The Keller Seismic Knowledge Lecture Series
June to August 2023
Virtual Webinars
Spend your summer with Keller Group! A longtime and valued supporter of EERI events, they are hosting a series of seismic seminars featuring geotechnical experts showcasing their novel research and work. Below is their remaining webinar schedule. You will earn 1 PDH credit per lecture for attending.
PROGRAM
June Lecture: Thursday, June 15th, 2023, 12pm-1pm PDT
Seismic Stability of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
Jeff Bachhuber, C.E.G.
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Description: Jeff Bachhuber, C.E.G., will discuss the history of seismic studies and ongoing earthquake monitoring under the PG&E Long Term Seismic Program. The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant generates 9% of California’s electric power and 20% of its carbon-free electricity. It is located in a seismically active area with a potential M7.5 earthquake. The seismic design of the plant is among the highest of any nuclear facility in the world and has a substantial safety margin. The plant has undergone multiple seismic studies, including a reassessment after the damages to the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
July Lecture: Wednesday, July 19th, 2023, 12pm-1pm PDT
Application of the CPT to Evaluate Soil Liquefaction
Peter K. Robertson, Ph.D.
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Description: Peter K. Robertson, Ph.D., will present a brief overview of advances made in the evaluation of soil liquefaction using the CPT. Examples will be presented to illustrate how the CPT is used to evaluate both seismic and flow liquefaction. The presentation will also discuss the role of uncertainty and risk as it applies to liquefaction assessment.
August Lecture: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023, 12pm-1pm PDT
A New Probabilistic Approach to Liquefaction Susceptibility
Kevin Franke, Ph.D., PE,
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Description: Kevin Franke, Ph.D., PE, will present a new probabilistic procedure to assess liquefaction susceptibility and triggering for CPT-compatible soils. It eliminates the need for fines content adjustment, identifies a threshold for fine-grained soils not susceptible to liquefaction, and differentiates the liquefaction resistance of clean sands with varying mineralogy and compressibility. However, it may overpredict liquefaction-induced settlements if clean-sand volumetric strain models are inappropriately applied to clayey soils. Practical guidance is provided for handling clayey soils predicted to “liquefy.”
EERI Distinguished Lecture
From Ductility to Repairability: Evolution of Building Design in the Wake of the Christchurch Earthquake
A Joint Event with EERI UCSD
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
4pm-7pm
SME 248, University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
New Zealand and many other countries around the world adopted ductility-based design concepts in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The adoption of these design concepts is likely the single most important advancement in our design philosophy in terms of protecting life safety in future earthquakes. Ductility, however, cannot be achieved without damage to the structure and its contents. Recent earthquakes have openly challenged the engineering community as to whether our focus on ductility has delivered what society intrinsically expects from its buildings during and after strong earthquakes. Recognizing that building design is best driven by observations from real earthquakes, we will use the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake as a case study to explore if it is time for another fundamental shift in our approach to building design; from ductility to repairability.
How we design and construct buildings will clearly influence building performance in future earthquakes, which will in turn influence outcomes for occupants (injuries and deaths), as well as for the buildings themselves (demolition, repairs, abandonment). But it is the economic, environmental and social impacts resulting (in part) from these human and building outcomes which leave a lasting impression on our communities. Managing these impacts from future earthquakes should be the driver behind future changes to how we design buildings. Eleven years after the Christchurch earthquake we are now in a better position to appreciate such impacts including business losses, insurance costs and delays, environmental impacts, urban blight, and wellbeing. We will review some of these impacts and reconsider if our building design targets are suitable for managing these impacts in future earthquakes. We argue a need to change our focus from just life-safety to serviceability in frequent earthquakes and repairability in design level ground motions. Component deformation limits for concrete buildings which enable structural repair without loss of structural safety will be discussed and the repairability of current structural designs will be assessed.
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REGISTRATION
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PROGRAM
4:00pm – Reception (light snacks provided)
4:30pm – Distinguished Lecture
6:00pm – Reception at Dirty Birds (limited pizza provided)
SPEAKER
Professor Ken Elwood, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Ken is a Professor in Earthquake Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is currently seconded to New Zealand Government as Chief Engineer (Building Resilience). Through this role, Ken champions the resilience of New Zealand’s built environment, by promoting collaboration between relevant research, policy, and practice players.
