October 29, 2020
Zhang named chair of technical committee for national engineering society
![Bill Zhang, associate professor of architectural engineering and construction science Bill Zhang, associate professor of architectural engineering and construction science](http://www.k-state.edu/k-publisher/custom-images/2020/Oct/2020-Oct-28_0928_53-zhang.jpg)
Bill Zhang, associate professor in the GE Johnson Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science at Kansas State University, has been appointed chair of the American Society of Civil Engineering/Structural Engineering Institute technical committee on cold-formed steel members.
The committee disseminates and interprets information on the behavior and design of structural steel members, cold-formed to shape from flat materials. The group is also tasked to stimulate research and the publication of technical papers in this field.
Zhang, the first person from K-State to hold this position, is currently co-editing a design handbook on connections between cold-formed steel members and different construction materials for an American Society of Civil Engineering special project of which he serves as a chapter lead on connections between cold-formed steel and hot-rolled steel members.
K-State is one of the few universities that offers a course in cold-form steel design, ARE 725 Cold-Formed Steel Design, which Zhang teaches.