PEER Research Highlight

PEER Research Project Summary: "Modernization and Integration of the PEER Column Performance Database"

April 7, 2026

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Modernization and Integration of the PEER Column Performance Database" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Marc O. Eberhard, University of Washington. The Research Team includes John Wallace, University of California, Los Angeles; Saman A. Abdullah, University of Sulaimani; Khalid Mosalam, University of California, Berkeley; and Aakash Bangalore Satish, University of California, Berkeley.

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PEER Research Project Summary: "Improvement of Capacity Models in the Caltrans Risk-Based Seismic Design (CT-RBSD) Procedure"

April 8, 2026

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Improvement of Capacity Models in the Caltrans Risk-Based Seismic Design (CT-RBSD) Procedure" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Mostafa Tazarv, University of Nevada, Reno. The Research Team includes Saiid Saiidi, University of Nevada, Reno.

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Research Impact:

This project will enhance the reliability and applicability of the CT-RBSD...

PEER Research Project Summary: "Framework of Identifying Shear Cracking in Bridge Columns using Lidar"

April 7, 2026

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Framework of Identifying Shear Cracking in Bridge Columns using Lidar" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Jeffrey Berman, University of Washington. The Research Team includes Marc Eberhard, University of Washington.

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Research Impact:

The use of promising, new technologies within transportation asset management is critical for improving...

PEER Research Project Highlight: "Statistical Variation of Seismic Damage Index (DI) of California Bridges"

September 27, 2021
The impact of a PEER funded research project "Statistical Variation of Seismic Damage Index (DI) of California Bridges" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Farzin Zareian, Professor, University of California, Irvine.

PEER Research Project Highlight: "Bayesian Inference for Mechanics-Based Digital Twinning of Bridges"

November 22, 2023
The impact of a PEER funded research project "Bayesian Inference for Mechanics-Based Digital Twinning of Bridges" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Hamed Ebrahimian, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno. The Research Team includes Abdelrahman Taha, Graduate Student Researcher, University of Nevada, Reno.

PEER Proposed Research Summary: "New Near-Fault Adjustment Factors for Caltrans Seismic Design Criteria (SDC)"

July 16, 2024
The impact of a PEER funded research project "New Near-Fault Adjustment Factors for Caltrans Seismic Design Criteria (SDC)" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Yousef Bozorgnia, University of California, Los Angeles. The Research Team includes Silvia Mazzoni and Esra Zengin, UCLA; Mahdi Bahrampouri, PG&E.

PEER Proposed Research Summary: "Influence of Fines and Alternative Intensity Measures on Liquefaction Triggering"

June 26, 2024

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Influence of Fines and Alternative Intensity Measures on Liquefaction Triggering" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Scott J. Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles. The Co-Principal Investigator is Jonathan P. Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles. The Research Team includes Varun Nigesh, Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA and Kenneth Hudson, Hudson Geotechnics, Inc.

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PEER Proposed Research Summary: "Hazard-Based Risk and Cost-Benefit Assessment of Temporary Bridges in California"

July 16, 2024

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Hazard-Based Risk and Cost-Benefit Assessment of Temporary Bridges in California" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Floriana Petrone, University of Nevada Reno. The Research Team includes Sashi Kunnath, University of California Davis (Co-PI) and Seyyedmahdi Kashizadeh, University of Nevada, Reno (Graduate Research Assistant).

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PEER Proposed Research Summary: "Development of Bridge Rapid Assessment Center for Extreme Events (BRACE2)"

July 20, 2024

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Development of Bridge Rapid Assessment Center for Extreme Events (BRACE2)" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Khalid M. Mosalam, Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering, UC Berkeley. The Research Team includes UC Berkeley Graduate Student Researchers Chrystal Chern, Claudio M. Perez, Guanren Zhou, Kwok-Tai (Issac) Pang, and Amarnath Kasalanati, PEER Associate Director, UC Berkeley.


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PEER Proposed Research Summary: "Prioritizing Regional Needs for Recovery Bridges through Post-earthquake Corridor Identification and System Fragility Assessment of the SF Region"

June 27, 2024

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Prioritizing Regional Needs for Recovery Bridges through Post-earthquake Corridor Identification and System Fragility Assessment of the SF Region" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Kenichi Soga, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. The Research Team includes Pengshun Li, PhD student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Tracy Becker, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,...