Presentation Title: Architectural Aerodynamics: Wind Engineering and Tapering, Tilting, Twisting Towers

Biography: Dr. Leighton S. Cochran is a Principal at Cermak Peterka Petersen Inc. in Fort Collins Colorado. He has 25 years experience in wind-engineering applications and research. He has evaluated over 400 buildings and structures for wind loads (local cladding pressures and/or frames loads) through wind-tunnel testing; evaluated pedestrian-wind climate for many of these buildings; measured forces on other structures like stacks and solar collectors; defined snow loads for some structures via wind-tunnel data; investigated pollutant dispersion from buildings and stacks in the wind tunnel. Dr. Cochran is past Secretary of the ASCE Aerodynamics Committee, 2000-2006; current Chair of the ASCE Structural Wind Engineering Committee, 2005- ; and past President of the American Association for Wind Engineering, 2007-2008. He is also a member of ASME and a number of other professional societies. Dr. Cochran is originally from Australia.

Education
1992 Ph.D., Colorado State University
1986 M.S., Colorado State University
1979 B.E. (Hons), University of Queensland

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