VENUE & PARKING
Room SME 248
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093
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4th Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Engineering
Impact of Climate Change on Community Earthquake Resilience
September 2nd, 2022
Virtually on Zoom
Human-induced climate change is becoming a global climate crisis. Natural hazards are increasing in frequency and intensity. New challenges are arising to earthquake professionals. Issues such as sea level rise, heavy rainfalls, and wildfires are making communities more seismically vulnerable. What are these new challenges in terms of community earthquake mitigation and resilience? How is the occurrence of earthquakes on top of natural hazards exacerbated by human-induced climate change affecting community earthquake resilience? What and how may earthquake professionals contribute to solve this global climate crisis? A global problem demands a global solution; what are the next steps in this direction?
These and other questions will be discussed and addressed to provide some information and guidance about community earthquake resilience, the roles of earthquake professionals, and what other professionals are doing addressing other natural hazards directly affected by the global climate crisis.
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PROGRAM
All times are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Opening Remarks
| EERI | 8:00am | 8:05am |
| UCSD | 8:05am | 8:10am |
Session 1: Keynote Speakers – Moderator: Jorge Meneses
| Prof. Susan Cutter | Disaster Inequality and Equitable Risk Reduction | 8:15am | 8:45am |
| Dr. Therese McAllister | Enabling Community Resilience through Design Practices | 8:45am | 9:15am |
| Prof. Benjamin Zaitchik | Anticipating and addressing complex climate hazards | 9:15am | 9:45am |
| Discussion Panel | 9:45am | 10:15am | |
| Break | 10:15am | 10:30am |
Session 2 – Moderators: Zahraa Saiyed and Tasneem Sadeque
| Prof. Daniel Armanios | The Role of Physical Infrastructure on Inequality | 10:30am | 11:00am |
| Dr. Sahar Derakhshan | Intersection between climate change and earthquake resilience: Community resilience | 11:00am | 11:30am |
| Vance Taylor | The Whole Community: We Succeed or Fail Together | 11:30am | 12:00pm |
| Discussion Panel | 12:00pm | 12:30pm | |
| Lunch Break | 12:30pm | 1:30pm |
Session 3 – Moderator: Alvaro Celestino
| Prof. Hussam Mahmoud | Resilience of Healthcare Systems under the Compounding Impact of Pandemics and Climate-Intensified Wildfires | 1:30pm | 2:00pm |
| Prof. Adam Rose | What Businesses Can Do to Plan for Recovery from Earthquakes and Climate Change Impacts Simultaneously | 2:00pm | 2:30pm |
| Prof. Negar Elhami-Khorasani | Planning for fire following earthquake considering interconnected infrastructure systems | 2:30pm | 3:00pm |
| Discussion Panel | 3:00pm | 3:30pm | |
| Break | 3:30pm | 3:45pm |
Session 4 – Moderator: Hamidreza Sarmadi
| Dr. Alex Grant | The Impacts of Sea Level Rise on San Francisco Bay-area Liquefaction Hazard | 3:45pm | 4:15pm |
| Steve Moddemeyer | Command and Control is for Emergencies. Shared Values is for Adaptation and Recovery | 4:15pm | 4:45pm |
| Dr. Kit Miyamoto & Dr. Amir Gilani | Impact of climate change on the performance of the built environment | 4:45pm | 5:15pm |
| Discussion Panel | 5:15pm | 5:15pm | |
| Closing Remarks | 5:45pm | 5:50pm |
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PLATFORM
Zoom link will be provided to registered attendees prior to the event.
REGISTRATION
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr. Jorge Meneses
Alvaro Celestino
Janna Bonfiglio
Tasneem Sadeque
Kristen Chang
Hamid Sarmadi
Prof. Gilberto Mosqueda
Ricardo Bustamante
Kayla Erler
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Dr. Jorge Meneses at jmenesesl@gmail.com.
