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January 12, 2021

PEER Research Project Highlight: "Seismic Evaluation of the California High Speed Rail System"

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Seismic Evaluation of the California High Speed Rail System" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is John Stanton, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Washington. The Research Team includes Marc Eberhard, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Washington and Michelle Chang, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington.

January 7, 2021

New PEER Report 2020/06: "Development of NGA-Sub Ground-Motion Model of 5%-Damped Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration Based on Database for Subduction Earthquakes in Japan"

PEER has just published Report No.

December 16, 2020

New PEER Report 2020/21: "Comparison of the Response of Small- and Large-Component Cripple Wall Specimens Tested under Simulated Seismic Loading"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/21: "Comparison of the Response of Small- and Large-Component Cripple Wall Specimens Tested under Simulated Seismic Loading," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Brandon Schiller and Tara Hutchinson, Universiity of California, San Diego; and Kelly Cobeen, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

New PEER Report 2020/19: "Cripple Wall Small-Component Test Program: Comparisons"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/19: "Cripple Wall Small-Component - Test Program: Comparisons," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Brandon Schiller and Tara Hutchinson, Universiity of California, San Diego; and Kelly Cobeen, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

New PEER Report 2020/23: "Earthquake Damage Workshop"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/23: "Earthquake Damage Workshop," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Kylin Vail and Bret Lizundia, Rutherford + Chekene; David P. Welch, Stanford University; and Evan Reis, Reis Consulting.

New PEER Report 2020/22: "Technical Background Report for Structural Analysis and Performance Assessment"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/22: "Technical Background Report for Structural Analysis and Performance Assessment," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by David P. Welch and Gregory G. Deierlein, John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University.

New PEER Report 2020/20: Large-Component Seismic Testing for Existing and Retrofitted Single-Family Wood-Frame Dwellings"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/20: "Large-Component Seismic Testing for Existing and Retrofitted Single-Family Wood-Frame Dwellings," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Kelly Cobeen, Wiss, Janney, Elstner, Associates, Inc.; Vahid Mahdavifar, University of California, Berkeley; Tara Hutchinson and Brandon Schiller, University of California, San Diego, David P.

New PEER Report 2020/24: "Seismic Performance of Single-Family Wood-Frame Houses: Comparing Analytical and Industry Catastrophe Models"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/24: "Seismic Performance of Single-Family Wood-Frame Houses: Comparing Analytical and Industry Catastrophe Models," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Evan Reis, Reis Consulting.

New PEER Report 2020/18: "Cripple Wall Small-Component Test Program: Wet Specimens II"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/18: "Cripple Wall Small-Component Test Program: Wet Specimens II," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Brandon Schiller and Tara Hutchinson, University of California, San Diego; and Kelly Cobeen, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.

December 15, 2020

New PEER Report 2020/17: "Cripple Wall Small-Component Test Program: Dry Specimens"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/17: "Cripple Wall Small-Component Test Program: Dry Specimens," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Brandon Schiller and Tara Hutchinson, University of California San Diego; and Kelly Cobeen, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

New PEER Report 2020/16: "Cripple Wall Small-Component Test Program: Wet Specimens I"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/16: "Cripple Wall Small-Component Test Program: Wet Specimens I," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Brandon Schiller and Tara Hutchinson, University of California San Diego; and Kelly Cobeen, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

New PEER Report 2020/12: "Project Technical Summary (PEER-CEA Project)"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/12: "Project Technical Summary," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Evan Reis, Reis Consulting in collaboration with Yousef Bozorgnia, Henry Burton, Kelly Cobeen, Gregory G. Deierlein, Tara Hutchinson, Grace S. Kang, Bret Lizundia, Silvia Mazzoni, Sharyl Rabinovici, Brandon Schiller, David P. Welch, and Farzin Zareian.

PEER-CEA Project: Publications and Data Now Available

New PEER Report 2020/15: "Development of Testing Protocol for Cripple Wall Components"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/15: "Development of Testing Protocol for Cripple Wall Components," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Farzin Zareian and Joel Lanning, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine.

New PEER Report 2020/14: "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis and Selecting and Scaling of Ground-Motion Records"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/14: "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis and Selecting and Scaling of Ground-Motion Records," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Silvia Mazzoni, University of California, Los Angeles; Nicholas Gregor, N. Gregor Consulting; Linda Al Atik, L. AlAtik Consulting; Yousef Bozorgnia, University of California, Los Angeles; David P.

December 11, 2020

New PEER Report 2020/13: "Development of Index Buildings"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/13:  "Development of Index Buildings," a report for the "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings" Project. It was authored by Evan Reis, SE, Reis Consulting.

Visit the PEER publications page to download a free color pdf of the document.

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Opportunity: Faculty Position in Bridge and Transportation Infrastructure Engineering, University of Nevada Reno

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada Reno, invites applications for a full time, tenure track position in bridge and transportation infrastructure engineering with appointment at the Assistant or Associate Professor level dependent on experience and qualifications.

December 2, 2020

New PEER Report 2020/09: "Blind Prediction of Shaking Table Tests of a New Bridge Bent Design"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/09: "Blind Prediction of Shaking Table Tests of a New Bridge Bent Design." It was authored by Selim Günay, Fan Hu, and Khalid Mosalam, UC Berkeley; Arpit Nema, Jose Restrepo, UC San Diego; Adam Zsarnoczay, Jack Baker, Stanford University.

Visit the PEER publications page to download a free color pdf of the document.

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New PEER Report 2020/07: "Comparison of NGA-Sub Ground-Motion Models"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/07: "Comparison of NGA-Sub Ground-Motion Models." It was authored by Nicholas Gregor, Consultant; Kofi Addo, BC Hydro; Linda Al Atik, Consultant; Gail M. Atkinson, University of Western Ontario; David M. Boore, Geophysicist; Yousef Bozorgnia, University of California, Los Angeles; Kenneth W. Campbell, Core Logic; Brian S.-J.

November 30, 2020

New PEER Report 2020/08: "PEER Activities 2018—2020"

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/08:  "PEER Activities 2018—2020." It was authored by Khalid Mosalam, PEER Director and Amarnath Kasalanati, PEER Associate Director.

Visit the PEER publications page to download a free color pdf of the document.

Executive Summary