About the author  ⁄ Victor D. Azzi, Ph.D., P.E.

Victor D. Azzi, Ph.D., P.E. is a consulting structural engineer who, among other areas of his practice, serves as a consultant to various groups of the material handling industry. He was a long-time Professor of Engineering at the University of New Hampshire, from which he is now retired, and continues to serve on committees of the BSSC-NEHRP, ASCE 7, and AISI dealing with the seismic behavior of non-building structures. Victor can be reached at victorazzi@comcast.net.

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