http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/?feed=rss2 PEER is in the process of updating the way it delivers RSS, thus PEER now has a new RSS Feed source. To continue receiving PEER News via the RSS Feed, you will need to re-subscribe at: http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/?feed=rss2 http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/peer_reports_complete.html The Tall Buildings Initiative, coordinated by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center, has just released its Task 7 Report, “Modeling and acceptance criteria for seismic design and analysis of tall buildings.” This report is jointly published by PEER and the Applied Technology Council as PEER/ATC 72-1 ... http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/peer_reports_complete.html http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/peer_act_72-1_report_released.html http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/newly_released_nerp_briefs.html The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) has recently released two new technical briefs. These briefs are published by NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as aids to the efficient transfer of NEHRP and other research into practice, with the goal of reducing the nation’s losses from earthquakes... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/peer_leads_gem_development.html PEER has been selected to lead the Global Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPE) Program for Global Earthquake Model (GEM) initiative. This two-year program will build on PEER's expertise gained during the NGA West, NGA West 2 and NGA East programs... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/gm_db_2010_beta.html The new 2010 PEER Ground Motion Database Beta Version is now available! The 2010 PGMD Beta Version was created to improve the usefulness of the older database released in 2005 and to provide several major enhancements http://peer.berkeley.edu/ngaeast/events/workshop/ngaeast_workshop_nov_2010.html http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/eeri_postgrad_internship.html The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) has one internship available for a recent college graduate interested in gaining valuable relevant professional experience while supporting the Institute’s mission... http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/semm_seminar_paulo_monteiro.html The present status of the cement and concrete industry is not sustainable. The production of Portland cement is responsible for 7% of the CO2 emission in the world and existing reinforced concrete infrastructure is deteriorating at a fast pace... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/test_gets_media_attension.html The final concrete beam-column joint in a series of eight, was tested at UC Berkeley on October 14th as a part of the PEER and NEES Grand Challenge project "Mitigation of Collapse Risk in Older Concrete Buildings." The testing was coordinated by Wael Hassan, UC... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/opensees_neeshub.html The OpenSees Development Team has spent the last several months making some improvements to both the functionality of their open source software framework, as well as its accessibility by teaming with the NEEShub... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/peer_tsrp_2010_01.html PEER is pleased to announce a new Request for Proposals for the Transportation Systems Research Program (TSRP). The purpose of the PEER Transportation Systems Research Program is to reduce the impacts of earthquakes on California's transportation systems, including highways and bridges, port facilities, high speed rail, and airports. http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/peer_reports_complete.html by Jean-Bernard Dastous and Armen Der Kiureghian. September 2010 http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/users_attend_openseesdays_2010.html NEES and PEER hosted OpenSeesDays 2010 at UC Berkeley's Richmond Field Station. Over 95 students, researchers, and practitioners attended the two day event held on September 2nd and 3rd. As one attendee stated "I found this workshop so helpful and hope to attend again next year. My understanding of the logic behind OpenSees has greatly increased and my confidence in figuring out my research has greatly grown... http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/semm_seminar_simin_naaseh.html The recent trend in the A/E/C Industry is a more integrated way to deliver construction projects, as own-ers recognize the added value of such an approach in both increased quality and reduced cost of their project. This approach, formally known as IPD (Integrated Project Delivery), requires deeper and more comprehensive understand-ing of design and construction issues by all team members... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/winners_2010_ccbpc_contest.html During September, PEER organized Blind Prediction Contest for a full-scale reinforced concrete bridge column that was tested on the NEES Large High-Performance Outdoor Shake Table located at UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center. More than 50 teams registered for the contest and 41 teams submitted complete entries... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/faculty_positions_osu.html OSU's School of Civil and Construction Engineering is seeking applicants for several full-time, 9-month, 1.0 FTE, tenure track positions to begin Fall 2011... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/nrc_rfp_oct_2010.html The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is soon to release a new Request for Proposals (RFP) entitled, "Earth Pressures on Deep Foundation Walls during Seismic Events". The objectives of this contract will be to assess existing analytical tools and develop recommendations on their appropriate use for calculating soil pressures and structural response of partially to fully embedded nuclear power plants under seismic loading conditions... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/research_position_cit.html Applicants are invited for a 3-year Senior Research Fellow (research faculty) appointment in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences... http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/2010_cosmos_technical_session.html The Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS) will be holding its Annual Meeting and Technical Session at the Clarion Hotel San Francisco Airport located in Millbrae, California, on Friday, November 19th... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/9th_pcee_nz.html The PCEE, held by the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) once every four years since 1975, has grown over time to attract earthquake engineers from throughout the Pacific region and further afield. The 9PCEE again promises to be an important forum for the exchange of findings and experiences in mitigating the effects of earthquake and earthquake related hazards around the Pacific Rim... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/faculty_position_uci.html The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Irvine invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in geotechnical engineering. Preference will be given to candidates with a strong background in geomechanics and good knowledge of the analysis and design of soil-structure systems. Potential areas of research include soil and rock mechanics, geomaterials, slope instabilities, soil structure interactions, liquefaction, and related sensor networks. In addition, candidates with energy and environmental interests such as CO2 sequestration, geothermal energy production, biosolids disposal, and nuclear waste management are encouraged to apply... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/research_opportunities_tongji.html As a result of the recent call for applicants to the NSF Program: East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI), PEER and Tongji University in Shanghai, China have collaborated to provide some opportunities for graduate students interested in applying to the NSF program... http://www.cec.uchile.cl/~stessa2012/ Santiago, Chile - January 9-11, 2012 Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center's rss feeds http://peer.berkeley.edu/pages/news/rss_feed.xml http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/new_zealand_eq_briefing.html A briefing on the Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake of September 3, 2010, is being jointly organized by EERI's Learning from Earthquakes Program and the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), and co-sponsored GEER. http://peer.berkeley.edu/ngaeast/events/workshop/ngaeast_workshop_nov_2010.html With funding from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and US Department of Energy, the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) is coordinating a comprehensive multidisciplinary program to develop Next Generation Attenuation Relationships for the Central and Eastern US (NGA-East)... http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/semm_seminar_maria_garlock.html This seminar is sponsored by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
Maria E. Moreyra Garlock
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Princeton University
Monday, October 4, 2010
12:00-1:00 pm in 502 Davis Hall http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/peer_interns_win_awards.html Four of the interns hosted at UC Berkeley for the 2010 PEER Summer Internship Program were also participants in the 2010 NEES REU program. In addition to their participation in the PEER Intern activities, they also were able to attend the NEES REU Orientation in Reno on June 24-26, 2010 and the NEES REU Young Researcher Symposium in Chicago on August 18-19, 2010.... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/peer_undergrad_internship_2010.html In the summer of 2010, PEER was pleased to provide ten students the opportunity to participate in the PEER Summer Internship Program. This unexpected wealth of interns, made possible with student funding from various internship programs, provided PEER with a rich, diverse cohort of students based at the UC Berkeley earthquake engineering laboratories. Eighty percent of the students were from historically underrepresented groups in engineering. Students received support and funding ... file:///Users/webmaster/Sites/peer_site/news/2010/peer_sponsors_researchers_nz.html PEER is supporting three researchers to study the earthquake damage and societal effects from the recent M7.1 Canterbury earthquake that struck near Christchurch, New Zealand on September 3, 2010. http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/compdyn_2011_call_abstracts.html 3rd International Conference on Computational Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering - 26-28 May 2011, Corfu, Greece http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/bertero_doctor_honoris_causa.html On September 23, 2010 Prof. Vitelmo V. Bertero will be awarded in Mexico City Doctor Honoris Causa by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) for his many contributions in the field of Earthquake Engineering. The degree of Doctor Honoris Causa is conferred on... http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/semm_seminar_deierlein.html?key=1110 Experience from past earthquakes and risk of future losses highlight the need for buildings that are significantly less vulnerable to damage and easier to repair after major earthquakes. Of particular concern are conventional systems... