Dr. David I. McLean, Department
Chair at Washington State University was awarded the John B.
Scalzi Research Award at TMS’s Annual Meeting on October 18th.
Dr. Max L. Porter, chair of TMS’s Research Committee, presented
the award on behalf of the committee. During the presentation of
the award, Porter noted that McLean, who is also a registered
Professional Engineer, has been involved in masonry activities
for over 20 years in education, research and consulting
functions. McLean has conducted over $1 million in research on
approximately 50 projects. His publications include 44 refereed
publications, 14 refereed conference papers, 33 other conference
papers and a significant number of invited presentations. McLean
has supervised 44 graduate students, many of who have conducted
masonry research, some winning past TMS Thesis Awards (see below
for the latest).
McLean has chaired more than 10
university committees and worked on over 23 consulting
projects. He has participated in over 13 professional
organizations, including ABET evaluations and as a FEMA trained
inspector for post-earthquake evaluations.
Within TMS, McLean has served on
numerous committees, is past chairman of TMS’s Research
Committee, past Chair of the MSJC Reinforcement and Connectors
Subcommittee, past member of TMS’s Board of Directors, and
currently serves as MSJC Vice Chair and as a member of TMS’s
Technical Activities Committee. For his many accomplishments and
for his support of TMS, he was made a TMS Fellow Member in 2006.
McLean has received several previous
awards, including the ASTM Yorkdale Award for Outstanding Paper,
and several outstanding teaching awards.
McLean joins a distinguished list of
past Scalzi Award winners that includes , Arturo E. Schultz
(2007), Max L. Porter (2006), Miha Tomazevic (2005), Ahmad Hamid
(2004), John Dawe (2003), Luigia Binda (2002), Adrian Page
(2001), Nigel Shrive (2000), Richard E. Klingner (1999), Nigel
M.J. Priestley (1998), Daniel P. Abrams (1997), Richard H.
Atkinson (1996), Russell H. Brown (1995), Arnold Hendry (1994),
Clarence B. Monk (1993), Robert G. Drysdale (1992), James L.
Noland (1991) and John B. Scalzi (1990) whom the award is named
after.
For additional information on the
John B. Scalzi Research Award, or to nominate someone for the
award, click here.
