Participants

Atsushi Adachi Hamamutso Research Center Phone: 81-53-445-3221 Fax:81-53-445-3222	A. E. Aktan, Director Drexel Intelligent Infrastructure  and Transportation Safety Institute John Roebling Professor of  Infrastructure Studies Drexel University 3201 Arch Street, Suite 240, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: 215-895-6134, 6135 Fax: 215-895-6131
Michel Bruneau Deputy Director Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) Professor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 105 Red Jacket State University of New York at Buffalo New York 14261-0025 Tel: (716) 645-3391 x104 Fax: (716) 645-3399	Ruchira Buragohain University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont, Kaprielian Hall KAP210 Los Angeles CA, 90089-2531 Phone: 213-740-4582 Fax: 213-740-4045 Fax
F. Necati Catbas Drexler University Phone: 215-895-5947 Fax: 215-895-6121	T. C. Cheng, Lloyd F. Hunt  Professor of Electrical Engineering/Electrophysics Department of Electrical Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0271 Tel: 213-740-4712 Fax: 213-740-8677
Howard Chung University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont, Kaprielian Hall KAP210 Los Angeles CA, 90089-2531 Phone: 213-740-6132 Fax: 213-740-4045 Fax	Andrea S. Dargush, Assistant  Director for Education and Research Administration Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) 107 Red Jacket Quadrangle State University of New York  at Buffalo Buffalo, New York 14261-0025 Tel: 716-645-3391 ext. 106 Fax: 716-645-3399
Franco De Flaviis, Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering Tower, Room 416C University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 93697-2625 Tel: 949-824-5631 Fax: 949-824-2321	Xuejiang Dong University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont, Kaprielian Hall KAP210 Los Angeles CA, 90089-2531 Phone: 213-740-4245 Fax: 213-740-4045
Ronald Eguchi, President Image Cat, Inc. Union Bank of California Building 400 Oceangate, Suite 305 Long Beach, CA  90802 Phone: 562-628-1675 Fax: 562-628-1676	Asadollah Esmaeily University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont, Kaprielian Hall KAP210 Los Angeles CA, 90089-2531 Phone: 213-740-0575 Fax: 213-744-1426
Amir Hossein Fassihi University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont, Kaprielian Hall KAP210 Los Angeles CA, 90089-2531 Phone: 323-735-1470 Fax: 213-744-1426	Maria Q. Feng, Associate Professor Dept. of Civil & Environmental Eng. E4139, Engineering Gateway University of California Irvine, CA 92697-2175 Tel: 949-824-2162 Fax: 949-824-2117
Roger Ghanem, Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering The Johns Hopkins University 201 Latrobe Hall Baltimore, MD 21218 Tel:410-516-7647 Fax:410-516-7473	Lori Graham, Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone: 804-924-3930 Fax: 804-982-2951
Walter Hays, Senior Program Manager Technical and International Activities ASCE World Headquaters 1801 Alexander Bell Drive Reston, VA 20191-4400 Tel: 703-295-6054	Howard H. M. Hwang Research Professor Center for Earthquake Research  & Info University of Memphis 3890 Central Ave Memphis, TN 38152 Tel: 901-678-4830 Fax: 901-678-4734
Daniel Inman Herrick Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics 219 Norris Hall Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, VA 24061-0219 Tel: 540-231-4709 Fax: 540231-4574	Xianhe Jin University of Southern California Phone: 213-740-4920 Fax: 213-740-8877
Erik A. Johnson, Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2351 Tel: 213-740-0610	Ilan Juran, Professor and Director Dept. of Civil & Environmental Eng Polytechnic University of NY 6 Metrotech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718-260-3633 Fax: 718-260-3433
Shigeru Kakumoto, Visiting Researcher Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University Chief Researcher Hitachi Ltd. Central Research Laboratory 1 - 280 Higashikoigakubo, Japan Tel : 81-42-323-1111 X 3640 Fax : 81-42-327-7825	Nick Kezman, Superintendent  Substation Protection and RTU Los Angeles Department of Water  and Power Tel: 213-367-7295 Fax: 213-367-7614
Chul-Young Kim Myongji University Korea Phone: 335-33-6413 Fax: 335-336-9705	Hokyung Kim USC - RRI - Visiting Scholar Phone: 213-740-9756 Fax: 213-740-4045
