IAWE promotes international co-operation among scientists, engineers and other professionals for advancement of knowledge in the broad field of wind engineering.
“Wind engineering is best defined as the rational treatment of interactions between wind in the atmospheric boundary layer and man and his works on the surface of Earth.”
The structure of IAWE
20+ members organisations
3000+ members
30+ countries
The IAWE operates as an umbrella organisation for regional wind engineering societies worldwide, structured into three regions:
North & South America, Europe & Africa, and Asia & Oceania.
We work across key areas including wind hazard mitigation, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and sustainable design. Through conferences, publications, and coordinated research efforts, IAWE supports resilience from high-rise buildings to vulnerable coastal zones.
Official Journal
The objective of the journal is to provide a means for the publication and interchange of information, on an international basis, on all those aspects of wind engineering that are included in the activities of the International Association for Wind Engineering. These are: social and economic impact of wind effects; wind characteristics and structure, local wind environments, wind loads and structural response, diffusion, pollutant dispersion and matter transport, wind effects on building heat loss and ventilation, wind effects on transport systems, aerodynamic aspects of wind energy generation, and codification of wind effects.
Students and young researchers
IAWE supports PhD students and young researchers by awarding scholarships to cover registration fees to various wind engineering courses.
IAWE organizes the International Conference for Wind Engineering and supports regional conferences.
The members of the Association are Member Organisations, Corporate Supporting Members and Individual Supporting Members accepted into membership. Any member shall have aims in keeping with the aim of the Association.
Member Organisations are Associations or Societies for Wind Engineering that represent one or more nearby countries. Normally, a country may be a member of the Association through one Member Organisation.
A Member Organisation is composed of members, individual or corporate, accepted into membership according to the By-laws of that particular Organisation.
Individual Members of affiliated Member Organisations shall be deemed to be individual members of the Association. An Individual Member of the Association may belong to more than one Member Organisation.
