Special Lectures

An Innovative Procedure for the Rapid Mapping of Urban Earthquake Vulnerability

Filippo Ciuffi, intraVidére Research Institute, Italy

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Corps of Engineers Practice in the Evaluation of Seismic Deformation of Embankment Dams

Vlad G. Perlea, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA
Michael H. Beaty, Beaty Engineering LLC, Beaverton, OR

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Current Seismic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction State of the Art and Practice on California Toll Bridge Program

Anoosh Shamsabadi, Office of Earthquake Engineering, Caltrans, Sacramento, CA
Hubert K. Law, Earth Mechanics, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Dealing in Practice with Selecting and Modifying Earthquake Ground Motions for Nonlinear Analysis

Jorge F. Meneses, Kleinfelder, San Diego, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Ground Improvement to Reduce Liquefaction Potential Using Vibrocompaction and Stone Columns

Sanjeev Kumar, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
Tim Holcomb, Holcomb Foundation Engineering Company, Inc., Carbondale, IL
Shahram Pezeshk, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Machine Foundations and Blast Engineering Vibrations Case Studies

Ion Vlad, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Practical Seismic Design Considering Non-Linear Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction

Y. C. Han, Fluor, Vancouver, Canada
Shin – Tower Wang, Ensoft, Inc., Austin, TX

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Recent Advances in Predicting Earthquake-Induced Sliding Displacements of Slopes

Ellen M. Rathje, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
George Antonakos, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Seismic Response of Columnar Reinforced Ground

C. Guney Olgun, Missouri University of Science and Technology

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Site Amplification Studies for NPP Sites in Switzerland within the Project Pegasos and PRP

Jost A. Studer, Studer Engineering, Switzerland

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

The Importance of Creating Value in Seismic Design

Barnali Ghosh, Arup, U.K.
Zygmunt Lubkowski, Arup, U.K.
Jack Pappin, Arup, Hong Kong

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

The Role of Soil and Site Conditions in the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Lifelines and Infrastructures. The Case of Thessaloniki (Greece).

Kyriazis Pitilakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Anastasios Anastasiadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Kalliopi Kakderi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria Alexoudi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Sotiris Argyroudis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM