The impact of a PEER funded research project, “Caltrans-PEER Workshop on Characterizing Uncertainty in Bridge-Component Capacity Limit-States" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Sashi Kunnath, Professor, UC Davis. The research team includes Jin Zhou, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Davis.
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PEER has just published Report No. 2018/03: “Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Code Verification.” It was authored by Christie Hale, Norman Abrahamson, and Yousef Bozorgnia.
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Ian N. Robertson, Arthur N. L. Chiu Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, shared some preliminary observations (August 25, 2018) of Hurricane Lane on the the Hawaiian Islands, including its formation and development, trajectory, hurricane effects, and emergency response.
January 17-18, 2019
To participate in the PHI Challenge 2018, contestants should register in advance. A contestant can be either an individual or a team (with a maximum of 4 team members). There are two ways to register:
The impact of a PEER funded research project, "Micro-inspired Continuum Modeling Using Virtual Experiments," is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is José E. Andrade, George W. Housner Professor of Civil & Mechanical Engineering, Caltech. The research team includes John Harmon, Graduate Research Assistant, Caltech
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The impact of a PEER funded research project, “NGL: Next Generation Liquefaction Database Development and Implications for Engineering Models” is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Jonathan P. Stewart, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, and Steven L. Kramer, Professor, University of Washington. The research team includes Paolo Zimmaro, Project Scientist, University of California, Los Angeles; Scott J.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNR invites applications for up to two assistant professors in the area of structural engineering for extreme events. These full-time, tenure-track positions include teaching, research, and service responsibilities.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a 2-year EAGER grant (CMMI 1841667) to the Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network.
The impact of a PEER funded research project “Shake Table Tests on Shallow Foundations in Liquefied Soils Supported on Helical Piles” is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator is Ramin Motamed, Associate Professor, University of Nevada Reno. The research team includes Prof. Ahmed Elgamal, Collaborator, UCSD, and Milad Jahed Orang, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada Reno.
PEER has just published Report No. 2017/12: “Experimental Investigation of the Behavior of Vintage and Retrofit Concentrically Braced Steel Frames under Cyclic Loading.” It was authored by Barbara G. Simpson, Stephen A. Mahin, and Jiun-Wei Lai.
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NCSEA Structural Engineering Summit - Chicago, Illinois
The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) is pleased to offer exciting opportunities for students to explore new directions in earthquake studies and research. In the summer of 2018, two undergraduate students from the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia (UNINORTE) participated in the PEER Internship Program. Below, they share some of the highlights and valuable learning opportunities they experienced during their summer internship.
Register today to attend a one-day exploration of hybrid simulation technologies and methods for a variety of engineering applications.Guided by academic and industry thought leaders, seminar attendees will gain an understanding of the tools, techniques and best practices required for pursuing safe, meaningful and productive Pseudo-dynamic and Real-time hybrid simulation investigations.
The NHERI SimCenter has just released three research tools and its third educational tool that support natural hazards engineering. Details of the tools and apps are below.
Yuqing Gao, 3rd year Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley, recently received Second Prize in the Best Poster Award at the student poster competition at the Annual Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI) retreat held in June 2018.
PEER has just published Report No. 2018/02: “Update of the BC Hydro Subduction Ground-Motion Model using the NGA-Subduction Dataset.” It was authored by Norman Abrahamson, Nicolas Kuehn, Zeynep Gulerce, Nicholas Gregor, Yousef Bozorgnia, Grace Parker, Jonathan Stewart, Brian Chiou, I.M. Idriss, Kenneth Campbell, Robert Youngs.
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