NHERI Network-affiliated researchers involved in earthquake engineering will be sharing their work throughout the upcoming 13th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, taking place July 13 through 17, in Portland, Oregon.

Organized by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, EERI, this quadrennial meeting is the most influential and well-attended earthquake engineering conference in the United States. Professionals from the full spectrum of the earthquake community will gather to discuss and debate new research, advancements in practice, and a multitude of new and ongoing issues related to seismic hazard, risk, mitigation, and public policy that have emerged in the last four years.

The NSF NHERI Network leadership team is pleased to be an advertising partner for the 13NCEE. In addition, the list of conference organizers includes many NHERI leaders and researchers, including NHERI SimCenter's Laura Lowes, University of Washington, who serves as 13NCEE organizing committee co-chair.

If you are headed to Portland in July, consider adding the following NHERI-related presentations to your meeting schedule.
 

Note that access to the full 13NCEE program details and paper downloads requires creation of a (free) account at EERI.
 

DATE/TIME/LOCATION	TITLE	SPEAKERS
July 13 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Exhibit Hall E, 143-144   Workshop	Using NHERI RAPID Instrumentation in Natural Hazards Reconnaissance	Jeff Berman, University of Washington, NHERI RAPID facility Team
July 13 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM Exhibit Hall E   Plenary talk	The Future of U.S. Earthquake Resilience - drawing from 50 years of NEHRP impacts	NHERI-affiliated speakers include: Laura Lowes, U of Washington, 13NCEE Organizing Committee Co-chair, NHERI SimCenter leadership team Scott Brandenberg, UCLA, NHERI at UC Davis mentor for new users Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University, NHERI SimCenter associate director of research outreach   Also speaking: Jay Harris, NIST Andrew Makdisi, USGS Sanaz Rezeian, USGS Jim Harris, J. R. Harris & Company Ryan Kersting, Buehler Engineers Petros Sideris, Texas A&M Amanda Hertzfeld, City of Seattle
July 14 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM E146   Lightning Session: Seismic Design and Performance Assessment of Building Structural Systems 1	Soil-Foundation Structure Interaction Effects on the Seismic Efficacy of Nonlinear Viscous Dampers in Steel Frame Buildings   Paper available	Jim Ricles, Lehigh University, PI, NHERI Lehigh experimental facility
July 14 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM E141-E142   Technical Session: Seismic Hazard, Vulnerability, and Mitigation for Lifeline Infrastructure	Seismic Risk Assessment of Water Conveyance and Distribution Systems Consisting of Large-Diameter Pipelines   Paper available	Jinyan Zhao, Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, NHERI SimCenter software
July 14 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM F150   Special Session: High-Resolution Regional Simulations to Inform Risk Mitigation and Resilience Planning	High-Resolution Regional Simulations to Inform Risk Mitigation and Resilience Planning   Abstract available	Greg Deierlein, Stanford University, Co-PI, NHERI SimCenter
	Application of a Modular Framework for Multi-Fidelity Risk Assessment: A San Francisco Case Study	Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University, NHERI SimCenter
July 15 10:30 PM to 12:00 PM D135   Special Session: Regional Risk, Resilience, and Recovery of Infrastructure Networks	Earthquake Risk Simulation for Distributed Infrastructure Systems Using Surrogate-Generated Structural Models: The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Rail System   Paper available	Miguel Gomez, PhD student, UC Berkeley, NHERI SimCenter software
July 15 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM E146   Technical Session: Shake Table Testing	Full-Scale 10-Story Cold-Formed Steel Building Shake Table Test: Protocol Development and Shake Table Performance   Paper availabile Performance of Continuous Tie-Rod Systems within a 10-Story Cold-Formed Steel Shake Table Tested Building   Paper availabile	Charlie Zhang, Graduate student researcher, UC San Diego, CFS NHERI project
July 15 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM E145   Special Session: The Earthquake Engineering Community Would Benefit from More Open-Source Tools in Earthquake Engineering Research and Practice: A Debate	Opposition to the motion: "The Earthquake Engineering Community Would Benefit from More Open-Source Tools in Earthquake Engineering Research and Practice"   Paper available	Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University, NHERI SimCenter
