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The abstract submission and early-bird deadline for the 17th AWES Workshop is January 11, 2015. Further details can be found on the workshop website.

Through consultation with our members and the wider wind engineering community, the AWES has developed the document, “Guidelines for Pedestrian Wind Effects Criteria”. The document can be found here. Please direct any questions regarding this document to treasurer@awes.org.

The 2014 AWES Winter Lecture was held on 2 July, 2014 at QUT in Brisbane. This was the first lecture in a new initiative for the AWES, which we hope will enhance the strong linkages the Society has with industry and academia. Our first lecture was presented by Life Member, Prof. Chris Letchford and can […]

The AWES will hold the 2014 AWES Winter Lecture on 2 July, 2014 at QUT in Brisbane. This is the first in a biannual series of public lectures aimed at providing the wider engineering community with a forum for hearing engaging speakers discuss some of the major issues confronting wind engineering and wind related sciences. […]

All previous AWES Workshop proceedings are now freely available for members (and non-members) to search, read and download! With more than 500 papers spanning almost 30 years, the considerable contribution of AWES to the growth and development of the field of wind engineering is clearly evident. The archive can be accessed here. Enjoy! Please direct […]

The 2013 AWES Undergraduate Thesis Prize has been awarded to Mr Daniel Kang of the University of Southern Queensland for his thesis, CFD Analysis of a Shrouded Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. The AWES congratulates Daniel on this achievement! A copy of Daniel’s submission can be viewed at the Prize Archive on this website.

The term of the current AWES committee finishes at the end of this year. Interested AWES members should consider nominating themselves for the 2014-15 AWES Committee. The constitution of the AWES specifies that, “The Society shall be managed by a National Committee which shall comprise six elected persons, each of whom shall serve for a […]

As some of you may be aware the AWES is considering publishing guidelines/recommendations on pedestrian wind criteria for use by planners and wind engineering consultants. At the request of the AWES, Harry Fricke has kindly written up draft guidelines for comment by members. A discussion group has also been set up to facilitate discussion about […]

The AWES congratulates PhD student Amy Lovisa from James Cook University for winning this year’s AWES Postgraduate Prize for her presentation entitled, Wind loading tributaries for pierced fixed metal roof cladding, at the 16th AWES Workshop in Brisbane earlier this year. A copy of Amy’s extended abstract can be read here. The AWES thanks all […]