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6th Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Engineering

Punctuated Resilience, Climate Change, and Bio-Geotechnics | Next-Generation Liquefaction Modeling of Liquefaction Triggering and Surface Manifestation

Thursday, September 12th, 2024, 8am-5pm
University of California, San Diego
Franklin Antonio Hall 1301

This year’s Kenji Ishihara Colloquium will include the Next Generation Liquefaction (NGL) project (Steve Kramer, Jonathan Stewart, Scott Brandenberg, Ken Hudson, and Kristin Ulmer) and the topic of Punctuated Resilience, Climate Change, and Bio-Geotechnics (Christopher Wills, Thomas O’Rourke, J. Carlos Santamarina, and Alejandro Martinez).

 

 

PROGRAM

Session 1: Punctuated Resilience, Climate Change, and Bio-Geotechnics

8:00am9:00amRegistration and Breakfast
9:00am9:05amWelcome and Overview of Program
9:05am9:35amPunctuated Equilibrium and How It Works
Christopher Wills
9:35am10:05amPunctuated Resilience
Thomas O'Rourke
10:05am10:25amDiscussion
10:25am10:40amBreak
10:40am11:10amSnakeskin-inspired piles and soil anchors: from bio-inspiration to field implementation
Alejandro Martinez
11:10am11:40amThe Energy-Climate-Livability Challenge: New Roles for the Earthquake Engineering Community
J. Carlos Santamarina
11:40am12:00pmDiscussion
12:00pm1:00pmLunch

Session 2: Next-Generation Liquefaction Modeling of Liquefaction Triggering and Surface Manifestation

1:00pm1:15pmProject Overview and Database Overview
John Stamatakos, Jonathan Stewart
1:15pm1:40pmModel Development Philosophy - Bayesian Framework
Steven Kramer (Video)
1:40pm2:05pmLaboratory-Based Triggering Model
Kristin Ulmer
2:05pm2:30pmDiscussion
2:30pm2:45pmBreak
2:45pm3:20pmCase History Processing
Kenneth Hudson
3:20pm3:45pmCritique of Critical Layer Approach to Model Development
Jonathan Stewart
3:45pm4:00pmProfile-Based Model Development Approach
Scott Brandenberg
4:00pm4:35pmProposed Manifestation and Triggering Models
Kenneth Hudson
4:35pm5:00pmDiscussion


VENUE
University of California, San Diego
Franklin Antonio Hall 1301
3180 Voigt Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093

REGISTRATION
Click here to register for the colloquium.

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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