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Professor Roger A. LaBoube

Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Education:
1977 Ph.D. University of Missouri – Rolla, USA

Awards:
2010: Market Development Industry Leadership Award: From STEELWORKS, the online resource for steel, May 4, 2010 by Debbie Bennett: “AISI’s Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) announced today that Roger A. LaBoube, Ph.D., distinguished teaching professor, Department of Civil Engineering and director of the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, is a recipient of the 2010 Market Development Industry Leadership Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in advancing the competitive use of steel in the marketplace as a direct result of AISI Steel Market Development Institute initiatives in the automotive, construction and container markets, as well as steel recycling.”
Outstanding Teaching Commendation Award, UMR School of Extended Learning (2005); the UMR Dean of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award (2004); and the UMR Five-Year Faculty Excellence Award (2002).

Memberships:
Professional Engineer in the state of Missouri, and has provided consulting services to several organizations. His professional affiliations include the American Iron and Steel Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Stability Research Council and American Society of Engineering Educators, Editorial Board of Thin-Walled Structures

Selected Publications:
Books:
Wei-Wen Yu and Roger A. LaBoube, Cold-Formed Steel Design, 4th Edition, Wiley, 2007, 512 pages
W-W Yu and R LaBoube (Editors), Recent Developments in Cold-formed Steel Design and Construction, 11th International Specialty Conference on Cold-formed Steel Structures, 1992
W-W Yu and R LaBoube (Editors), Proceedings of the 12th International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures (St. Louis, USA, 18-19/10), 1994
W-W Yu and R LaBoube (Editors), Proceedings of 19th International Specialty Conference on Recent Research and Developments in Cold-Formed Steel Design and Construction, 2008

Journal Articles, etc.:
LaBoube, R. A. and Yu, W. W. (1978). Cold-formed steel beam webs subjected primarily to shear. Research Report, American Iron and Steel Institute, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, USA.
Shan, M., LaBoube, R.A., Yu, W. (1994). “Behavior of Web Elements with Openings Subjected to Bending, Shear and the Combination of Bending and Shear”, Civil Engineering Study Structural Series, 94-2, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri.
LaBoube, R. A. and Larson, J. W. (2005). “Design Standards for Cold-Formed Steel Framing.” International Journal of Steel Structures, 5(1), pp. 55–62

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