With the mission and vision of making tangible engineering contributions that will benefit societies at large, the founder has for long recognized that the infrastructure in various parts of the world, particularly in Asia, is getting older and needs the immediate and ongoing attention of engineers, scientists, technologists, policy makers, and various governmental and non-governmental entities. It is a trillion US dollars problem, when aging infrastructure in Asia fails, not to mention human life. He decided to invite, from across the world, very many senior professors, academy members, and leading experts to join the Global Forum on Structural Longevity. He believes that their long years of research experience could be put to good use in solving long-range societal problems involved with infrastructure rehabilitation, including:
Asia's ( and the world's) aging monuments and heritage structures, steel structures, highways, bridges, railroads, gas pipelines, power plants, transportation vehicles ( cars and airplanes), ships, off-shore structures, and their health monitoring, failure prevention, and life enhancement. The practices for infrastructure rehabilitation need to be updated and continually improved, for the safe and economic operation of the infrastructure.
The success of the forum could have a far-reaching effect on the economies of countries such as Taiwan, China, India, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, etc.
After accepting the invitation from the founder, the co-founders in various countries have been actively forming their local committees. This Global Forum will become more effective, with the participation of various stake-holders, including,
policy makers, government engineers, engineering companies, construction companies, various ministries tasked with infrastructure maintainance, life enhancement, etc.