4th Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Engineering
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Earthquake Engineering
September 1st, 2022
In-Person: University of California, San Diego
Virtually: Zoom
Artificial intelligence is rapidly developing, enhancing the role of data science in many disciplines including earthquake engineering. Applications of artificial intelligence are currently present in many aspects of our daily lives (e.g. automated driving cars, finding directions between two locations, facial recognition, e-commerce and marketing, healthcare, gaming, hiring processes, etc.). When big data or data analytics is involved, like in many aspects of earthquake engineering, artificial intelligence emerges as the efficient response.
This symposium will present and discuss current applications of artificial intelligence in different aspects of earthquake engineering and related disciplines.
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PROGRAM
All times are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Opening Remarks
| Registration and Breakfast | 7:00am | 8:00am |
| EERI | 8:00am | 8:05am |
| UCSD | 8:05am | 8:10am |
Session 1 – Moderator: Jorge Meneses
| Prof. Krishna Kumar | Can we trust AI models in Earthquake Engineering? | 8:15am | 8:45am |
| Prof. Adrian Rodriguez-Marek et al. | Use of Machine Learning Tools to Evaluate Site Terms in Ground Motion Models | 8:45am | 9:15am |
| Prof. Scott Brandenberg | Relational Databases to Facilitate Ground Motion and Liquefaction Data Science | 9:15am | 9:45am |
| Discussion Panel | 9:45am | 10:15am | |
| Break | 10:15am | 10:30am |
Session 2 – Moderator: Alvaro Celestino
| Prof. Jamie Padgett and R. Rincon | Facilitating seismic risk and resilience analysis in heterogenous and multi-scale systems | 10:30am | 11:00am |
| A. Tamhidi and Prof. Yousef Bozorgnia | Artificial Intelligence and Earthquake Engineering; Application for Seismic Performance of Soft-Story Buildings | 11:00am | 11:30am |
| R. Silva and Prof. Jack Baker | Deep learning-based retrofitting and seismic risk assessment of road networks | 11:30am | 12:00pm |
| Discussion Panel | 12:00pm | 12:30pm | |
| Lunch Break | 12:30pm | 1:30pm |
Session 3 – Moderator: Janna Bonfiglio
| Prof. Karianne Bergen | Explainable AI for Seismology: An interpretable convolutional neural network architecture for earthquake detection | 1:30pm | 2:00pm |
| Dr. Qingkai Qong | Crowdsourcing Earthquake Information Enabled by AI | 2:00pm | 2:30pm |
| Dr. Youzuo Lin and Will Reichard Flynn | Spatio-Temporal Graph Convolutional Networks for Earthquake Source Characterization | 2:30pm | 3:00pm |
| Discussion Panel | 3:00pm | 3:30pm | |
| Break | 3:30pm | 3:45pm |
Session 4 – Moderator: Kristen Chang
| Prof. Youssef Hashash and Okan Ilhan | Deep Learning-Based Site Amplification Models for Central and Eastern North America | 3:45pm | 4:15pm |
| Prof. Jorge Macedo | Machine learning-based procedures for estimating seismically-induced slope displacements | 4:15pm | 4:45pm |
| Prof. Hiroyuki Miura | Application of AI Technology for Estimating Site Amplification Factor from Microtremor H/V Spectral Ratio | 4:45pm | 5:15pm |
| Discussion Panel | 5:15pm | 5:45pm | |
| Closing Remarks | 5:45pm | 5:50pm |
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VENUE
University of California, San Diego
Structural and Materials Department (SME), 2nd floor
Room SME 248
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093
Parking information coming soon!
Zoom link will be provided to registered attendees prior to the event.
REGISTRATION
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LODGING
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TRANSPORTATION
Transportation to and from the venue can be utilized through Uber or Lyft. Click here for directions to get to the venue.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr. Jorge Meneses
Alvaro Celestino
Janna Bonfiglio
Tasneem Sadeque
Kristen Chang
Hamid Sarmadi
Prof. Gilberto Mosqueda
Ricardo Bustamante
Kayla Erler
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Dr. Jorge Meneses at jmenesesl@gmail.com.
