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March 2, 2023

PEER Student Committee Future of Research Series #2: Preparing for the Unexpected: Lessons from the Türkiye Earthquake  
Speaker: Professor. Robb Moss

Date and time: 15th March, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

February 10, 2023

February 8, 2023

Earthquake Spectra invites paper submissions for a special collection presenting recent developments at the nexus of earth science, engineering, and computational science.

January 24, 2023

The Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network has issued a Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PVRR) for the Mw 6.1 Earthquake that occured in Duzce, Turkey, on November 23, 2022.

December 15, 2022

StEER logoThe Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network has issued a Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PVRR) for the Mw 5.6 Earthquake that occured in West Java, Indonesia, on November 21, 2022.

December 13, 2022

PEER has published Report No. 2022/05: "Hyperbolic Hydro-mechanical Model for Seismic Compression Prediction of Unsaturated Soils in the Funicular Regime." It was authored by Dellena Kinikles and John S. McCartney, University of California San Diego.

Access the report and 2 page summary. Access the full listing of PEER reports.

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November 9, 2022

OpenSRA is a new open-source seismic risk assessment software tool for gas utility regulators and owners that will enable them to assess challenges posed by the risk from earthquake-induced hazards.

October 25, 2022

The California Energy Commission has published “Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Pipeline Systems, Task B Final Report – Enhanced Liquefaction and Ground Deformation Report.” It was written by Chris Bain, UC Berkeley; Daniel Hutabarat, UC Berkeley; Jonathan D. Bray, UC Berkeley, Norman Abrahamson, UC Berkeley; Thomas D.

October 11, 2022

On September 20th, the PEER Student Committee (PSC) hosted its very first PEER Pitches contest at the 2022 PEER Researchers’ workshop.

October 10, 2022

September 29, 2022

OpenSRA is a new open-source seismic risk assessment software tool for gas utility regulators and owners that will enable them to strategically assess challenges posed by the risk from earthquakes and other geological hazards.

August 30, 2022

The PEER Student Committee (PSC) is hosting the first annual PEER Pitches Contest during a special session of the PEER Researchers' Workshop on September 19 & 20, 2022. Participating students will be given a limit of 5 minutes to pitch a research idea via an oral presentation with digital visual aids over Zoom or in-person. The best pitch, judged based on PEER-aligned objectives, originality of the presentation, and technical content, will be selected to win a gift card and certificate of recognition from PEER.

PEER Student CommitteeThe PEER Student Committee (PSC) is seeking nominations from candidates to join our committee for the next academic year, 2022-2023. Nominations close on September 30th, 2022.

August 8, 2022

StEER logoThe Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network has issued an Event Briefing for the Mw 7.0 Earthquake that occurred on July 27, 2022, in the northern Philippines.

July 26, 2022

Thank you for joining the PEER Student Committee for our 2021-2022 "Meet the PEER Students'' Series. We conclude this year’s series with a self-spotlight of our PEER Student Committee members. Watch the video and read the written interview.

July 21, 2022

PEER has published Report No. 2022/04: "The PEER International Pacific Rim Forum 2021: Regional-Scale Simulations of Earthquake Ground Motions and Infrastructure Response for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering." It was authored by David McCallen, University of Nevada Reno, Floriana Petrone, University of Nevada Reno, Elnaz Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi, University of Nevada Reno, Arben Pitarka, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Norman Abrahamson, UC Berkeley, and Sherif Elfass, University of Nevada Reno.

July 20, 2022

PEER celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the UC Berkeley shaking table on June 24, 2022, at the Earthquake Simulator Laboratory facility at Richmond Field Station. Over 80 researchers, practitioners, former and current students attended the event to commemorate the impact of the table on the field of earthquake engineering.

July 8, 2022

StEER logoThe Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network has issued an Event Briefing for the Mw 6.0 Earthquake that occurred on July 2, 2022 in Iran.

July 7, 2022

12NCEE-logoThe OpenSRA project, supported by PEER and sponsored by the California Energy Commission (CEC), was featured in a special technical session at the 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (12NCEE), “Reimagining Risk and Resilience,” which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from June 27-July 1, 2022.

June 30, 2022

The Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network has issued an Event Briefing for the Mw 5.9 Earthquake that occurred on 22 June 2022, Afghanistan.