Research Collaborators These are
additional business, industry and government supporters of research projects within
MCEER's research thrusts. They support those research endeavors within MCEER’s
program that are vital to their own strategic interests |
| Organization |
Program |
Type of Involvement |
| ACIPCO |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| ACIPCO |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| American Society of Civil Engineers |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
5th US Conference on Lifeline Earthquake
Engineering |
| American Water Works Association |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information. |
| An-Core Industrial Plastics,Inc. |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Company will build a composite wall for the experimental
phase of the research. |
| Birdair |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Provision of free technical expertise and material to
investigate the adequacy of PTFE as a potential material to limit the drift of steel
frames having semi-rigid connections (such as found in eastern North America hospitals). |
| Bridgestone Corporation |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Contributions of cash and sliding/rubber bearing base
isolation system for first-ever shake table tests of large-scale model of electrical power
transformer. |
| Brooklyn Union Brooklyn |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Gas industry collaboration and support of research on
internal FRC linings to rehabilitate cast iron and steel pipelines. |
| Building Seismic Safety Council |
|
Code Development |
| California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services |
Program 3: Optimal Response and Recovery |
Participating in pilot projects related to the use of
advanced and emerging technologies for post-earthquake damage assessment. |
| Charles Kircher and Associates |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Coordinated effort for the development of analysis/design
procedures for structures with energy dissipation devices. Effort culminated with the
development of procedures that are in the process of being included in the NEHRP 2000
Provisions. |
| City of Los Angeles |
Program 3: Optimal Response and Recovery |
Participating in pilot projects related to the use of
advanced and emerging technologies for post-earthquake damage assessment. |
| Clock Spring |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Company support in developing fiber reinforced composite
(FRC) wrap for retrofitting pipeline, technology exchange, and supply of information. |
| Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Gas industry collaboration and support of research on
internal FRC linings to rehabilitate cast iron and steel pipelines. |
| DIANA/ TNO |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
An industry-co-funded effort to develop a methodology for
the computation of fragility curves using DIANA as a damage simulator. Access to Diana
through the Computational Network is developed in Program 4. |
| DoE – Savannah River |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Shared laboratory test data. Data are being used to verify
pore pressure generation model. |
| Ductile Iron Pipe Research Assoc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information. |
| Ductile Iron Pipe Research Assoc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information. |
| DuPont |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Donated materials and technical expertise for bench-scale
testing of chemical stabilizers with long set times. |
| Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Miki, Japan |
Program 3: Optimal Response and Recovery |
Exchanging remotely sensed data on the 1994 Northridge and
1995 Kobe earthquakes. |
| Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Technology transfer collaboration. |
| East Bay Municipal Utility District |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided background information. |
| East Bay Municipal Utility District |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information. |
| East Bay Municipal Utility District |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Technical advice, oversight, and in-house services to
validate FRC technology and field installations. |
| EBAA IRON CO. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and material testing. |
| EBAA IRON CO. (Megalug). |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| Enidine, Inc. |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
A Partnership Project funded by ONR through DARPA
(Technology Reinvestment Program) on the development of a semi-active structural control
technology for seismic and naval applications. Meetings were held at least once a month
(some are technical and some are management). Enidine, Inc. is the lead organization of
the consortium. |
| Envirowood |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Provision of free material samples to determine
seismic-worthy properties of plastic lumber. |
| EPS, Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Company support of research and high capacity bearing for
fabrication of specialized experimental testing device. |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency |
|
New York City Area Consortium for Earthquake Loss Mitigation
(NYCEM) project. |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency |
|
Support for MCEER Information Service. |
| Ford Meter Box Co |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and material for testing. |
| Ford Meter Box Co. (Uni-Flange) |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| Fyfe Company |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Company support in developing fiber reinforced composite
(FRC) wrap for retrofitting pipeline, technology exchange, and supply of information. |
| GPU - Energy (Metro Area - NJ/NY/PA/CT) |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Identify key components in a substation, Quantify
performance criteria, End user. |
| Hokkai Gakuen University |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
A researcher sent and fully supported by Hokkai Gakuen
University, Japan to work on MCEER’s hospital project. |
| Insituform Technologies, Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Company support of research on internal FRC linings to
rehabilitate cast iron and steel pipelines. |
| Intermap Technologies Ltd. |
Program 3: Optimal Response and Recovery |
Collaboration with MCEER industry partner to explore the use
of synthetic aperture radar technology for creating regional building inventories. |
| Intermountain Piping |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| Intermountain Piping Co. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| Kistler Instrument Corporation |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Provide technical support for new product development. |
| Los Alamos National Labs |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Shows an interest in the impedance based health monitoring
method using smart materials developed under task 2.2. |
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
User of new technology. |
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Providing the inventory data and configuration information
of its power system and some statistics of the damage sustained by the system from past
earthquakes. |
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Technical and operational information provided to develop a
methodology for the estimation of seismic performance of LADWP’s water and power
systems. |
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Industry support of GIS development for water supply network
characterization and fabrication and shipping of full-scale trunk line specimens for
laboratory testing. |
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided background information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Discussed prospects of using models developed under previous
