Transportation Systems Projects

PEER Transportation Systems Research Program (TSRP)

Projects Beginning in 2025:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
Framework of Identifying Shear Cracking in Bridge Columns using Lidar	Jeffrey Berman	University of Washington
Effects of Reinforcement Characteristics on the Response and Stability of Elastomeric Isolation Systems	Dimitrios Konstantinidis	UC Berkeley

Projects Beginning in 2023:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
Cascading Seismic and Tsunami Loads for the Design of Open Wharves	Andre Barbosa	Oregon State University
Probabilistic Regional Seismic Risk Assessment of a Los Angeles Bridge Network using a New Generation of Fragility Functions	Henry Burton	UC Los Angeles
Performance Monitoring of Centennial Bridge	Matthew DeJong	UC Berkeley
Bayesian Inference for Mechanics-based Digital Twinning of Bridges	Hamed Ebrahimian	University of Nevada, Reno
Regional Scale Simulation of Uncertain Responses of Transportation Infrastructure Soil- Structure Systms	Boris Jeremic	UC Davis
Informing Predictions from Above with Community Data from Below: A Hierarchical AI Ground Failure Model for Rapid Response and Simulation	Brett Maurer	University of Washington
Community Sentiment Analysis for Identifying Social Vulnerability Following Earthquakes	Sifat Muin	USC
Next Generation Liquefaction Susceptibility Database and Modelling	Jonathan P. Stewart	UC Los Angeles
Next Generation Liquefaction Susceptibility Database: Expansion of the Laboratory Component to Leverage Pacific Northwest Soils	Armin Stuedlein	Oregon State University
Stochastic Simulator-based Uncertainty Quantification for Seismic Responses of Bridges	Ziqi Wang	UC Berkeley

Projects / Workshops Beginning in 2022:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
PEER Online Tool for Access to Simulated Ground Motions from Large Magnitude Events	Norman Abrahamson	UC Berkeley
Surrogate Models of Highway Bridges for Regional-scale Earthquake Simulations of Transportation Networks	Greg Deierlein	Stanford University
Identification of Critical Ground-Motion and Bridge Features for Performance Assessment of Regional Transportation Networks	Marc Eberhard	University of Washington
Workshop: Behavior of Steel Structures in Fire: A Workshop on Fundamentals and Simulation Tools	Erica Fischer	Oregon State University
Development of the PEER Simulated Ground-Motion Database (PEER-SGD) for PBEE of Transportation Systems	David McCallen	University of Nevada, Reno
Workshop: PBSD of Bridges: Current Practice and Future Developments	Jose Restrepo	UC San Diego
Workshop: Towards Consensus on Liquefaction Susceptibility	Armin Stuedlein	Oregon State University	PEER Report 2023-02

Projects Beginning in 2021:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
Liquefaction Evaluation of Gravelly Soils: An Integrated Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling Approach	Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos	UC Berkeley
Machine Learning for Analysis and Risk Management of Complex Infrastructure Systems	Jack Baker	Stanford
Correlation of Ground Motion Duration with Spectral Acceleration and Implications for Expected Bridge Performance	Tracy Becker	UC Berkeley
A System-Level Study to Evaluate the Role of Soil Gradation on Seismically Induced Embankment Deformations	Jason DeJong	UC Davis
Calibration and Verification of OpenSees Models for Simulating the Response through Collapse of Nonplanar RC Walls	Laura Lowes	University of Washington
Prediction of Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Backfills	John McCartney	UC San Diego	PEER Report 2022-05
A Critical Examination of Material Strain Limits for Performance-based Seismic Design of Modern Pier and Wharf Structures	Machel Morrison	UC San Diego
Seismic Performance of Isolated Bridges under Extreme Shaking	Gilberto Mosqueda	UC San Diego
Autonomous Drones for Inspection-driven Exploration of Structures	Raja Sengupta	UC Berkeley
Deep Learning Based Surrogate Modeling for Uncertainty Quantification in Soil-Structure Interaction Problems	Elnaz Seylabi	University of Nevada, Reno
Advancing the Practice of Cyclic Softening Assessments of Silts and Clays	Armin Stuedlein	Oregon State University	PEER Report 2023-01
Implementation of Frequency-Dependent Impedance Function in OpenSees	Jian Zhang	UC Los Angeles