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/nsf_summer_application_open.html The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about the Asian and Pacific regions. The Summer Institutes ... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/rfp_nga_east_aug_2010.html The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) is pleased to announce two new Requests for Proposals for the NGA East Project. PEER is looking for proposals on the following topics ... http://peer.berkeley.edu/grandchallenge/successful_nees_gc_test.html The axial collapse potential of existing gravity load designed RC buildings is a great concern during intense seismic events... http://openseesdays2010.eventbrite.com/ OpenSees Days 2010: September 02, 2010 PEER's server will be offline for scheduled maintenance on Saturday, August 14 from 1 to 5 PM http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/buildchange_jobs_haiti.html Build Change is issuing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for design of earthquake and hurricane resistant houses for the reconstruction following the January 12, 2010 earthquake near Port-au- Prince, Haiti... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/eurodin_2011.html The deadline for abstract submission is now extended until Friday 16 July 2010. Abstracts can be submitted through the conference web site. Please note that this extended deadline will be firm as we do not plan a second extension; abstract submission on the web site will no longer be possible after this date... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/quakesummit2010_reg_open.html NEES and PEER are combining their 2010 annual meetings into one joint conference: Quake Summit 2010! Researchers from PEER and NEES will gather together on October 8 & 9, 2010 in San Francisco, CA to discuss... http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/peer_reports_complete.html by Patricia Thomas, Ivan Wong, Norman Abrahamson http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/5-26-10_bridge_test/bridge_test_ucb.html On May 26, 2010 over 100 engineers, researchers, media representatives and members of the public were on hand to witness the demonstration of a new isolated bridge system at the PEER Earthquake Simulator Laboratory at UC Berkeley's Richmond Field Station. The bridge was subjected to various... http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/shaking_table_test_may_2010.html The PEER Transportation Research Program has been conducting research on various new bridge designs that are able to withstand the largest earthquakes without significant damage. Emphasis is placed on bridge systems that can be constructed... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/summer_internship_2010_fmglobal_peer.html PEER is pleased to announce a new internship opportunity at FM Global's Boston Office for the summer of 2010! This opportunity is available to current and graduated masters students... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/eeri_postgrad_internship_2010.html The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) has two internships available for recent college graduates or graduate students interested in gaining valuable relevant professional experience while supporting the Institute's mission.... http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/fm_global_research_position.html The Research Division of FM Global is seeking resourceful knowledge-developers and problem-solvers with strong technical and communication skills to support our engineering, risk management and loss prevention needs... http://www.eerinc.org/?p=473 http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2010/huixian_eq_engineering_scholarship.html The Huixian Earthquake Engineering Foundation (HXEEF), China and the US-China Earthquake Engineering Foundation, USA, are pleased to announce the Liu Huixian Earthquake Engineering Scholarship for graduate students in the field of earthquake engineering from China, the United States and Singapore. Students who are selected for the scholarship will receive a certificate and RMB 10,000... http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/protecting_vulnerable_communities.html May 10, Palo Alto, CA http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2010/haiti_four_months_later.html EERI's Learning from Earthquakes Program is organizing a briefing on Haiti to hear from three speakers who participated in early reconnaissance investigations and have recently returned from subsequent visits. They will offer their perspectives on damage as well as rebuilding and recovery issues and challenges. There will be time for discussion. http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/haiti_2010/related_events_haiti.html On Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at 2:00 PM EDT, NSF will host a webcast featuring three researchers who visited Haiti following the January Earthquake—geophysicist Eric Calais of Purdue University, civil engineer Reginald DesRoches of Georgia Tech, and social scientist Liesel Ritchie of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder—to discuss their work in Haiti and around the world ...