This year's PEER Researchers' Workshop will be held virtually.
Researchers' workshops showcase key findings from active PEER-funded projects and provide a collaborative forum for discussing results and exchanging feedback towards the shared goal of advancing seismic resilience and infrastructure safety.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time |
Session |
Project Title |
PI |
Institution |
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8:30 AM |
Webinar Opens |
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8:30 - 10:30 |
1 GEO |
Opening Remarks by PEER Director |
Khalid Mosalam |
PEER |
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Seismic Design Evaluation of Shallow Bridge Foundations at Potentially Liquefiable Soil Sites - Centrifuge Experiments |
Jon Bray & Jason DeJong |
UCB / UCD |
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Evaluation of Simplified Procedures for Estimating Lateral Spreading |
Scott Brandenberg |
UCLA |
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Incorporating System-Level Seismic Risk Assessment into Caltrans Risk-Based Seismic Design (CT-RBSD) |
Farzin Zareian |
UCI |
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10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
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2 COLUMNS |
Stiffness Properties of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns under Superimposed Deformations due to Secondary Load Effects |
Michael Scott & Mark Denavit |
OSU / UTK |
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Modernization and Integration of the PEER Column Performance Database |
Marc Eberhard, John Wallace & Khalid Mosalam |
UW / UCLA / UCB |
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Bridge Rapid Assessment Center for Extreme Events (BRACE2) |
Khalid Mosalam |
UCB |
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12:15 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
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3 BURIED STRUCTURES |
Development of Design Evaluation Criteria in Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD) of Cut and Cover Tunnel |
Benson Shing |
UCSD |
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Analysis and Model Test for Buried Structures Crossing Highways under Seismic Loading |
Ertugrul Taciroglu & Elnaz Seylabi |
UCLA / UNR |
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Seismic Isolation - Recent Experimental Research |
Keri Ryan & Gilberto Mosqueda |
UNR / UCSD |
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PEER-LBNL Simulated Ground-Motion Database |
David McCallen |
LBNL |
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2:30 - 2:45 |
Break |
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4 RBSD |
Performance Assessment and Optimization of ABC Column Connections Under Horizontal and Vertical Seismic Motions |
Floriana Petrone |
UNR |
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Improvement of Capacity Models in the Caltrans Risk-Based Seismic Design (CT-RBSD) Procedure |
Mostafa Tazarv |
UNR |
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Fatigue Evaluation and Design of Filled and Partially Filled Metal Grid Deck System |
Chris Higgins |
OSU |
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4:15 - 4:30 |
Closing Remarks |
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