Program

The conference program technical sessions are shown below. All presentation files have been added in PDF format for download. Also note that presentation files are also available from the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering (3AESE) which ran concurrently with the PEER Annual Meeting Sessions.

Thursday Oct 15

8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast and Sign-In
9:00 - 10:30 am
Opening Keynote: Moderator: Steve Mahin, PEER Center – Next Generation of California Bridges: An Application of PBEE, Boza Stojadinovic (University of California Berkeley) – Wise Dynamic Testing for Enhanced Understanding of Structures, Akira Wada (Tokyo Institute of Technology) – Past, Present and Future of PBEE, Greg Deierlein (Stanford University)
10:30 - 11:00 am
Break
11 am - 12:30 pm
Tall Building Design - Guidelines and Case Studies: Moderator: Farzad Naeim, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc. – PEER Tall Building Seismic Design Guidelines, Ron Hamburger (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger) – PEER Annual Meeting CSSC Tall Building Design Case Study Building #1, John Hooper (Magnusson Klemencic Associates) – PEER/SSC Tall Building Design Case Study #2, Tony Ghodsi (Englekirk Partners) – Case Study: 40 Story BRBF Building, Los Angeles, Anindya Dutta (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger)	Testbed Trials: PBEE Assessment of Bridges Moderator: Joel Conte, University of California San Diego – Bridge PBEE Overview & Pilot Next Generation Bridge Studies , Kevin Mackie (University of Central Florida) – Performance-Based Evaluation of Bridges Subjected to Lateral Spreading, Pedro Arduino (University of Washington) – Testing of Ductile, High-Performance Fiber-reinforced Concrete for Future Model Development with Applica$on to Bridge Columns, Sarah Billington (Stanford University)	PBEE Modeling Issues in Geotechnical Engineering Moderator: Ross Boulanger, University of California Davis – Nonlinear Seismic Ground Response Analysis: Protocols and Verification Against Array Data, Jon Stewart (University of California Los Angeles) – Modeling Issues in Nonlinear Deformation Analyses of Liquefaction Problems, Ross Boulanger (University of California Davis) – Intensity Measures for Geotechnical Modeling and PBEE Applications, Steve Kramer (University of Washington) Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 - 4:15 pm
Future Challenges/Projects 1 Moderator: Steve Mahin, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center – An Overview of NRC Seismic Research Program, Richard Rivera-Lugo (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) – Opportunities and Challenges in Seismic Insurance in California, Tim Richison (California Earthquake Authority) – Fire Following Earthquake, Charlie Scawthorn (SPA Risk, LLC) – PBEE Challenges to Buildings, Craig Comartin (CDComartin, Inc.) – Delta Risk Management Strategy (DRMS) - The Challenges the Delta is Facing, Said Salah-Mars (URS Corp) – Global Earthquake Model (GEM), Kate Stillwell (Former Executive Director of GEM)	Improved Characterization of Ground Motion Hazards Moderator: Christine Goulet, URS Corp. & UCLA – Progress on Ground Motion Selection & Modification, Curt Haselton (California State University Chico) – Treatment of Near-Fault Directivity in PSHA and Ground Motion Selection, Jack Baker (Stanford University) – Simulation of Synthetic Ground Motions for Specified Earthquake and Site Characteristics, Sanaz Rezaeian (University of California Berkeley) – Comparison of Recorded and Simulated Strong Ground Motions, Jon Stewart (University of California Los Angeles) – Comparison of NGA Prediction and Recorded Motions in Wenchuan, China, Earthquake, Yousef Bozorgnia (PEER Center) – ShakeAlert: Developing the Prototype Earthquake Early Warning System for California, Peggy Hellweg (University of California Berkeley)	Simulation and IT Tools in PBEE Moderator: Farzin Zareian, University of California Irvine – OpenSees, Frank McKenna (OpenSees) –BuildingTcl: A Real-Time Interface for Numerical Simulation in OpenSees, Silvia Mazzoni (OpenSees) – OpensSees PL-PBEE, Ahmed Elgamal, (University of California San Diego) – DGML, Bob Youngs (AMEC Geomatrix) – STRATA: A Program for Site Response Analysis that Incorporates Parametric Uncertainty, Ellen Rathje (University of Texas) – NGA-Based Caltrans Seismic Hazard Map, Tom Shantz (California Department of Transportation)
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Poster Reception A reception and poster session was held at the Top of the Mark Lounge directly after the conference technical sessions on Thursday Evening Oct 15th that was jointly attended by 3AESE Conference and PEER Annual Meeting registrants. The reception was memorable for its unique location and its casual social atmosphere where international colleagues and PEER researchers mingled. Attendees enjoyed regional cuisine and perused posters highlighting some exciting research being done by students. PEER Student PostUer Presenters: – Michelle T. Bensi, University of California, Berkeley Bayesian Framework for Performance Assessment and Risk Management of Transportation Systems Subject to Earthquakes – A. Bjornsson, California Institute of Technology Increasing Collapse Resistance in Tall Steel Moment Frame Buildings – Vladimir Calugaru, University of California, Berkeley Shaking Table Testing of Fixed-Base and Seismically Isolated Liquid Storage Tanks – Lijun Deng, Jacquelyn Allmond, University of California, Davis Innovative Design Procedures for Bridges Allowing Rocking Foundations – Ivan Gomez, University of California, Davis Flexural Response of Exposed Column Base Plate Connections – Gabriele Guerrini, University of California, San Diego Advanced Precast Concrete Dual-Shell Steel Columns – Wael M. Hassan, PhD Candidate Seismic Performance of Exterior and Corner Beam-Column Joints in Existing Gravity Load Designed RC Buildings – Robert A. Jaeger, Douglas Wahl, and Joe Tom, University of California, Davis Variable Rate Cone Penetration Testing – Nirmal Jayaram, Stanford University An Efficient Sampling Technique for Lifeline Risk Assesment – Gabriel Jen, David Lallemant, Greg Rulifson, William Trono, University of California, Berkeley Effect of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Concrete (HyFRC) Composites on Confinement – Peyman Kavianijopari, University of California, Irvine Performance-Based Seismic assessment of Skewed Bridges – Arash Khosravifar, University of California, Davis Inelastic Response of Extended Pile Shafts in Laterally Spreading Ground during Earthquakes – Albert R. Kottke, University of Texas, Austin Comparison of Random Vibration Theory and Time Series Seismic Site Response Analyses – Ting Lin, Stanford University Adaptive Incremental Dynamic Analysis (AIDA) – Christopher McGann, University of Washington Lateral Spreading Analysis for Single Piles – Sangjoon Park, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley Analytical and Experimental Study of Unreinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints – Zhiyu Zong, UC Davis Material Model for Reinforcing Bars with Buckling for Concrete Structures under Seismic Loads