Projects Beginning in 2020:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
OpenSees Implementation of 3D Embedded Pile Element for Enhance Soil-Pile Interaction Analysis of Bridge Systems Subject to Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading	Pedro Arduino	University of Washington
Reduced-Order Models for Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Analyses of Buried Structures	Domniki Asimaki	Caltech
Identification of Transportation Network Corridors, for Enhancing Network Resilience	Jack Baker	Stanford	PEER Report 2021-09
Meshfree Large-Strain Framework for Seismic Response of Ground-Structural Systems: Development and Open Source Tool	Ahmed Elgamal	UC San Diego
Text Analytics on Social Media for Resilience-Enabled Extreme Events Reconnaissance	Laurent El Ghaoui	UC Berkeley
Fire Performance of Steel-Frame Buildings using OpenSees	Erica Fischer	Oregon State University
Ground Improvement-Based Protection of Transportation Infrastructure: Validation of PBE via Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling	Tara Hutchinson	UC San Diego
Fracture of Deficient Steel Details in Pre-Northridge Transportation Infrastructure Structures	Amit Kanvinde	UC Davis
A Pacific Rim Forum on Regional-Scale Simulations of Earthquake Ground Motions and Infrastructure Response for PBEE of Transportation Systems	David McCallen	University of Nevada, Reno	PEER Report: 2022/04
Workshop of Pre- and Post-processing Tools for OpenSees	Frank McKenna	UC Berkeley
Probabilistic Simulation-Based Evaluation of the Effect of Near-Field Spatially Varying Ground Motions on Distributed Infrastructure Systems	Floriana Petrone	University of Nevada, Reno
Leveraging Leading Indicators for Wildfire Risk Reduction	Rune Storesund	UC Berkeley
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	Ertugrul Taciroglu	UC Los Angeles
A Comprehensive Database of RC Column Tests	John Wallace	UC Los Angeles

Projects Beginning in 2019:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
Non-ergodic Ground-motion Model for California	Norm Abrahamson	UC Berkeley
Analysis of Fine-grained Soil Failure in Chiba during 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, and Development of Community Lab Test Database	Scott Brandenberg	UC Los Angeles
Tsunami-borne Debris Loading on Bridges	Ian Buckle	University of Nevada Reno
Inclusion of Modeling Uncertainty, Parameter Uncertainty and Parameter Estimation Uncertainty in PBSD of Ordinary Standard RC Bridges	Joel Conte	UC San Diego
Establishing Bridge Column Capacity Limit States through Modeling and Simulation	Sashi Kunnath	UC Davis	PEER Report 2022-01
New Seismically Resilient System for HSR, Ports and Vehicular Transportation Systems: Reducing Downtime, Construction Cost and Post-Earthquake Repair	Dawn Lehman	University of Washington
Bridge Functionality Instead of Component Damage as PBEE Metric	Michael Scott	Oregon State University
DEM Modeling of the Influence of Depositional Fabric on the Mechanical Properties of Granular Sediments using XRT Data	Nicholas Sitar	UC Berkeley
City-scale Multi-infrastructure Network Resilience Simulation Tool	Kenichi Soga	UC Berkeley
Seismic Evaluation of the California High Speed Rail System	John Stanton	University of Washington	PEER Report: 2021/10
Validation and Utilization of Physics-based Simulated Ground Motions for Bridge Performance Assessment	Farzin Zareian	UC Irvine

