IN THIS ISSUE:

• AN OPEN INVITATION TO JOIN THE CSI FAMILY
• ONLINE SOFTWARE TRAINING: INTRO TO SAP2000 & INTRO TO ETABS
• FREE ONLINE SOFTWARE DEMOS FOR SAP2000 BrIM: BRIDGE
   INFORMATION MODELING
• CSI DONATES SOFTWARE FOR DESIGN OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
   IN RWANDA
• CSI PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

For a limited time, CSI is offering special discounts on all levels of SAP2000, ETABS, and SAFE for users of STAAD.Pro®, RISA®, ROBOT®, and RAM®. Click here to read a letter of invitation from CSI president and CEO, Ashraf Habibullah. For additional details, contact the CSI Sales Department at sales@csiberkeley.com or
(510) 649-2201.

Read the letter.

These introductory courses will cover the features and capabilities of the latest versions of SAP2000 and ETABS. For SAP2000, topics include: Object Based Modeling Using Templates, Definition of Frame Section Properties, Lateral Load Case Definitions, Edge Constraints, Extrusion Options, Section Options, Shell Meshing, and Load Combinations. For ETABS, topics include: Definition of Material & Frame Section Properties, Lateral Load Cases Definitions, Diaphragm Assignment, Load Combinations, Meshing, Frame Analysis Output, and Design Capabilities. Dates and times are as follows:

INTRO TO

Registration Fee: $35

Enrollment is limited. Click here to register.

INTRO TO

Registration Fee: $35

DATE		TIME (Pacific)
Tuesday, January 29		9:00 am - 10:00 am
Thursday, January 31		2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tuesday, February 12		9:00 am - 10:00 am
Thursday, February 14		2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tuesday, February 26		9:00 am - 10:00 am
Thursday, February 28		2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tuesday, March 11		9:00 am - 10:00 am
Thursday, March 13		2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tuesday, March 25		9:00 am - 10:00 am
Thursday, March 27		2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Enrollment is limited. Click here to register.

This free, 90-minute demonstration will cover the steps necessary to develop a bridge model using SAP2000. Three different types of bridges will be presented: concrete box girder, steel, and cable stayed. Topics include: Layout Line Definition · Deck Section Definition · Abutment Definition · Bent Definition · Diaphragm Definition · Cable Property Definition · Hinge Definition · Parametric Variation Definition · Bridge Object Definition · Updating a Linked Model · Lane Definition Vehicle Definition · Live Loads · Adding Vehicles · Adding Analysis Cases · Cable Property Definition · Pylon Section Definition · Analysis Cases… and more.

Enrollment is limited. Click here to register.

CSI donated SAP2000 to the Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED) Access Project at Columbia University, which will use the software to design health care facilities in Mayange, Rwanda. Through the Access Project, CGHED mobilizes global health programs that enable low resource countries to develop quality health systems for the poor, promote sustainable economic development, and achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Working with government officials and health care providers, Access Project staff members strengthen health care systems by facilitating communication between local, district, and central health care facilities, managing drug supply chains and pharmacy operations, tracking patient and population data and improving health facilities infrastructure.

For more information about CGHED and the Access Project, please visit www.theaccessproject.com.

CSI President and CEO Ashraf Habibullah was a highlighted speaker at Stanford University on November 8th. He discussed topics that included structural engineering as a profession, the state of the art of engineering technology and future software developments. Students and faculty of the university’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering attended the presentation.

In his talks, Ashraf aims to create a mainstream appreciation for the profession by leveraging the powerful positive social and economic aspects of structural engineering. He reminds us that structural engineering brings art, form, and function to our everyday lives, and it is because of structural engineering that monuments reflecting the grandeur of humanity—such as the Burj Dubai in the U.A.E. and the new Freedom Tower in New York—can exist.