Structural Engineering Conference

Agenda

Full agendas with speaker bios and abstracts will be provided at the conference. A PDF version of this document will also be linked on this webpage as soon as it is finalized. See a brief outline of the day on our Conference Agenda webpage.

71st Annual Structural Engineering Conference Student Poster Awards

Congratulations to the following students for their placement in the Student Poster Awards!

First Place
Mona Shaheen
"A Novel Constrained-Layer Damper for Wind-Induced Vibration Mitigation of High-Mast Illumination Poles"

Second Place
Afeez Badmus
"Reducing Tornado Losses Through Enhanced Residential Building Design and Shelter Access"

Third Place
Luke Attard
"Human-Centered Steel Bridge Inspection Enabled by Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence"

Professional Development Hours

The Structural Engineering Conference offers a total of 6.5 Professional Development Hours for full attendance of the conference and 7 Professional Development Hours for those who attended the conference and submitted a form ranking our student poster presenters.

PDH certificates were sent to attendees needing PDHs on March 6, 2026. If you have not received your PDH certificate, please contact us at strconf@ku.edu.  

Registration & Cancellation Policy

We encourage you to send a substitute if you cannot attend. A full refund of registration fees minus a $50 administration fee, will be available if requested in writing and received at least three weeks prior to the event. No refunds will be made after that date. A $35 fee will also be charged for returned checks.

KU CEAE reserves the right to cancel the conference and return all fees in the event of insufficient registration or unforeseeable circumstances. The liability of the University of Kansas will not be responsible for any losses incurred by registrants, including but not limited to airline cancellation charges or hotel deposits.

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