The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering (3AESE) is being held in San Francisco, California, USA to continue efforts to promote international collaboration and dissemination of research findings. This event will cover all aspects of experimental structural engineering, from novel testing and measuring techniques, to computer-controlled experiments, and results of interesting experiments. 1AESE (July 2005 in Nagoya, Japan) and 2AESE (December 2007 in Shanghai, China) endeavored to promote international collaborations and to facilitate exchange of state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice research findings related to structural experiments. In a similar fashion, the 3AESE Conference hopes to provide a unique environment where researchers from around the world can interact and share their experience, vision, current testing ideas and results. To further this interaction the conference is being held concurrently with two other unique events, the 2009 PEER Annual Meeting and the Loma Prieta Earthquake Commemorative Symposium.

The 3AESE is sponsored by the International Associated for Experimental Structural Engineering and Tongji University. The Conference host and organizer is PEER