Philippe Ledent, P.E., S.E. is the Executive Director of the Masonry Institute of Michigan (MIM) and an adjunct professor at Lawence Technological University where he teaches structural masonry design, and he previously taught at the University of Toledo. Prior to joining the MIM, he managed the structural engineering department at Bergmann Associates in Lansing, MI and worked as a senior structural engineer at Fishbeck. He is the secretary of the TMS 402/602-28 main committee and an at-large member of the TMS Board of Directors. He is a voting member on ASTM Committees C12 (mortars and grouts for unit masonry) and C15 (manufactured masonry units).