2022 Researchers' Workshop Program

Day 1: Monday, September 19, 2022

Time

Moderator
Session

Project Title

PI

Institution

Presenter

Format

8:00 am

Registration / Zoom Webinar Open


8:30 - 10:00





Khalid Mosalam

Regional‐scale
Simulation



Opening Remarks (video)

PEER

Khalid Mosalam

In Person

Development of the PEER Simulated Ground-Motion Database (PEER-SGD) for PBEE of Transportation Systems (pdf) (video)

David McCallen

UNR

David McCallen

In Person

Seismic Risk Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Transmission Systems (video)

Jon Bray

UCB

Jennie Watson‐Lamprey

In Person

Probabilistic Simulation-Based Evaluation of the Effect of Near-Field Spatially Varying Ground Motions on Distributed Infrastructure Systems (pdf) (video)

Floriana Petrone

UNR

Floriana Petrone

In Person

Identification of Critical Ground-Motion and Bridge Features for Performance Assessment of Regional Transportation Networks (pdf) (video)

Marc Eberhard

UW

Marc Eberhard

In Person

10:00 - 10:30

Break


10:30 - 12:00




Christopher Traina

PEER‐Bridge
Projects

(video)

Overview of PEER‐Bridge Program (video)

Chris Traina

CalTrans

Chris Traina

In Person

Bridge Rapid Assessment Center for Extreme Events (BRACE2) (video)

Khalid Mosalam

UCB

Mosalam/Claudio Perez

In Person

Refined Bridge Deck Design and Analysis (pdf) (video)

Lijuan "Dawn" Cheng

UCD

Lijuan Cheng

Online

Advanced Guidelines for Stability Design of Slender Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns (pdf) (video)

Michael Scott

OSU

Michael Scott

In Person

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch


1:00 - 2:30





Sharon Yen

PEER‐Bridge
Projects

Liquefaction‐Induced Ground Settlement Procedure (video)

Jon Bray

UCB

Franklin Olaya

In Person

Hazard‐Based Risk and Cost‐Benefit Assessment of Temporary Bridges in California (pdf) (video)

Floriana Petrone

UNR

Floriana Petrone

In Person

Statistical Variation of Seismic Damage Index (DI) of California Bridges (pdf) (video)

Farzin Zareian

UCI

Farzin Zareian

Online

Prioritizing Regional Needs for Recovery Bridges through Post-earthquake Corridor Identification and System Fragility Assessment of the SF Region (video)

Kenichi Soga

UCB

Kenichi Soga

In Person

2:30 - 3:00

Break


3:00 - 4:30

Adda Athanosopoulos‐Zekkos

GeoHazards

PEER Research Committee Overview (5 min)

Stanford

Eduardo Miranda

In Person

Next Generation Liquefaction (NGL) ‐ Project Update (pdf) (video)

Scott Brandenberg

UCLA

Scott Brandenberg

Online

Advancing the Practice of Cyclic Softening Assessments of Silts and Clays (pdf) (video)

Armin Stuedlein

OSU

Armin Stuedlein

Online

Hayward Bridge Geotechnical Array Soil Dynamic Properties and Implications Toward SFSI Modeling (pdf) (video)

Ramin Motamed

UNR

Ramin Motamed

Online

Prediction of Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Backfills (pdf) (video)

John McCartney

UCSD

Jeffrey Newgard

In Person

Day 2: Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Time

Moderator
Session

Project Title

PI

Institution

Presenter

Format

8:00am

Registration / Zoom Webinar Open


8:30 - 10:00





Greg Deierlein

Networks



Transportation Systems Research Program Overview by PEER Associate Director (video)

Amarnath Kasalanati

PEER

Amarnath Kasalanati

In Person

Deep‐learning Based Seismic Risk Assessment of Road Networks (pdf) (video)

Jack Baker

Stanford

Jack Baker

In Person

Performance Based Economic Loss Assessment due to a Hypothetical Large Southern Earthquake based on the Disruption and Recovery of Port of Los Angeles Freight Traffic (pdf) (video)

Ertugrul Taciroglu

UCLA

Barbaros Cetiner / Michael Virtucio

In Person

Performance-based Seismic Design of Modern Pier and Wharf Structures (pdf) (video)

Machel Morrison

UCSD

Sergio Suarez

In Person

Surrogate Models of Highway Bridges for Regional-scale Earthquake Simulations of Rransportation Networks (pdf) (video)

Greg Deierlein

Stanford

Greg Deierlein

In Person

10:00 - 10:30

Break


10:30 - 12:00




Ian Buckle

Other Hazards
and Systems

Fire Performance of Steel‐Frame Buildings Using OpenSees (pdf) (video)

Erica Fischer

OSU

Erica Fischer

In Person

OpenSees Model for Simulating the Response through Collapse of a Layer-shell Element Model for RC Walls (pdf) (video)

Laura Lowes

UW

Laura Lowes

In Person

Autonomous Drones for Inspection-driven Exploration of Structures (video)

Raja Sengupta

UCB

Raja Sengupta

In Person

Tsunami‐borne Debris Loading on Bridges (pdf) (video)

Ian Buckle

UNR

Anis Hasanpour

In Person

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch


1:00 - 2:30





Tracy Becker

GeoHazards

Deep Learning Based Surrogate Modeling for Uncertainty Quantification in Soil-structure Interaction Problems (video unavailable)

Elnaz Seylabi

UNR

Elnaz Seylabi

In Person

Correlation of Ground Motion Duration with Spectral Acceleration and Implications for Expected Bridge Performance (video)

Tracy Becker

UCB

Camila Lopez Ruiz

In Person

Validation and Utilization of Physics-based Simulated Ground Motions for Bridge Performance Assessment (pdf) (video)

Farzin Zareian

UCI

Farzin Zareian

Online

Liquefaction Evaluation of Gravelly Soils: An Integrated Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling Approach (pdf) (video)

Adda Athanasopoulos
‐Zekkos

UCB

Adda Athanasopoulos‐Zekkos

In Person

2:30 - 3:00

Break


3:00 - 4:30

Chrystal Chern

PSC

PEER Student Committee Overview (video)

PEER

Chrystal Chern/Omar Issa

In Person

PEER Student Pitches ‐ 5‐minute Pitch of a Research Idea by 5 PEER Students

Hojjat Kaveh, Caltech (video)

Dingbin Li, OSU (video)

Steven Kontra, OSU (video)

Gustavo Araujo, OSU (video) (win!)

Rachel Zhou, Caltech (video)

All

Students

Hybrid

PEER IB Overview (5 min) (video)

UCD

Sashi Kunnath

Online

PEER RIC Overview (5 min) (video)

UNR

David McCallen

In Person

Open Discussion & Closing Remarks (video)

Discussion

All

Open microphone

Hybrid