7th Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Engineering
One-Day Short Course
August 22nd, 2025, 8am-3:30pm
University of California, San Diego
Franklin Antonio Hall 1301
Save the date! The 7th Kenji Ishihara Colloquium will be this summer on Fault Displacement. Stay tuned to receive updates on our program and registration.
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INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Rui Chen | California Geological Survey
Alexandra Sarmiento, P.E., P.G., CEG. | GeoPentech, Inc.; University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Stephen Thompson | Lettis Consultants International, Inc.
PROGRAM
| Time | Topic & Speaker | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30am | 8:30am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30am | 8:35am | Welcome and Overview of Program |
| 8:35am | 9:35am | (P)FDHA Overview Dr. Rui Chen | California Geological Survey |
| 9:35am | 9:50am | Break |
| 9:50am | 11:05am | Fault Displacement Hazard Initiative (FDHI) Program Overview Alexandra Sarmiento, P.E., P.G., C.E.G. | GeoPentech, Inc.; University of California, Los Angeles |
| 11:05am | 11:30am | Discussion |
| 11:30am | 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 12:30pm | 1:45pm | Scenario-Based FDHA Computational Tools Alexandra Sarmiento, P.E., P.G., C.E.G. | GeoPentech, Inc.; University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1:45pm | 2:00pm | Break |
| 2:00pm | 3:00pm | FDHA Example Applications Dr. Stephen Thompson | Lettis Consultants International, Inc. |
| 3:00pm | 3:30pm | Discussion and Colloquium Wrap-Up |
VENUE
University of California, San Diego
Franklin Antonio Hall 1301
3180 Voigt Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
REGISTRATION
Coming soon!
LODGING
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PARKING
There are two structures available for parking near Franklin Antonio Hall: Hopkins and Pangea. The closest parking structure to the venue is Hopkins Parking Structure (view here or here), located on Voigt Dr. off of Hopkins Dr. Please park on Level 7 (top floor – Parking Lot P347) where there are 92 visitor parking spaces. No other levels have visitor parking.
If Hopkins is full, please go to Pangea Parking Structure (view here or here), located on Pangea Dr. off of N. Torrey Pines Rd. Please park on Level 6 (top floor – Parking Lot P376) where there are 100 visitor parking spaces. The 5th floor only has 9 visitor parking spaces.
Parking can be paid for at a pay station within the structure, or through the ParkMobile app or website. More information can be found here.
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