The impact of a PEER funded research project “Implementation and Validation of PM4Sand in OpenSees” is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator is Pedro Arduino, Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington. The research team includes Long Chen, PhD Graduate student, University of Washington.
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The impact of a PEER funded research project “Towards Multi-Tier Modeling of Liquefaction Impacts on Transportation Infrastructure” is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator is Brett Maurer, Assistant Professor, University of Washington. The research team includes Mertcan Geyin, Graduate Student Researcher, University of Washington and Alex Baird, Graduate Student Researcher, University of Washington.
The impact of a PEER funded research project “High-Performance Computing Based Distributed Multi-Layered City-Scale Transportation Network Tool” is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator is Kenichi Soga, Chancellor’s Professor, UC Berkeley. The research team includes Joan Walker, UC Berkeley; Alexandre Bayen, UC Berkeley; and Jack Baker, Stanford University.
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A French delegation of 14 people visited PEER headquarters in Berkeley, California, on February 14, 2018, to learn about PEER activities and global seismic risk. The California-based part of the delegation included Mr. Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens (French Consul General in San Francisco), Mr. Christophe Lemoine (French Consul General in Los Angeles) and their staff.
The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) released its annual announcement for assistance to support research in earthquake hazards, the physics of earthquakes, earthquake occurrence, and earthquake safety policy.
Proposals are due May 22, 2018. This activity is authorized by the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977.
PEER has just published Report No. 2017/10 titled “Development of Time Histories for IEEE693 Testing and Analysis (Including Seismically Isolated Equipment).” It was authored by Shakhzod M. Takhirov, Eric Fujisaki, Leon Kempner, Michael Riley, and Brian Low.
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PEER has just published Report No. 2017/09 titled “”R” Package for Computation of Earthquake Ground-Motion Response Spectra.” It was authored by Pengfei Wang, Jonathan P. Stewart, Yousef Bozorgnia, David M. Boore, Tadahiro Kishida.
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PEER is saddened to hear of the passing of Stephen A. Mahin, former PEER Director, on February 10, 2018.
Stephen A. Mahin
October 16, 1946 – February 10, 2018
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.