Sharon L. Wood, dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected president of the American Concrete Institute (ACI).
ACI is a leading global authority in the development and distribution of standards, technical resources, educational programs and proven expertise in concrete design and construction. It is committed to advancing the field and pursuing the best use of concrete.
As an active ACI member and leader since 1983, Wood serves on ACI Committee 318, Structural Concrete Building Code. She is the past chair of the ETC Product Development Committee and previously served as a trustee for the ACI Foundation and as a member of the Financial Advisory Committee and International Advisory Committee. Wood is currently serving her second term on the ACI Board of Direction and has previously served as chair of the Technical Activities Committee and International Advisory Committee. She was named a fellow of ACI in 1994.
Wood has received numerous awards and distinctions throughout her career, including election to the National Academy of Engineering in 2013. She received the Joe W. Kelly Award and the Henry L. Kennedy Award from ACI, the Alfred Nobel Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Arthur J. Boase Award from the Reinforced Concrete Research Council, and she served as the Distinguished Lecturer for the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
A leading expert on building performance after earthquakes, Wood’s more recent research has focused on design and evaluation of reinforced and pre-stressed concrete bridges, and development of passive sensors to detect the onset of corrosion in concrete structures.
