University of Alabama, USA, BRAC University, Bangladesh and the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Government of Bangladesh with sponsorship from the National Science Foundation, USA and the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Government of Bangladesh has organized the US -Bangladesh Workshop on Innovation in Windstorm/Storm Surge Mitigation. The Inaugural Session of the Workshop was held at the RDEC Bhaban Auditorium, LGED Headquarters on December 19, 2005, followed by technical sessions. The concluding session was held on the afternoon of December 20, 2005. Participants from USA and Bangladesh presented papers at the workshop on various aspects of windstorm and storm surge mitigation. Professor J R Choudhury, VC, BU was the Chairperson of the workshop while Professor Fuad H Mallick, Chairperson, ARC along with some of the faculty members of the Department of Architecture (ARC) and students of the Post Graduate Programs in Disaster Management, BU coordinated the workshop.