, ASEE, and ACI.
Reviewer of book entitled "The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design" by Edward Allen and Joseph Iano, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995.
Editor, CTBUH Review, Professional Journal of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
Was involved in several other professional and public service activities.

Awards/Honors: Received Awards/Honors in ten categories

Miscellaneous Professional Activities:

Participated in several professional training seminars/conferences.
Worked as a consultant on 6 projects
Conducted Research Related to Professional Practice
Completed Building Failure and Distress Investigation/Rehabilitation: 20 projects