EERI San Diego Chapter Webinar Series
EERI STUDENT OUTREACH EVENT: A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT’S DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-COST SEISMOMETER
Thursday, November 18th, 2021
4:00pm-5:00pm PST
Zoom
The San Diego Regional Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute is pleased to introduce Southern California high school student Vivien He to to discuss her development of a low-cost seismometer that can be used for homes and businesses. Vivien He is currently a high school senior at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates. She developed her seismometer during her time at home under COVID restrictions in 2020. In addition, the webinar will introduce students to the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the various engineering disciplines, scientists, and others making up the organization. Several different EERI members will discuss their paths to and backgrounds in different engineering disciplines and how we work together in the field of earthquake engineering.
This presentation is free and open to the public. You may click the image on the right to view the event flyer.
REGISTRATION
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PROGRAM
| EERI Introductions and Announcements | 4:00pm-4:10pm |
| "Working in Earthquake Engineering" EERI Team Member Discussion | 4:10pm-4:30pm |
| "Development of a Low-Cost Seismometer" Vivien He | 4:30pm-4:50pm |
| Q&A | 4:50pm-5:00pm |
Speaker Information: 3rd Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
Base Isolation, Damping Systems, and Soil-Structure Interaction
Speakers and Abstracts
Ian Aiken, Ph.D., P.E.
Principal, Seismic Isolation Engineering, Inc.
Seismic Damping: An Overview of Device Types, Design and Code Considerations
Abstract: Ian will give a snapshot overview of some of the different types of seismic damping devices and applications in the U.S. and internationally, the main aspects of the ASCE 7 and ASCE 41 requirements for structures with damping systems, and discuss some of the engineering and implementation considerations for using seismic dampers that differ from more typical building design, such as analysis requirements, the need for device testing, and the peer review process.
Bio: Ian Aiken is a Principal with Seismic Isolation Engineering, Inc., in Berkeley, California, and has more than 30 years of experience in earthquake, structural and civil engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Masters and Doctoral degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. His particular areas of expertise are seismic isolation and passive energy dissipation for seismic structural control, and the use of nonlinear analysis methods for structural analysis. He has worked on nearly 100 seismic isolation and energy dissipation projects including many notable building, bridge and industrial structures worldwide. For more than 20 years Ian has been extensively involved in the development, testing and implementation of buckling-restrained braces in the U.S., with notable firsts including the first project in the U.S., the first hospital in California and the U.S., the first bridge in the U.S. to use BRBs, and recently the Wilshire Grand Tower in Los Angeles.
Ian has been a member of state and national committees on isolation and energy dissipation, including ASCE, AASHTO and SEAONC committees, and FEMA-BSSC for the NEHRP national provisions.
Jay Love
Senior Principal, Degenkolb Engineers
Seismic Design with Viscous Dampers: Retrofit Design Strategies
Abstract: One of the largest hospital facilities constructed in recent years in California, the new Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness Campus Hospital opened to patients on March 2, 2019.The $2.1B project produced a 13-story, 989,230 square foot hospital, including patient beds, diagnostic and treatment centers, and subterranean parking. Van Ness Campus Hospital consolidated the acute care services of two older Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) campuses to create their flagship San Francisco hospital.
The structural system features a steel moment resisting frame with supplemental viscous wall dampers to reduce earthquake forces. Originally developed and implemented in Japan over the past three decades, this project marked the first application of viscous wall dampers in the United States. Through testing and nonlinear response history analysis, viscous wall dampers are expected to absorb nearly 90 percent of the earthquake energy at the Design Earthquake level.
Bio: Jay Love has more than 40 years of experience, including master planning, structural design, seismic evaluation, and retrofit design. He has considerable expertise in designing specialized buildings, particularly large and complex healthcare facilities. Jay’s notable projects include the new design of the new Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Hospital at Van Ness and Geary and the Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Replacement Hospital. Jay has overseen and served as project mentor on numerous healthcare projects for Stanford Health Care ValleyCare Medical Center – Pleasanton and Livermore, Stanford Hospital, Catholic Healthcare West, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Dignity Health, and Sutter Health.
Aaron Malatesta, P.E.
