Staff Expertise Continues to Increase

Dr. Mahmut Ekenel, P.E. and Jason H. Wagner, P.E. have been recognized within the industry for their knowledge and engineering expertise. Both engineers are located in the Whittier, Calif. office. The Whittier office also welcomes two new technical staff members, Daniel W. Cheney, P.E., formerly the Manager of Product Acceptance for Weyerhaeuser Corporation, has been hired as a Senior Staff Engineer and Richard Wang hired as an Evaluation Specialist.
 
Jason H. Wagner, P.E., located in the ICC-ES Los Angeles office, received his Professional Engineer (P.E.) license. With this accomplishment, Wagner was promoted to ICC-ES Staff Engineer. His primary focus at ICC-ES is structural anchors.

Wagner holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University and a Physics degree from Saint Lawrence University and is currently pursuing his master's degree in structural engineering from Columbia University.

He is an active member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) as well as the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM).
 
Dr. Mahmut Ekenel, P.E. and ICC-ES Staff Engineer, was one of the editors of a recently published ACI Symposium Publication titled: Advances in FRC Durability and Field Applications (SP-280). This publication contains 10 technical papers. The topics of the papers cover durability aspects of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) ranging from permeability to shrinkage cracking, long-term behavior in aggressive environment, as well as applications of fiber-reinforced concrete for coupling beams, beams for bridges, panels and suspended foundation slabs. The papers included in this publication have been peer reviewed by international experts in the field according to the guidelines established by the American Concrete Institute (ACI).
 
Daniel W. Cheney, P.E is joining ICC-ES as a Senior Staff Engineer and will split his time between his home office in Boise, Idaho and the Whittier, California office. Prior to joining ICC-ES, Cheney was the Manager of Product Acceptance for Weyerhaeuser Corporation and was responsible for obtaining and maintaining evaluation reports for all Weyerhaeuser product lines. He has worked in the Engineered Wood Products industry for over 12 years and was a Private Consulting Engineer prior to that.

Cheney received a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer. Dan is actively involved in several industry organizations, including Wood I-Joist Manufacturer's Association (Past President), American Wood Council's Wood Design Standards Committee (Chairman), ASTM Committee on Wood (Task Group Chair), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (Member).
 
Richeng (Richard) Wang, EI, also located in the Whittier office, joined ICC-ES on May 7 as an Evaluation Specialist. He graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of California, Berkley in 2010 and is taking additional courses in Construction Estimating and Building Codes at East LA College. During his Junior year at UC Berkley, he participated in the national ASCE/AISI Student Steel Bridge competition and his team placed first in the nation. Richard also interned in Beijing, China where he performed steel design using the Chinese design code. He is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and Shanghainese.