PEER Research Highlight

PEER Proposed Research Summary: "Development of Performance-Based Multi-hazard Engineering (PBME) Framework with Inclusion of Climate Change and Bridge Vulnerability"

June 20, 2024

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Development of Performance-Based Multi-hazard Engineering (PBME) Framework with Inclusion of Climate Change and Bridge Vulnerability" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Michele Barbato, Professor and Director of the CITRIS Climate Initiative, UC Davis. The Co-Principal Investigator is Alexander Forrest, Associate Professor, UC Davis. The Research Team includes Lei Zhou, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Davis.

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PEER Proposed Research Summary: "Remaining fatigue life assessment of bridge decks based upon a numerical-experimental SYSCOM SYStem-COmponent-Material-based approach"

June 5, 2024

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Remaining fatigue life assessment of bridge decks based upon a numerical-experimental SYSCOM SYStem-COmponent-Material-based approach" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Alessandro Palermo, University of California, San Diego. The Research Team includes Joel Conte, Machel Morrison, and Ernesto Hernández, University of California, San Diego.

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PEER Proposed Research Summary: "Uncertainty Quantification for Meeting Bridge Design Objectives"

May 24, 2024

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Uncertainty Quantification for Meeting Bridge Design Objectives" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Tracy Becker, UC Berkeley. The Research Team includes Maria Camila Lopez Ruiz, UC Berkeley; Debra Murphy, Slate Geotechnical Consultant; Tessa Williams, Slate Geotechnical Consultants.

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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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Research Impact:

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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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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