Joe is a Fellow of AIC and has been immersed in the conservation field for over 20 years providing conservation assessments, design, and implementation of conservation treatments and lecturing on relevant topics in the field. His extensive experience in the treatment of historic materials led to the development and creation of the unique firm, Conservation Solutions, Inc, in 1999 excelling in the treatment of historic monuments and sculpture, industrial artifacts, and historic buildings. High-profile projects include the treatment of artifacts from the salvaged R.M.S. Titanic wreck-site, artifacts recovered from the R.M.S. Carpathia wreck-site, and the conservation of two Saturn V rockets. Sembrat achieved his Fellow status in AIC in 2007 and served as the Architectural Specialty Group Coordinator and Chair from 2000 to 2002.