MCEER sponsorship to support LADWP positions before California Public Service Commission
Hearings. |
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and specimens for testing. |
| Master Builders Technologies |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Donated materials and technical expertise for bench-scale
testing of cement-based stabilizers with long set times. |
| Master Builders, Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Company support in developing fiber reinforced composite
(FRC) wrap for retrofitting pipeline, technology exchange, and supply of information. |
| Memphis Light, Gas and Water |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Technical and operational information provided to develop a
methodology for the estimation of seismic performance of MLGW’s water and power
systems. |
| Miller Pipeline Corp. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Company support of research on internal FRC linings to
rehabilitate cast iron and steel pipelines. |
| Musashi Institute of Technology |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
A researcher sent and fully supported by Musashi Institute
of Technology, Japan to work on MCEER’s fragility curve projects. |
| National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Experimental research collaboration. |
| National Institute of Building Sciences |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Served as a consultant to EQE on critical review of HAZUS
Expert System for Loss Estimation and on Boston Case Study. |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center at Caderock |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
A Partnership Project funded by ONR through DARPA
(Technology Reinvestment Program) on the development of a semi-active structural control
technology for seismic and naval applications. Meetings were held at least once a month
(some are technical and some are management). Enidine, Inc. is the lead organization of
the consortium. |
| New York Gas Group |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Gas industry collaboration and support of research on
internal FRC linings to rehabilitate cast iron and steel pipelines. |
| Olive View Hospital |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Discussion of post-earthquake emergency response measures
and associated information processing requirements. |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Co. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided background information. |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Co. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information |
| PEER |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Coordinated effort for the development of analysis/design
procedures for structures with energy dissipation devices. Effort culminated with the
development of procedures that are in the process of being included in the NEHRP 2000
Provisions. |
| The PQ Corporation |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Donated silicate material and hardeners. Shared literature
on chemistry of their grouting material. |
| Qingdao University |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
A researcher sent and partially supported by Qingdao
University, China to work on MCEER’s lifeline project. |
| Raytheon Corporation |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
The impedance based health monitoring method using smart
materials developed under task 2.2 has been successfully examined by the company. They are
considering the use of this approach for examining 747 aircraft while in service. |
| Sierra Pacific Power Co. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided background information. |
| Sierra Pacific Power Co. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information. |
| Space Imaging |
Program 3: Optimal Response and Recovery |
Use of SAR data for damage detection studies. |
| Structural Preservation Systems, Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Company support in developing fiber reinforced composite
(FRC) wrap for retrofitting pipeline, technology exchange, and supply of information. |
| Taisei Corporation |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
A researcher sent and partially supported by Taisei
Corporation of Japan to work on MCEER’s lifeline and fragility curve projects. |
| Taiwan Power Company |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
TaiPower is an industrial partner of MCEER-NCREE joint
research involving shaking table tests for bushing-transformer systems. |
| Taylor Devices, Inc. |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Industrial support (in hardware, cash and engineering
effort) for the development of configurations of energy dissipation systems. |
| Taylor Devices, Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Contribution of the use of its 1500 kip load testing device. |
| Technical University of Bratislava, Slovakia |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Proposal-writing effort to obtain supplemental funding from
NSF for research in the mitigation and diagnostics of earthquake-induced damage in
critical facilities. |
| Tonji Univ. Beijing China |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Invited lecture of research projects. |
| UNESP, Brazil |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
CIMSS is hosting a Visiting Scholar, Prof. Dr. Vicente
Lopes, Jr., for the 2-year period beginning August 25, 1998. Dr. Lopes is working on
collaborative research on damage identification and fault detection using neural networks. |
| U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Shared laboratory test data. Data are being used to verify
pore pressure generation model. |
| United States Environmental Protection Agency |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Serving as Co-Investigator and Co-Chair of Human Dimensions
Sub-Group on Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment of Climate Change Impacts, with emphasis on
hazard (short term climate variability) impacts. |
| U.S. Pipe Co., Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| U.S. Pipe Co., Inc. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| University of California, Irvine |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
In-kind support including designing, manufacturing,
shipping, and testing of base isolation devices. |
| University of Tokyo |
Program 3: Optimal Response and Recovery |
Exchanging remotely sensed data on the 1994 Northridge and
1995 Kobe earthquakes. |
| University of Washington |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Policy Design for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: Lessons from
Energy Conservation, Radon Reduction and Termite Control. |
| USC – FEMA Hospital Project |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Met with MCEER Principal Investigator’s working on
engineering and societal aspects of hospital rehabilitation to formulate information
exchange. |
| USC/FEMA Hospital Project |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Development of a comprehensive nonstructural damage database
and development of fragility information for equipment in hospitals. |
| USC/FEMA Hospital Project |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Development of a comprehensive nonstructural damage database
and development of fragility information for equipment in hospitals. |
| Weidlinger Associates |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Work with Dr. M. Ettouney as an industry partner on research
task (structural analysis procedures for the hospital project). |
| Western Nevada Supply Co. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and joint specimens for
testing. |
| Western Nevada Supply Co. |
Program 1: Rehabilitation of Lifelines |
Provided technical information and specimens for testing. |
| Zetas Earth Technology, Istanbul, Turkey |
Program 2: Rehabilitation of Hospitals |
Joint participation in the geotechnical reconnaissance of
the August 17, 1999 Kocaeli earthquake. |
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