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<h2><font size=4><b>Please join us on Monday, April 30th, for an STS
Colloquium:<br><br>
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<a href="http://scripts.mit.edu/~hasts/news/2007/04/24/medieval-architectural-technology-new-lessons-from-master-builders/">
Medieval Architectural Technology: New Lessons from Master
Builders</a></u></b></font></h2><font size=4><b>Speaker: John
Ochsendorf, Architecture, MIT<br><br>
</font>4:00 p.m., MIT, E51-095<br><br>
John Ochsendorf</b> is a structural engineer with multi-disciplinary
research interests including archaeology, the history of construction,
and sustainable design. Trained in structural mechanics at Cornell,
Princeton, and the University of Cambridge, he conducts research on the
structural safety of historic monuments and the design of more
sustainable infrastructure. An expert on the mechanics and behavior of
masonry structures, Ochsendorf collaborates with art historians,
architects, and engineers on the study and structural assessment of
historic monuments around the world. He received his Ph.D. from the
University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering; his M.Sc., Princeton
University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and B.Sc.,
Cornell University, Structural Engineering (Minor in Archaeology). His
research interests include masonry mechanics, structural analysis of
historic monuments, dynamics of masonry buildings, displacement loading
of structures, environmental assessment of building materials,
appropriate technology in structural design, history of construction.
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You can view a schedule of STS-related events for the week of April 30th
here:
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html<br><br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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