The Minnesota Section of ASCE extends its congratulations to a Past President of our Section - Jerome F. Hajjar, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE!

Jerry, currently a member of the East Branch of the Central Illinois Section, has been selected to receive the
Shortridge Hardesty Award for his distinguished engineering career and for outstanding research in the areas
of composite behavior, seismic design and steel frame stability contributing to the standards for steel and
composite construction. Dr. Hajjar has contributed substantially in applying fundamental results of research to
solution of practical engineering problems in the field of structural stability. He was the lead author on the
ASCE Task Committee’s development of the book, Effective Length and Notional Load Approaches for Assessing
Frame Stability: Implications for American Steel Design.

His contribution has had a major impact on the profession. This synthesis of the State-of-the-Art in 1997 led to the creation of an AISC-SSRC Ad Hoc Committee that studied the potential for implementation of improved ASIC stability design methods from 1999 to 2002. This effort was continued in 2002 by ASIC’s Technical Committee on Stability and led to inclusion of the new Direct Analysis Method and First-Order Analysis Method provisions in the 2005 AISC Specifications. Dr. Hajjar was actively involved in all of these developments and has authored a number of informative journal papers on this topic. In addition, Dr. Hajjar has contributed substantially to the understanding of the stability and seismic behavior and design of composite beam-columns.

His research in this area has provided key information leading to updates in the composite column design provisions of the 2005 AISC Specification. He has published extensively in this area, and his research has included analytical developments, numerical methods for member and system analysis, and experimental testing. He is probably the most knowledgeable engineer on the subject of composite columns and their end connections.

If you desire to forward a note to Jerry, he can be reached at:

University of Illinois, 3 Litchfield Lane, Champaign, IL 61820; email: jfhajjar@illinois.edu.