Structural Engineer
Seismic Design with Viscous Dampers: Retrofit Design Strategies
Abstract: Structural engineers have been using viscous dampers to protect new and existing building structures from seismic excitation for almost 30 years. There are a number of different types of damping applications, and the primary objective of this presentation will be to demonstrate the basic principles for supplemental viscous damping and how they can be applied for seismic retrofit of pre-Northridge steel moment frames and nonductile concrete moment frames. The presentation will include historical background and an overview of preliminarydesign concepts and simplified design procedures. Examples will be presented and alternative methods for construction detailing will be discussed.
Bio: Aaron Malatesta, P.E. is a structural engineering consultant in the field of energy dissipation devices and advanced seismic design. Mr. Malatesta graduated from Stanford University with a Masters degree in Structural Engineering. He has practiced structural engineering for consulting firms focused on both buildings and transportation infrastructure. As a licensed professional engineer in the state of California, he has been involved in the design and retrofit of a number of different types of structures. He has worked as a technical director for a viscous damper manufacturer leading the development of technical publications, management of research and development activities, and working with engineers to improve the performance of structures using viscous damping systems. He is actively involved in ASCE 7 and ASCE 41 committees for seismic isolation systems and energy dissipation devices.
3rd Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
Base Isolation, Damping Systems, and Soil-Structure Interaction
May 2021
Virtual Webinars
The Third Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Engineering will include a series of three webinars on the topics of Base Isolation, Damping Systems, and Soil-Structure Interaction. Three distinguished panelists will be invited to each webinar for a 20-minute presentation each and will be followed by a discussion with questions and answers under the lead of a moderator. This series of webinars target structural and geotechnical structures, architects, students, researchers, and building officials.
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PROGRAM
Webinar 1: Friday, May 14th, 2021, 12pm-1:45pm PDT
Base Isolation (Moderator: Professor Gilberto Mosqueda)
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Panelist 1 – Michael C. Constantinou, University at Buffalo, Testing of Seismic Protective System Hardware: Significance, Scaling and Similarity
Panelist 2 – Reid Zimmerman, KPFF, Changes in ASCE 7-22 for Seismically Isolated Structures and Recent KPFF Base-Isolated Projects
Panelist 3 – Simon Rees, Arup
Panelist 4 – Henry Tatham, Beca, Refurbishing a Base Isolated World First
Webinar 2: Friday, May 21st, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm PDT
Damping Systems (Moderator: Alvaro Celestino)
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Panelist 1 – Jay Love, Degenkolb Engineers, Application of Viscous Wall Dampers in the US
Panelist 2 – Ian Aiken, SIE Inc., Seismic Damping: An Overview of Device Types, Design and Code Considerations
Panelist 3 – Aaron Malatesta, Structural Engineer, Seismic Design with Viscous Dampers: Retrofit Design Strategies
Webinar 3: Friday, May 28th, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm PDT
Soil-Structure Interaction (Moderator: Jorge Meneses)
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Panelist 1 – Jonathan Stewart, UCLA, Seismic Earth Pressures on Retaining Walls based on SSI Principles
Panelist 2 – Bret Lizundia, Rutherford & Chekene, A Practical Guide to Soil-Structure Interaction
Panelist 3 – Sissy Nikolau, NIST, SSI and Functional Recovery
REGISTRATION
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Registration Fees
*EERI Student Members and EERI, ASCE, & SEOSD Members – Free
*Non-Members – $20/webinar or $40/three webinars
*Retired, Public Employees – $10/webinar or $20/three webinars
PDH Certificates will be issued upon request.
EERI San Diego Chapter Webinar Series
NEW AND REVISED ALQUIST-PRIOLO EARTHQUAKE FAULT ZONES IN SAN DIEGO
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
12pm-2pm PDT
Virtual Webinar
On February 18, 2021, the California Geological Survey (CGS) released preliminary review maps of proposed new and revised Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones to the City and County of San Diego (https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/preliminary-releases). The City of San Diego has also posted the announcement here: https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2021-02-26_earthquake_zones.pdf
The February 18, 2021 release date begins a 90-day public comment period to provide technical review comments on the proposed Earthquake Fault Zone maps. Comments should be sent to the State Mining and Geology Board before May 19th, 2021, and should be addressed to:
Jeffrey Schmidt, Executive Officer
State Mining and Geology Board
801 K Street, MS 20-15
Sacramento, CA 95814-3528
Email: smgb@conservation.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 322-1082
The State Mining and Geology Board (SMGB) will hold a public hearing near the end of the 90-day review period. For more information on the date and location of the public hearing, contact the SMGB by visiting www.conservation.ca.gov/smgb.
