The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has recognized Dr. Andrew Sen, assistant professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering in the Opus College of Engineering, with a Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Award.
The award recognizes young professors who demonstrate promise in structural steel research, teaching, and other contributions to the structural steel industry. It is named for the late president of Garbe Iron Works in Aurora, Illinois, who served as a steel construction industry leader and on the Board of AISC.
“I am grateful to receive this award from AISC and join a list of honorees that includes colleagues and friends that I look up to in the field of structural steel design. When I look at where those faculty are today, this distinction gives me confidence that I am on the right trajectory,” Sen says. “While it is my name on the award, I also want to thank the graduate students, past and present, whose hard work made this possible.”
Sen joined Marquette in 2020. He teaches undergraduate and graduate students while also leading research focused on structural steel components and systems, natural hazards engineering and repair or retrofitting of existing structures. In a current project funded by the National Science Foundation, Sen is investigating the repair of concentrically braced frames damaged in large earthquakes, aiming to improve the seismic resiliency of steel buildings. He is also completing a research project funded by AISC to quantify seismic performance of these systems as part of a broader effort to update cross-sectional slenderness limits, which was considered an urgent need for the upcoming 2027 building-code cycle.
Sen will be presented with the award during the opening session of NASCC: The Steel Conference on April 2, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky.
About the American Institute of Steel Construction
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), a not-for-profit technical institute supported by the steel industry, partners with the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) community to develop safe and efficient steel specifications and codes while driving innovation to make steel the most sustainable, economic, and resilient structural material. For more than a century, AISC has been a reliable resource for information and advice on the design and construction of domestically fabricated structural steel buildings and bridges.