George Lee, Director Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) S.P. Capen Professor of Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo Red Jacket Quad Buffalo, NY 14261-0025 Tel: 716-645-3391 Fax: 716-645-3399	Ching-Hsiung Loh, Director National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering Professor, Department of Civil Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan ROC Tel: 02-3623356 Fax: 02-3631558
LeVal Lund 3245 Lowry Road Los Angeles, CA 90027 Tel: 213-664-4432	Sami Masri Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 Tel: 213-740-0602 Fax: 213-744-1426
Masashi Matsuoka Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center Mikiyama 2465-1, Fukui, Miki Hyogo 673-0433, Japan Tel: (+81) 794-83-6632 Fax: (+81) 794-83-6695	James McDaniel, Director of Water Quality and Operations Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Tel: 213-367-1050 Fax: 213-367-0038
Najmedin Meshkati, Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 Tel: 213-740-8765 Fax: 213-740-8789	Akria Mita Institute of Technology Shimizu Corporation 3-4-17 Etchujima, Koto-Ku Tokyo 135-8530, Japan Tel: 81-3-3820-5536 Fax: 81-3-3820-5959
Shizuo Mizushina, Director Hamamatsu Lifeline Research Center Professor Emeritus Shizuoka University 800-8 Tomitsuka-cho Hamamatsu-city Shizuoka Prefecture 432-8002, Japan Phone: +81 53 471 2441 Fax: +81 53 471 2446	Farzad Naeim John A. Martin Association Inc. Phone: 213-483-6490 Fax: 213-483-3048
Mark Nakao, RTU Field Supervisor Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Tel: 213-367-7614 Fax: 213-367-7302	Thomas D. O'Rourke Professor School of Civil & Envir. Engrg 265 Hollister Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3501 Tel: 607-255-6470 Fax: 607-255-9004
Takayosh Rachi Tokyo Gas Company Phone: 81-3-5322-8225 Fax: 81-3-5322-8215
Ali Rejaie, Research Assistant International Institute for Innovative Risk Reduction Research on Civil Infrastructure Systems (I3R3 CIS) Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 Tel.:213-740-4582 Fax: 213-740-4045	Tadanobu Sato, Professor Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan Tel:+81-774-38-4065 Fax:+81-774-38-4070
Yoshihisa Shimizu, Senior Manager Center for Disaster Management and Supply Control Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. 5-20 Kaigan 1-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8527	Masanobu Shinozuka, Director International Institute for Innovative Risk Reduction Research on Civil Infrastructure Systems (I3R3 CIS) Fred Champion Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 Tel.:213-740-9528 Fax: 213-740-9529
Andrew Smyth, Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Columbia University New York, N.Y. 10027 Tel: 212-854-3369 Fax: 212-854-6267	Pol Spanos Rice University Phone: 713-348-4909 Fax: 713-348-5191
Shahram Taghavi University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont Kaprielian Hall KAP210 Los Angeles CA 90089-2531 Phone: 213-740-2036 Fax: 213-744-1426	Farzad Tasbihgo University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont Kaprielian Hall KAP210 Los Angeles CA 90089-2531 Phone: 213-740-2036 Fax: 213-744-1426
Carter L. Wellford Professor and Chairman Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 Tel: 213-740-0609 Fax: 213-744-1426	Richard Wiesman Foster - Miller Inc. 350 Second Avenue Waltham, MA 02451 Tel : 981-684-4387
John Wilson Chairman Department of Geography University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 Tel:213-740-1908 Fax: 213-740-0056	James G. Yannotta LADWP Phone: 213-367-1001 Fax: 213-367-1061
Shy-Chin Yeh NCREE Phone: 8862-2732-6607 Fax: 8862-2732-2223	Masaru Zako, Professor School of Engineering Osaka University 2-1, Yamada-oka Suita-shi, Osaka-fu 565 Japan Tel: 81-6-6879-7563 Fax: 81-6-6879-7570
Farzin Zareian University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont Kaprielian Hall KAP210 Los Angeles CA 90089-2531 Phone: 213-740-2036 Fax: 213-744-1426	Arthur J. Zeizel, Director Center For Disaster Loss-Reduction Futures Institute For Sustainable Development Washington, D.C. Tel: 301-229-2378
Ruichong Zhang, Assistant Professor Division of Engineering Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 80401-1887 Tel: 303-273-3671 Fax: 303-273-3602