Speaker Series

Engineering Seminar: Eric Wolff
"Structural Retrofit Using Fiber Reinforced Polymers Technology"
Friday, April 20^th, 2012
11:00 AM EST

Engineering Seminar: Gian Paolo Cimellaro, PhD
"Toward Resilience-Based Design
Monday, April 2^nd, 2012
11:00 AM EST

Engineering Seminar: Peter Behnam SE, and Jose A. Sanchez
"Performance-Based Seismic Engineering of Critical Facilities in California
Thursday, March 22^th, 2012
11:00 AM EST

Engineering Seminar: Dr. Caglar Goksu Akkaya, Ph.D.
SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF RC COLUMNS WITH CORRODED REINFORCING BARS
Wednesday, March 7^th, 2012
1:00 PM EST

T.T. Soong Student Lecture Series features: Prof. Roberto Leon
Performance of URM and RC Structures in the Feb. 22 2011 Christchurch Earthquake: Lessons for USA Practice
Friday, March 2^nd, 2012
11:00 AM EST

Engineering Seminar: Prof. Jack W. Baker
Current Practice and Future Directions in Ground Motion Selection for Structural Analysis
Thursday, December 1^st, 2011
2:00 PM EST

Engineering Seminar: Prof. Wilfred D. Iwan
The Tohoku Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011
Friday, September 23^rd, 2011
2:15 PM EST

Seismic Performance of Precast Segmental Bridges
Accelerated Bridge Construction Test Unit under Seismic Loading
Tuesday, May 18^th, 2010
10:00 AM EDT

Prof. Sharon L. Wood, Ph.D.
The Potential of Ubiquitous Sensing
Thursday, March 18^th, 2010
10:00 AM EDT

Werner Seim, Professor
Post-Strengthening of Masonry Structures with Fiber Reinforced Polymers
Friday, September 4^th, 2009
02:00 PM EDT

Dr. Gian Paolo Cimellaro
Field Reconnaissance following the April 6, 2009 L`Aquila Earthquake in Italy
Thursday, June 11 ^th, 2009
02:30 PM EDT

Dr. Gian Paolo Cimellaro
L`Aquila Earthquake in Italy
Wednesday, April 15 ^th, 2009
02:30 PM EDT

Richard Ludke, S.E.
Infrastructure – Economic Stimulus Possibilities
Barriers Removed Allow Engineering and Construction “Miracles”
Friday, March 19^th, 2009
02:00 PM EST

Dr. Thomas Jaeger
Shear Strength and Deformation Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Slabs
Thursday, October 30^th, 2008
03:00 PM EST

Ronald L. Mayes,
Base Isolated Addition to 185 Berry Street Building in San Francisco’s China Basin
Wednesday, April 16^th, 2008
10:30 AM EST

Ronald Eguchi
Earthquakes, Hurricanes and other Disasters: A View from Space
Tuesday, March 18^th, 2008
12:30 PM ET

Kazuhiko Kasai
E-Defense Full-Scale Experimental Projects on Conventional and Value-Added Steel Buildings
Tuesday, February 26^th, 2008
5:00 PM ET

Jeremy Kirk, PE, SE
Skyscraper Design – Trump Tower Chicago
Tuesday, February 13^th, 2007
2:00 PM ET

Peter K. Ostrowski, Ph.D, P.Eng.
Temporary Structures during Construction
Thursday, September 28^th, 2006

Dr. Hiroshi Isoda
State of the Art of Shaking Table Tests of Wood Buildings in Japan
Friday, August 25^th, 2006

Dr. Bryan Folz
Seismic Analysis of Woodframe Structures
Friday, June 9^th, 2006

Dr. Satish Nagarajaiah
Smart Structures Based on Variable Stiffness and Damping Systems
Friday, April 28^th, 2006

Akira Wada
From Infancy to Maturity of Buckling Restrained Braces and Current Developments
Friday, October 14^th, 2005

Samuel Frydman
Model Testing in Geomechanics Centrifuge and Hydraulic Gradient Approaches
Friday, September 23^rd, 2005

Eduardo Miranda
Estimation of Seismic Acceleration Demands on Nonstructural Components for Performance Based Design
Friday, December 3^rd, 2004

Luca Gusella
Object-oriented Image Understanding and Postearthquake Damage Assessment
Friday, November 12^th, 2004

Pierre Léger
Seismic Cracking and Sliding Response of Gravity Dams: Numerical Analysis and Experimental Observations
Monday, November 8^th, 2004

Andre Filiatrault and Jeffrey Berman
Welcoming Remarks to New MCEER Graduate And Undergraduate Students
Friday, October 29^th 2004

Dr. Tso-Chien PAN & Dr. Bing LI
The Ntu-Mindef Protective Technology Research Centre
Tuesday, May 25^th 2004

Jay Lewis
Seismic Risk Mitigation Of Operational & Functional Components Of Buildings "The Tough Nut To Crack"
Tuesday, May 4^th 2004

Scott Campbell, PhD, PE
Seismic Design Of Non-Structural Components
Thursday, April 8^th 2004

David A. Friedman
Today’s Structural Engineer as the Classic Master Builder
Monday, February 23^rd 2004

Thomas Zemanek and Shubin Ruan, Ph.D., P.E.
Structural Control Technologies
Friday, January 23^rd 2004

Douglas P. Taylor
Damper Retrofit Of The London Millennium Footbridge - A Case Study Of Biodynamic Design Issues
Friday, April 4^th 2003

Dr. Thomas D. O'Rourke
Lessons Learned From The World Trade Center Disaster For Critical Infrastructure
Monday, March 17^th, 2003

Diego Lopez Garcia
Tri-Center Field Mission 2002: Taiwan
Friday, March 7^th, 2003

Dr. F. Michael Bartlett, P.Eng.
Testing Full-Scale Houses Subjected to Simulated Extreme Wind Loads
Friday, February 28^th, 2003

Emmanuel Velivasakis
World Trade Center Disaster
Friday, March 15^th, 2002

Ronald T. Eguchi
Using Synthetic Aperture Radar and other remote sensing technologies to detect earthquake damage in the 1999 Marmara, Turkey, earthquake
Wednesday, March 6^th, 2002

Dr. Mohammed Ettouney
Frequency Domain Analysis of Long-Span Bridges Subjected to Non-Uniform Seismic Motion
Friday, November 30^th, 2001

Norman Abrahamson
Incorporating Effects of Near Fault Tectonic Deformation into Design Ground Motions
Friday, October 26^th, 2001

Dominic Kelly
Design Philosophy in Regions of Low-to-Moderate Seismicity
Friday, April 6^th, 2001

Diego Lopez-Garcia
A Simple Method for the Design of Optimal Damper Configurations in MDOF Structures
Friday, February 23^rd, 2001

William J. Petak
Mitigation: A Framework for Analysis
Tuesday, February 13^th, 2001

T. D. O'Rourke
Seismic Evaluation And Retrofit Of Water Supply Lifelines
Friday, January 26^th 2001