Projects Beginning in 2018:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
Modeling Bay Area Transportation Network Resilience	Jack Baker	Stanford University
Liquefaction Triggering and Effects at Silty Soil Sites	Jonathan Bray	UC Berkeley
Aftershock Seismic Vulnerability and Time-Dependent Risk Assessment of Bridges	Henry Burton	UC Los Angeles
UNR-Stanford Collaboration: Stanford – Accounting for Earthquake Duration in Performance-Based Evaluation and Design of Bridges	Gregory Deierlein	Stanford University
A Systematic Computational Framework for Multi-span Bridge PBEE Applications	Ahmed Elgamal	UC San Diego
Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Industrial Facilities	Erica C. Fischer	Oregon State University
Dissipative Base Connections for Moment Frame Structures in Airports and other Transportation Systems	Amit Kanvinde	UC Davis
Towards Next Generation p-y Formulations – Part 2: Statistical Assessment of Uncertainties in Key Components of Soil Resistance Functions	Anne Lemnitzer	UC Irvine
Tsunami Debris: Simulating Hazard and Loads	Patrick Lynett	University of Southern California
UNR-Stanford Collaboration: UNR – Accounting for Earthquake Duration in Performance-Based Evaluation and Design of Bridges	David Sanders (original PI) Mohamed A. Moustafa (new PI)	University of Nevada Reno	PEER Report: 2021/08
Development of a Database and a toolbox for Regional Seismic Risk Assessment of California’s Highway Bridges	Ertugrul Taciroglu	UC Los Angeles
Micro-Inspired Continuum Modeling Using Virtual Experiments	Jose Andrade	California Institute of Technology
Implementation and Validation of PM4Sand in OpenSees	Pedro Arduino	University of Washington	PEER Report: 2021/02
Towards Multi-Tier Modeling of Liquefaction Impacts on Transportation Infrastructure	Brett Maurer	University of Washington
Influence of Vertical Ground Shaking on Design of Bridges Isolated with Friction Pendulum Bearings	Keri Ryan	University of Nevada Reno
High-Performance Computing Based Distributed Multi-Layered City Scale Transportation Network Tool	Kenichi Soga	UC Berkeley
Fluid-Structure Interaction and Python Scripting Capabilities in OpenSees	Minjie Zhu	Oregon State University

Projects Beginning in 2017:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of Near-Fault Ground Motions for use in PBEE	Armen Der Kiureghian	American University of Amenia
Shake Table Tests on Shallow Foundations in Liquefied Soils Supported on Helical Piles (yr 1)	Ramin Motamed	University of Nevada Reno	PEER Report: 2021/07
Testing and Hybrid Simulations of Environmentally Damaged Bridge Columns	Claudia Ostertag	UC Berkeley
Dynamic Testing of Dry Socket Connections in Recentering Bridge Columns for Accelerated Bridge Construction	Josè Restrepo	UC San Diego

Projects Beginning in 2016:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
Towards Next Generation P-Y Curves-Part 1: Evaluation of the State-of-the-Art and Identification of Recent Research Developments	Anne Lemnitzer	UC Irvine
Tsunami Engineering: Performance Based Tsunami Engineering II	Harry Yeh	Oregon State University
Tsunami Engineering: Performance Based Tsunami Engineering II – Data Set	Hong Kie Thio	AECOM
System Level Performance Evaluation of Earthquake Resilient Bridges Using Hybrid Simulation	Khalid Mosalam	UC Berkeley	PEER Report: 2016/10
Swarm-Enabled Infrastructure-Mapping for Rapid Damage Assessment Following Earthquakes	Tarek Zohdi	UC Berkeley
Geometrically Exact Nonlinear Modeling of Multi-stage Friction Pendulum Systems	Sanjay Govindjee	UC Berkeley	PEER Report: 2017/07
How the Water/Binder Ratio and Voids Affect the Performance of Hardened Concrete Subjected to Fire	Kamran Nemati	University of Washington
Recovery Model for Commercial Low-Rise Buildings	Vesna Terzic	CSU Long Beach

Projects Beginning in 2015:

Title of Project	PI Name	Affiliation	Report/ Publication
Earthquake Resilient Bridge Columns	Josè Restrepo	UC San Diego
Tsunami Design Guide Specifications for Bridges: Local Tsunami Hazard Assessment	Patrick Lynett	University of Southern California	PEER Report: 2016/03

TSRP Projects 2008 - 2014