July 16 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM E145   Special Session: Bridging Earthquake, Tsunami, and Landslide Risk and Resilience for the Cascadia Region Earthquake and Tsunami	Inventory Specific Fragilities for Assessment of Coastal Bridge Seismic Performance in Washington State   Paper available	Jeff Berman, University of Washington, NHERI RAPID facility
July 16 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM E143-E144   Special Session: Waveforms and Intensity Measures: Opportunities and Challenges for Engineering Applications	Characterizing Ground Motions with Physics-Based Earthquake Simulations for Performance-Based Design and Post-Earthquake Evaluation of Buildings and Civil Infrastructure   Paper available	Greg Dieirlein, Stanford University, Co-PI, NHERI SimCenter
July 16 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM E146   Lightning Session: Seismic Performance of Nonstructural Components and other Non-Building Systems	Developing Trends in Tiny Homes and Providing Safe Designs   Paper available	Kelly Cobeen, Wiss Janney Elstner Associates Inc., NHERI Tech Transfer Committee
July 16 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM E143-E144   Special Session: Regional Differences in Site Effects Across the United States	Insights on Modeling Site Effects in Salt Lake City from Aftershocks Recorded by a Borehole Array During the M5.7 Magna Earthquake   Abstract available	Brady Cox, Utah State University, Co-PI, NHERI Large Mobile Shakers experimental facility
July 16 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM D139-D140   Special Session Resilient Wood Structures	Codification of Post-tensioned Timber Rocking Walls in the U.S.   Abstract available Overview of U.S. Mass Timber Shake Table Test Programs: Resilience, Sustainability, and Convergence	Reid Zimmerman, KPFF, industry partner, NHERI Tallwood project Andre Barbosa, Oregon State University, PI, NHERI Converging Design
July 16 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM E141-E142   Technical Session: Seismic Vulnerability and Damage Assessment	Performance of Vernacular Housing Reconstruction in the 2021 Nippes, Haiti, Earthquake   Paper available	Tracy Kijewski-Correa, University of Notre Dame Director, Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance, StEER
July 16 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall E   Technical Session: Experimental and Emerging Approaches for Seismic Performance of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Systems	Multi-View UAV-Based Imagery for Seismic Displacement Tracking of a Full-Scale 10-Story Cold-Formed Steel Building   Paper available	Ruipu Ji, UC San Diego, graduate student researcher, CFS NHERI project
	Pre-Test Assessment of a Ten-Story Cold-Formed Steel-framed Building under MCER-Level Ground Motions   Paper available	Mohammed M. Eladly, Johns Hopkins University, graduate research assistant, CFS NHERI project
	Tracking Multiple-Mode Frequency Changes in a 10-Story Cold-Formed Steel CFS10 Building to Assess Damage   Paper available	Monica Kohler, California Institute of Technology, research professor, CFS NHERI project
July 17 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM E143-E144   Special Session: Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure focused on reducing the damage from natural hazards to civil infrastructure	Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure focused on reducing the damage from natural hazards to civil engineering   Paper available	Julio Ramirez, Purdue University, PI, NHERI NCO
	Purpose and Impact of the Network Coordination Office for NHERI	JoAnn Browning, University of Texas San Antonio, Co-PI, NHERI NCO
	The Technology Transfer Committee of the NHERI Network Coordination Office   Abstract available	Bill Holmes, NHERI NCO, Chair, Technology Transfer Committee
	Advancing Natural Hazard Mitigation Through Cyber-Physical Simulation at NHERI Lehigh   Paper available	James Ricles, Lehigh University, PI, NHERI Lehigh experimental facility
	DesignSafe: Enabling Open Science in Earthquake Engineering   Abstract available	Ellen Rathje, University of Texas Austin, PI, NHERI DesignSafe Cyberinfrastructure
	The SimCenter Framework: A suite of simulation tools to support research in natural hazards engineering   Paper available	Matt DeJong, University of California Berkeley, PI, NHERI SimCenter

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13th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13NCEE)

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)

Full 13NCEE Conference Program (requires a free EERI.org account)