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First Announcement

7^th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering

Boston, Massachusetts, July 21-25, 2002

 

THEME: 
Urban Earthquake Hazard

 

PURPOSE:
The Seventh National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts in 2002, will provide an opportunity for both researchers and practitioners to share the latest knowledge and techniques for understanding and mitigating the effects of earthquakes. Organized by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, this quadrennial conference will bring together professionals from the broad range of disciplines committed to reducing the impact of earthquakes on the built and natural environment: geology, seismology, geophysics, geotechnical engineering, soils and foundation engineering, structural engineering, architecture, social response, regional planning, emergency response planning, and regulation.

 

LOCATION:
Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA The hotel is located in the heart of the historic Back Bay adjacent to Boston Common and The Public Gardens. Boston offers conference attendees and their families a beautiful-locale with countess attractions such as the Freedom Trail and Quincy Market, Harvard Square and Fenway Park, symphony, opera, theater, shopping, and Beacon Hill, outstanding museums, renowned seafood, nightlife, all in a fascinating walking city. Most locations are easily accessible by the safe and reliable subway. Boston is also the gateway to New England and all it offers.

 

TECHNICAL PROGRAM TOPIC AREAS:

• Earthquake response in dense urban environments
• Impact of earthquakes on businesses, including insurance and financial services
• Seismic code issues in areas of low-to-moderate hazard
• Earthquake engineering practice: recent projects, design, and construction
• Engineering seismology: seismicity, ground and site effects, seismic hazard and risk analysis
• Geotechnical engineering: foundations, ground-failure, and liquefaction
• Structural engineering: materials, structural systems and elements, structural response, active and passive control, evaluation and retrofit-buildings, bridges, industrial, and special structures
• Lifeline systems: design and analysis, risk assessment, and mitigation
• Design criteria and methods: seismic codes and standards
• Social issues: human behavior, preparedness, recovery, loss modeling, land use and urban planning, and risk analysis
• Lessons from recent earthquakes
• Other issues: architectural, industrial facilities, building services and contents, tsunamis, fire and forensic engineering
• Issues in seismic awareness and education

 

SPECIAL SESSIONS:

• Using NYC and Boston seismic building code provisions: lessons learned 
• Earthquake engineering research-An incubator for multi-hazard mitigation? 
• Advanced technologies for earthquake risk mitigation 
• Advanced technologies for response and recovery 
• Earthquake-resistant design as partial protection against terrorism? 
• Reports from recent devastating earthquakes 
• Loss estimates for major urban areas

 

STEERING COMMITTEE:

• George Lee, MCEER, SUNY Buffalo, Chair
• Michel Bruneau, MCEER, SUNY Buffalo
• Andrea Dargush, MCEER
• Thomas O'Rourke, Cornell University, EERI Board of Directors Liaison
• Andrei Reinhorn, SUNYBuffalo
• Adam Rose, Pennsylvania State University
• M. Shinozuka, University of Southern California

 

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Andrei M. Reinhorn, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Adam Rose, Pennsylvania State University

 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Thomas D. O’Rourke, Cornell University
James Beavers, MAE Center
Michel Bruneau, MCEER
Mary Comerio, University of California at Berkeley
John T. Christian, Consulting Engineer
Jeremy Isenberg, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
Sam S. Liao, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas
Christopher Rojahn, Applied Technology Council
Robert V. Whitman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

LOCAL EVENTS/DEVELOPMENT CO-CHAIRS

Iqbal Ahmed, Afridi Associates, Boston, MA
Malek Al-Khatib, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Braintree, MA

 

OPERATIONS/PUBLICITY

Andrea Dargush, MCEER, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Don Goralski, MCEER, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

 

EXHIBITS

There will be space available for exhibits. Those interested should contact Sonya at EERI for further information.

 

SPONSORING ORGANIZATION

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)

 

CO-SPONSORS

Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA Region II
Institute for Business and Home Safety
Mid-America Earthquake Center
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
National Science Foundation
Northeast States Emergency Consortium
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
Structural Engineers Association of California
Structural Engineers Association of Illinois
Structural Engineers Association of New York
Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering
Western States Seismic Policy Council

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:
For more conference information and future announcements, contact:

EERI 
499 14th Street, Suite 320 
Oakland, California 94612-1934 
USA 
Tel: (510) 451-0905 
Fax: (510) 451-5411 
E-mail: eeri@eeri.org 
Website: www.eeri.org