Dr. Brown is a distinguished structural engineer with accomplishments in teaching, research and practise. He is internationally recognized as an expert in Arctic Engineering, especially for his work relating to Confederation Bridge, the world's longest over ice-covered water and one of Canada's top engineering achievements. His dedication to this project over 20 years has included determination of design ice loads and their measurements which have provided exceptional new knowledge to the engineering community and for graduate research which he has ably supervised. Recipient of numerous teaching awards, he has also received awards from ACI and CSCE acknowledging his contributions to structural engineering in Canada through projects as diverse as the COP bobsled/luge track and Ductal concrete bridges.