Friday Oct 16

8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast and Sign-In
9:00 - 10:30 am
Infrastructure Moderator: Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California – Fault Crossing Design of Critical Pipelines, Ahmed Nisar (MMI Engineering) – Seismic Performance of Electric Systems and Network, Eric Fujisaki (Pacific Gas & Electric Co) – Bridges Crossing Faults, Rakesh Goel (California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo) – Experimental and Analytical Studies of Fixed-Base and Seismically Isolated Liquid Storage Tanks, Vladimir Calugaru (University of California Berkeley)	Rocking and Uplifting at the Base of Structures Moderator: Mitsumasa Midorikawa, Hokkaido University, Japan – Rocking Foundations for Bridges, Bruce Kutter (University of California Davis) – NEESR-SG: Controlled Rocking of Steel-Framed Buildings with Replaceable Energy Dissipating Fuses, Greg Deierlein (Stanford University) – Seismic Performance of Tall Buildings with Core Walls Allowed to Uplift on their Foundations, Gregory Nielsen (Ove Arup & Partners California) – Numerical Tools for Modeling Rocking Shearwalls (Foundations), Tara Hutchinson (University of California San Diego)	Tall Buildings - Emerging Research Topics Moderator: John Stanton, University of Washington – Seismic Behavior and Modeling of Gravity-Slab-Framing System in Concrete Core wall High-Rise Buildings , Tony Yang (University of British Columbia & PEER Center) – RC Core Walls – Testing and Modeling of Coupling Beams, John Wallace (University of California Los Angeles) – Shear Walls, Laura Lowes (University of Washington) – Seismic Response of Tall Reinforced Concrete Wall Buildings, Marios Panagiotou (University of California Berkeley)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advanced Simulation Research Projects of systems and components Moderator: Greg Deierlein, Stanford University – Using Recoded and Simulated Ground Motions for Analysis of Tall Buildings in California, Farzin Zareian (University of California Irvine) – Challenges in Collapse Prediction for Steel Moment Frame Structures, Helmut Krawinkler (Stanford University) – Collaborative Computing with OpenSees, Abacus and LS-Dyna, Andreas Schellenberg, (University of California Berkeley) – Seismic Response of Bridge-Abutment System, Ertugrul Taciroglu, (University of Californa Los Angeles)	Future Challenges/Projects 2 Moderator: Pending – Post-Earthquake Safety and Quake-Resilient Communities, Joe Maffei (Rutherford & Chekene) – Earthquake Hazards and Sustainability, Lindsey Maclise (Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.) – Next issues in PBEE, Resiliency, Nonstructural, etc., Eduardo Miranda (Stanford University) – How to Influence Public Policy, Mary Comerio (University of California Berkeley)	Assessing Collapse Risk of Older Reinforced Concrete Buildings (NEES Grand Challenge Project) Moderator: John Wallace, University of California Los Angeles – Nonductile Concrete Inventory Work, Marjorie Greene (EERI) & Thalia Anagnos (San Jose State) – Latest Research on Nonductitle Columns, Julio Ramirez, (Purdue University) – Shear Strength Models of Exterior Beam-Column Joints without Transverse Reinforcement, Khalid Mosalam (University of California Berkeley) – Simulation of Dynamic Response of Older Concrete Buildings, Ken Elwood, (University of British Columbia)
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Concluding Keynote Moderator: Steve Mahin, PEER Center – California High Speed Rail, Judge Quentin L. Kopp (Member and Former Chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority) – Earthquake Engineering Simulations of Steel Frame Structures in NCREE, Keh-Chyuan (KC) Tsai (National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taiwan) – NEES Operations Center, Julio Ramirez (Purdue University) – PEER and Resilient Construction, Stephen Mahin (PEER Center)
4:00 - 6:00 pm
– PEER Transportation Systems Research Program Coordination Meeting

Program

Thursday Oct 15

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Friday Oct 16