The EERI San Diego Chapter is organizing a webinar to provide background and further information on these new and revised maps. This free virtual webinar will be presented on Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 from 12pm-2pm with the following invited speakers:
1) Prof. Thomas Rockwell (San Diego State University)
2) Timothy Dawson (California Geological Survey)
3) Michael DeFrisco (California Geological Survey)
4) Discussion Q&A. Moderator: Dr. Jorge Meneses
ASCE EERI Joint Luncheon 2021
WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE SAN DIEGO EARTHQUAKE SCENARIO? PRE- AND POST-DISASTER LESSONS ON BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
12:00pm-1:30pm
Virtual Meeting
Join EERI in a joint luncheon with ASCE San Diego Section, featuring guest speaker Dr. Laurie Johnson, EERI President. The presentation will discuss the use of smart materials in bettering structural performance against seismic activity.
For members of EERI and ASCE = FREE
For non-members = $20.00
For public agency workers = $10.00
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REGISTRATION
Click here to register for the luncheon.
Registration closes on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 5pm PST.
EERI San Diego Chapter Webinar Series
APPLYING LESSONS LEARNED FROM COVID-19 TO EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS
Global pandemics and large earthquakes are both events that have a low frequency of occurrence, but a high risk for loss of life and economic losses. As a result, our current experiences with COVID-19 can be useful for discussions about preparing for these “low frequency/high risk” events. Although currently our scientific knowledge and technology are better than they have ever been, in the past six months, COVID-19 has posed challenges for the world despite attempts to prepare for events such as this. This webinar series looks at how scenarios are used as a planning tool, what challenges can be encountered in preparing for events such as these, and what next steps can be taken for earthquake preparedness in our community.
Webinar 1: Friday, October 16th, 2020, 12:00pm PDT (day before anniversary of Loma Prieta Earthquake)
Using Scenarios for Preparedness: Comparing Pandemics and Earthquakes
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Abstract: Scenarios are useful planning tools to help us prepare for future events, particularly events that have a low frequency of occurrence but a high risk of losses associated with them, such as large earthquakes and global pandemics. Several public health scenarios were developed in recent years to better understand and prepare for a global pandemic, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar discusses the outcomes and conclusions of these scenarios, a comparison to our current experiences with COVID-19, and a comparison to existing earthquake scenarios and what we can learn from them in an effort to improve earthquake preparedness.
Webinar 2: Friday, October 30th, 2020, 12:00pm PDT
Common Challenges Preparing for Low Frequency/High Risk Events (Earthquakes and Pandemics)
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Abstract: Preparing and planning for events that have a low frequency of occurrence but high risk of loss associated with them can have a number of obstacles that must be overcome in order to achieve success. These obstacles include changing public perception of risk, communicating information to a non-scientific population, and obtaining sustained political and financial support, amongst many others. These challenges are discussed in the context of our current experiences, and how those same challenges are encountered in planning for earthquakes and developing more seismically resilient communities. This webinar will also discuss some of the ways in which these challenges can be overcome by learning from the failures and successes of our experiences with COVID-19.
Webinar 3: Friday, November 13, 2020, 12:00pm PST
Next Steps for Earthquake Preparedness in Our San Diego Community
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Abstract: Developing communities that are more earthquake resilient and better prepared for large disasters takes time, resources, and lots of planning. This webinar will focus on how to prepare in our community by looking at outreach, developing a group of stakeholders, and identifying short-term and long-term goals for San Diego. This webinar is intended to be more interactive, with discussion amongst stakeholders. The basis for this discussion will be the San Diego Earthquake Scenario released in March 2020, before the pandemic hit the San Diego region.
SPEAKERS
Jorge F. Meneses, Ph.D., P.E., G.E.,D.GE, F.ASCE, Principal Geotechnical Engineer, RMA Group, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Jorge F. Meneses, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, Principal Geotechnical Engineer, RMA Group, Inc., has more than 30 years of consultancy, project management, research, and teaching experience, in both private industry and research institutions in the field of geotechnical and earthquake engineering. He has been involved in numerous projects serving as a technical lead in geotechnical earthquake engineering and foundation engineering across the country and various markets including water, nuclear, transportation, high rise buildings, energy, schools, hospitals, commercial and industrial.
