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632:(NCEES)
620:(IABSE)
605:(CTBUH)
238:(SOM).
210:Prize,
1475:(2022)
1469:(2021)
1463:(2020)
1457:(2019)
1451:(2018)
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1439:(2016)
1433:(2015)
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1199:(1971)
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1163:(1958)
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1151:(1953)
1145:(1922)
611:(EERI)
599:(AISC)
579:(ASCE)
531:&
382:Awards
249:Career
195:Awards
57:, U.S.
626:(NAE)
592:(ACI)
572:(RAE)
143:SEAOI
135:IABSE
131:NCEES
127:CTBUH
801:2020
779:2014
513:NATO
403:ASCE
139:EERI
123:AISC
115:ASCE
99:and
38:Born
1060:SOM
1042:SOM
999:SOM
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963:SOM
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