TABLE 4. TRB Bridge Engineering Conferences

YEAR 

1978

1984

1991

1995
DATE 9/15-17 9/24-26 3/10-13 8/28-30
LOCATION St. Louis Minneapolis Denver San Francisco
ATTENDANCE:
General
Staff
Total

633
6
639

400a, b
4

339
2
341

333
2
335
Distribution:
Governments
Cons. & indst.
Academia

43%
40%
11%

56%
31%
13%

51%
34%
15%

37% 
39%
34%
Number of states 45+PR min 40 46 36+PR
States with largest attendance IL MO PA NY MN PA NY IL CO CA NY VA CA IL VA PA,TX
Foreign attendance: Canada
Others

43
30
 
17
12
 
12
3

15
112 
Number of
foreign countries
 13  7  4  36
ORGANIZATION: No. of sessions 13  14+1  14  17
Publications/Year: 1978 1984 1991 1995
TR Research
Record
664
&
665
950 1290 -
Conference
Proceedings
- - - 7
Circular 201 - - -
Number of published papers 66c 61 61   77
Principal staff representative Spaine Spaine Ring Dearasaugh
Chair of steering committee Viest Hanson Cassano Beal


a Total preregistration not including registrants at the conference.
b Attendance analysis is based on 337 preregistered by 9/12/84.
c Does not include papers in Circular 201.


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