About the author  ⁄ Roger LaBoube, Ph.D, P.E.

Roger LaBoube is Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Roger is active in the American Iron and Steel Institute’s Committee on Framing Standards and the Committee on Specifications. He also served on STRUCTURE’s Editorial Board. (laboube@mst.edu)

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