Mission & Expertise

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Recent LPSA publications

· Al-Khattat, I. Light Prestressed Segmented Arch (LPSA) Bridges: a demonstration of sustainable engineering. Structural Engineering International, Journal of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), Vol. 18, No. 1, February 2008, pp 62-66. To view this publication, click here.

· Al-Khattat, I., Elements of a sustainable engineering science. 3rd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences Houston, TX, USA, August, 2007.

· Al-Khattat, I., The LPSA: an inevitable sustainable technology. Proceedings, Innovative Wooden Structures and Bridges, International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Conference, Lahti, Finland, 2001, pp. 379-384.

The Institute

SustainableScience.org Inc. is an independent engineering research, development, design and innovation institute and a non-profit tax-exempt charity. It is incorporated in Iowa, USA, with work origins and a field office in the UK. Its mission is to advance and advocate Sustainable Science and Engineering through creating innovative, knowledge-based added-value applications for presently unused or misused natural resources. A brief brochure about the institute’s work and mission can be accessed at:

www.sustainablescience.org/BrochureE.pdf

Institute’s mission translates into utilizing science as an instrument to create sustainable communities and economies out of environmental preservation and conservation.

The institute’s main engineering expertise is in the field of engineering science and computational mechanics, related finite-element stress analysis and associated scientific software development and applications. Examples, including published work, are in the areas of nonlinear, elastic-plastic, finite element analysis of metal forming plasticity and powder compaction.

Institute’s founder and president is Ibrahim Al-Khattat. He holds PhD and MS degrees in mechanical engineering (mechanics and computation) from Stanford University, a MS in applied mechanics from Kansas State University, USA and a BSc in civil/structural engineering from Cardiff University, UK. His academic, professional and industrial experience spans 4 decades and 4 continents as a researcher, consultant and university professor.

Institute’s European Project Proposal

The LPSA technology leads to low-cost, high quality, earthquake-, hurricane– and flood-durable designs for buildings, and bridges. This is the gist of the institute’s Project Proposal, entitled: Sustainable Engineering: connecting science, society and sustainability. The Proposal is published on the European portal of Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS), seeking consortium partners and EU funding. Click here to access the Proposal.