Dr. Meneses frequently acts as a peer reviewer for technical conferences and technical journal publications, is a guest speaker for domestic and international conferences, and has published more than 60 technical publications. He is currently a part-time faculty member in the graduate school of San Diego State University. He is the President and Founder of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) San Diego Chapter, California Seismic Safety Commissioner, Honorary Chair of the ASCE Geo-Institute San Diego Chapter, Member of the ASCE 7-16 (Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures) and ASCE 1 (Geotechnical Analysis, Design, Construction, Inspection and Monitoring of Nuclear Safety-Related Structures) Committees, member of the Industry Advisory Board, Department of Structural Engineering (University of California San Diego), member of the Academy of Geo-Professionals, and a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Kristen Chang, P.E., Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Group Delta
San Diego, CA
With over 12 years of experience, Ms. Chang has worked on a broad range of projects in the field of geotechnical engineering. Her areas of expertise include design of foundations and earth retaining structures, and geomechanical numerical modeling and analyses. She has performed geotechnical forensic evaluations for landslides and repair of failed slopes; structural distress induced by seismic events and other adverse geologic conditions; performance of floor level studies, foundation condition surveys, and crawlspace observations for damage assessments.
David Harrison, Assistant Director for Emergency Services, City of Carlsbad
Carlsbad, CA
David Harrison is the Emergency Preparedness Manager for the City of Carlsbad, a position he has held for twelve years. David coordinated the city’s response to the 2007 San Diego County Firestorm, the 2010 H1N1 flu pandemic, and 2011 regional power outage. He provided response support during an active shooter attack in 2010. During the 2014 Poinsettia Wildfire which ravaged Carlsbad, he coordinated evacuations, sheltering and incident response support operations from Carlsbad’s EOC. During the 2017 Lilac Wildfire, he coordinated evacuation and sheltering support for neighboring jurisdiction evacuees.
David is Carlsbad’s representative to the San Diego County Unified Disaster Council and is an InfraGard San Diego Board Member. He is originator of Carlsbad CERT and co-founder of the Ready Carlsbad Business Alliance. David has served on the Advisory Board of, and taught in, National University’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program. He is a Past-President of the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club.
David is a U.S. Navy Captain, retired. He commanded a warship, coordinated development of the Navy’s Antiterrorism and Force Protection Program, served as Navy representative to the FBI’s TWA 800 Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation, and developed the Concept of Operations for early warning, and missile and civil defense against Iraq’s SCUD missiles for the Government of Israel during the first Gulf War.
Ryan DeHart, Emergency Services Coordinator, County of San Diego Office of Emergency Services
San Diego, CA
Ryan joined the county as an Emergency Services Coordinator with the County of San Diego, Office of Emergency Services in February of 2018. His projects include overseeing and administering updates to the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, Earthquake, Tsunami, and Severe Weather Coordination, Medical/Health Liaison, Lifelines Coordinator, Spontaneous Volunteer Coordinator, and Intern Coordinator. In addition, Ryan also does collaborative work within Reunification Planning. Previously, Ryan worked as an Emergency Services Specialist with the County of San Benito, Public Health Services From June 2015 – January 2018, where he worked within communicable disease response and readiness, mass prophylaxis planning, hospital protection and healthcare readiness, exercise & training coordination, and regional collaboration within the Bay Area. Ryan has been involved in numerous responses including fulfilling EMMA requests to Napa County during the 2015 Atlas Fire (Tubbs/Atlas Complex), 2017 San Benito County Floods, and the 2018 West Fire. Ryan received his B.A. in United States Politics in 2015 from the University of Santa Cruz, where he also interned for the County of Santa Cruz Office of Emergency Services under their OES Manager, Paul Horvat.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr. Jorge Meneses
Janna Bonfiglio
Alvaro Celestino
Kristen Chang
Octavio Cortes Macouzet
Maryam Motamed
Tasneem Sadeque
