CHICAGO – This summer, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) will welcome its third Innovation Scholar to a two-week residency at the institute’s Chicago headquarters.
Cornell University Professor Matthew Reiter, SE, PE, will collaborate with AISC’s engineering and research team on a structural steel-focused project (to be determined) and take part in a variety of industry events, including committee meetings and local facility tours, between July 7–18.
“We are very excited to invite Matthew’s expertise and insight into our technical activities this summer,” said Chris Raebel, SE, PE, PhD, AISC’s vice president of engineering and research. “We know he will bring so much to each conversation, and we look forward to showing him what makes our industry—and Chicago in the summertime—so special.”
An integral member of Cornell’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Reiter teaches behavior and design related structural engineering courses in addition to serving as faculty director for the Structural MEng program. He brings with him a breadth of experience in structural engineering from his previous work as a project engineer with Thornton Tomasetti and a section manager within Cornell’s facilities engineering department.
In addition to fully reimbursed travel to and from Chicago, fully reimbursed lodging downtown, and a meal stipend, Reiter will receive $5,000 from the AISC Education Foundation.
AISC’s Innovation Scholar program is designed to boost collaboration between engineering educators and the professionals who develop steel design standards. You can learn more about the program and last year’s inaugural cohort of Scholars at aisc.org/innovation-scholar.
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Dani Friedland
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773.636.8535
About the American Institute of Steel Construction
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), a not-for-profit technical institute supported by the steel industry, partners with the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) community to develop safe and efficient steel specifications and codes while driving innovation to make steel the most sustainable, economic, and resilient structural material. For more than a century, AISC has been a reliable resource for information and advice on the design and construction of domestically fabricated structural steel buildings and bridges.
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