The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering has awarded CivE Professor Jeffrey Packer the 2009 Excellence in Innovation in Civil Engineering Award for his innovation: Cast Structural Connectors. The award recognizes excellence in innovation in Civil Engineering by an individual or a group of individuals practicing Civil Engineering in Canada, or a Canadian Engineering firm, or a Canadian research organization.

Packer says he plans to attend the presentation ceremony, to be held during the Awards Banquet, at the CSCE’s Annual Conference in St. John’s, NL, May 27-30, 2009.

Professor Packer's research group performs experimental (small- to large-scale), numerical (non-linear finite element analysis) and analytical research with the primary area being the behaviour and design of steel structures. Research is oriented towards tubular structures with particular emphasis on welded, bolted, nailed and cast connections and joints. Loading conditions cover quasi-static, fatigue, impact, blast and seismic. Recent materials studied have also included cast iron, glass, fibre reinforced polymer composites and steel-concrete composites.

Degrees:
BE, 1st. class Honours, Civil Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia, 1972
MSc, Structural Engineering, University of Manchester, U.K., 1975
PhD, Structural Engineering, University of Nottingham, U.K., 1978
DSc, Structural Engineering, University of Nottingham, U.K., 2006

Recent Awards:
- Kurobane Prize for Tubular Structures (International Institute of Welding, 2003)
- American Institute of Steel Construction Special Achievement Award (2005)
- H.A. Krentz Award (Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, 2005)
- Doctor of Science (University of Nottingham, U.K., 2006)
- Houdremont Lecture Award (International Institute of Welding, 2006)

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