The SEWC aims to cover major aspects pertaining to contemporary technical and professional issues affecting the structural engineering profession worldwide and to highlight the profession's impact and its interface with the societies. It also re-iterates the impact of the structural engineering profession on societies reflected by excellent public image, standing and credibility of structural engineers. SEWC gives an excellent platform for structural engineering professionals to interact with each other and to learn more about what is happening in the world of structural engineering now and the trends in the future.
SEWC Inc. is an entirely independent organization with its own Board of directors and officers which were chartered and incorporated in 1994 as a continuing organization to facilitate the planning and organizing of a Structural Engineers World Congress at intervals of about every four years in different parts of the world.
Current Board Members:
1. Prof. Akira Wada, Japan, President
2. R. Sundaram, India, Late President & President Emeritus
3. Prof. Ing. Enzo Siviero, Italy, Vice President
4. Prof. Seung Deog Kim, South Korea, Vice President
5. Prof. Gorun Arun, Turkey
6. Prof. Alireza Behnejad, United Kingdom
7. Dr. Ing. Mauro Eugenio Giuliani, Italy
8. Prof. Yasuhiro Hayabe, Japan
9. Prof. Huanjun Jiang, China
10. Prof. Jiemin Ding, China
11. Dr. Kalgal M R, President, SEWC, India
12. Prof. Ken'ichi Kawaguchi, Japan
13. Dr. Young Min Kim, South Korea
14. Prof. Satwant S Rihal, USA
15. Prof. Juan Gerardo Oliva Salinas, Mexico
16. Dr. Knut Stockhusen, Germany
17. Prof. Romuald Tarczewski, Poland
The Founding Organizations of SEWC Inc. are:
- American Concrete Institute International [ ACI ]
- International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures [ IASS ]
- Japan Structural Consultants Association [ JSCA ]
- National Council of Structural Engineers Associations [ NCSEA ]
- Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE [ SEI/ASCE ]
- Structural Engineers Association of California [ SEAOC ]
Structural Engineers and Professors who supported SEWC activities for many years.
1. Prof. A. H-S. Ang, USA
2. Dr. William F Baker, USA
3. Prof. Maria E. Moreyra Garlock, USA
4. Prof. Ing Gian Carlo Giuliani, Italy
5. Dr. Lim Peng Hong, Singapore
6. Prof. Mamoru Kawaguchi, Japan
7. Prof. Jan B Obrebski, Poland
8. Dr. Leslie Robertson, USA
9. Prof. Narendra K Srivastava, Canada, Mentor
10. Dr. Katsumi Yano, Japan
Secretariat at Tokyo, Japan
Voluntary Supported by the JSCA (Japan Structural Consultants Association). SEWC_Secretary@jsca.or.jp
1. President Hideo Kobayashi, JSCA
2. Dr. Naohiro Haneda
3. Prof. Yasuhiro Hayabe
4. Prof. Ken’ichi Kawaguchi
5. Prof. Akira Wada