PEER Research Highlight

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.

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PEER Research Project Highlight: "Performance Monitoring of Centennial Bridge Using Fiber Optic Sensing"

November 22, 2023

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Performance Monitoring of Centennial Bridge Using Fiber Optic Sensing" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Matt DeJong, University of California, Berkeley. The Research Team includes Laura Lowes, University of Washington.

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The proposed work could provide very practical guidance on how to install embedded fiber optic...

PEER Research Project Highlight: "Cascading Seismic and Tsunami Loads for the Design of Open Wharves"

September 13, 2023

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Cascading Seismic and Tsunami Loads for the Design of Open Wharves" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Andre R. Barbosa, Ph.D., P.E. (Portugal) School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University. The Co-Principal Investigator is Claudia Reis, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University. The Research Team includes Jorge Romero Loyola, M.S., School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University.

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PEER Research Project Highlight: "Regional Scale Simulation of Uncertain Response of Transportation Infrastructure Soil-Structure Systems"

October 2, 2023

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Regional Scale Simulation of Uncertain Response of Transportation Infrastructure Soil-Structure Systems" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Boris Jeremić, University of California, Davis.

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Research Impact

The main impact of developed methodology and examples will be in...

PEER Research Project Highlight: "Community Sentiment Analysis for Identifying Social Vulnerability Following Earthquakes"

October 2, 2023

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Community Sentiment Analysis for Identifying Social Vulnerability Following Earthquakes" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Sifat Muin, University of Southern California. The Research Team includes Kristina Lerman, Information Science Institute, University of Southern California.

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PEER Research Project Highlight: "Next Generation Liquefaction Susceptibility Database and Modelling"

September 27, 2023

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Next Generation Liquefaction Susceptibility Database and Modelling" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Jonathan P. Stewart, UCLA. The Research Team includes Armin Stuedlein, Oregon State University and Scott J. Brandenberg, UCLA.

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Workshop participants reported broad...

PEER Research Project Highlight: "Next Generation Liquefaction Susceptibility Database: Expansion of the Laboratory Component to Leverage Pacific Northwest Soils"

September 25, 2023

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Next Generation Liquefaction Susceptibility Database: Expansion of the Laboratory Component to Leverage Pacific Northwest Soils" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Armin Stuedlein, Oregon State University. The Research Team includes Amalesh Jana, Oregon State University, Jonathan P. Stewart, UCLA and Scott J. Brandenberg, UCLA.

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PEER Research Project Highlight: "Probabilistic Regional Seismic Risk Assessment of a Los Angeles Bridge Network Using a New Generation of Fragility Functions"

September 19, 2023

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Probabilistic Regional Seismic Risk Assessment of a Los Angeles Bridge Network Using a New Generation of Fragility Functions" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Henry Burton, Associate Professor and Presidential Chair in Structural Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles. The co-Principal Investigator is Yazhou Xie, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University. The Research Team includes Janie Padgett, Rice University and Ibbi Almufti, Arup.

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PEER Research Project Highlight: "Stochastic Simulator-Based Uncertainty Quantification for Seismic Responses of Bridges"

September 19, 2023

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Stochastic Simulator-Based Uncertainty Quantification for Seismic Responses of Bridges" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Ziqi Wang, UC Berkeley. The Co-Principal Investigator is Marco Broccardo, University of Trento.

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This proposed research is instrumental in complementing...

PEER Research Highlight: "Development of the PEER Simulated Ground-Motion Database (PEER-SGD) for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering"

May 31, 2022

The impact of a PEER funded project "Development of the PEER Simulated Ground-Motion Database (PEER-SGD) for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) David McCallen, Professor and Director of the Center for Civil Engineering Earthquake Research, University of Nevada, Reno. The Co-Principal Investigator is Floriana Petrone, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno. The Research Team includes Parmida Rahmani, Graduate Student Researcher, University of Nevada.

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