Plenary Presentations

Small-Strain Testing in the UCLA NGI-Type Dual Specimen Direct Simple Shear (DSDSS) Device
-Mladen Vucetic, UCLA-

A Comparison of Site-Specific and Empirical Methods for Site Response Evaluation
-Jonathan Stewart, UCLA - Mehmet Baturay, Geosyntec Consultants-

Development of a New Family of Normailized Modulus Reduction and Material Damping Curves
-K.H. Stokoe - M.B. Darendeli - FY Meng - W.K. Choi - R.B. Gilbert, University of Texas-

Evolution of the State of the Practice
-I.M. Idriss, UC Davis-

Emerging Trends in Cyclic Triaxial Testing and Addressing Samoling Disturbance
-Michael Riemer, UC Berkeley-

Evolution of Soil Models Since the 1970's
-Robert Pyke-

Use of Geotechnical Site Response Models in Practice
-Steve Kramer - Sarah Paulsen, University of Washington-

Nonlinear Soil Models for Site Response: European Experience
-Atilla Ansal, Bogazici University-

Emerging Trends in Site Response and SSI Modeling
-Juan Pestana, UC Berkeley-

In Situ Soil Properties for Seismic Site Response
-Takaji Kokusho, Chuo University-