PowerPoint Presentations

Welcome and Introduction
Michel Bruneau	Mitigation of Earthquake Disasters using Advanced Technologies (MEDAT-2) Introduction
Technical Block 1:  General Overview of Earthquake Engineering Issues
Ricardo Dobry	MCEER Geotechnical Research
Juan Baez	Ground Improvement for Hospitals/Medical Facilities
Ricardo Dobry, RPI	MCEER Task 2.3 Geotechnical Rehabilitation of Sites and Foundation Retrofitting
Sabanayagam Thevanayagam, UB	Liquefaction & Mitigation in Silty Soils
James Mitchell, VPI	Passive Site Remediation for Liquefaction Risk Mitigation
Juan Baez, Hayward Baker, Inc.	Mitigation of Liquefaction Hazards
IIan Juran, Polytechnic University	Micropile and Soil Reinforcement for Seismic Retrofitting
Ross Boulanger, UC Davis	MEDAT-2: Some Geotechnical Opportunities
Ignatius Po Lam, Earth Mechanics, Inc.	Retrofitting Highway Bridges and Wharf Facilities: Geotechnical Perspective
James Mitchell	General Overview of Advanced Technologies Issues
Technical Block 2A:  Advanced Technologies for Structural Retrofit
Daniel Inman	General Overview of Advanced Technologies
Michel Bruneau	General Overview of Earthquake Engineering Issues for MCEER Hospital Project
Sarah Billington, Cornell	Engineered Cementitious Composites for the Retrofit of Critical Facilities
Amjad Aref, UB	Polymer Matrix Composite In-Fill Walls for Seismic Retrofit
Charles Farrar, Los Alamos National Lab	Pattern Recognition for Structural Health Monitoring
Kincho Law, Stanford	Wireless Sensing
Daryl Hodgson, Share Memory Applications	Shape Memory Alloys
Yasushi Maeda, Nippon Steel	Seismic Control Devices Using Low-Yield-Point Steel
Vistasp Karbhari, UC, San Diego	Use of FRP Composite Materials in the Renewal of Civil Infrastructure in Seismic Regions
Victor Li, University of Michigan	Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) for Seismic Applications
Fred Isley, Hexcel Corp.	Composite Fabrics
Jayanth Kudva, Northrup Grumman Corp.	General Overview of Advanced Technologies Issues
Technical Block 2B:  Damping and Semi-Active Systems
T.T. Soong, UB	Damping and Semi-Active Systems, A State of the Art Report
Andrew Whittaker, UB	Current Practice of Passive Control  of Earthquake Response
Andrei Reinhorn, UB	Structural Control
George Lee, UB	Enabling Technology Testbed Project: Design of a Semi-active protective system for a LA Building
Gary Dargush, UB	Computational Aseismic Design and Retrofit With Application to Passive Energy Dissipation Systems
Chris Tokas, California OSHPD	California's Experience in Seismic Retrofit of Hospital Buildings
Edward White, Boeing, Inc.	Progress in Structural Health Management for Aerospace Vehicles
Dave Carlson, Lord Corp.	Implementation of Semi-active Control Using Magneto-Rheological Fluids
Akira Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology	Recent Trends of Damage Controlled Structures in Japan
Keith Belvin, NASA	Structural Vibration Control Systems for Space Stations
Thomas Jung, NYS Dept. of Health	Issues in Seismic Retrofit of Hospitals
Andrew Whittaker, UB	Passive and Active Systems in Hospitals
Technical Block 3:  Advanced Technologies for Nonstructural Retrofit
Mircea Grigoriu, Cornell	Advanced Technologies for Non-structural Retrofit
Manos Maragakis, UNR	Static Axial Behavior of Some Typical Restrained and Unrestrained Pipe Joints
T.T. Soong, UB	Report on Vulnerability and Retrofit of Nonstructural Components
M.P. Singh, VPI	Seismic Protection of Some Nonstructural Components in Hospitals
William Staehlin, OSHPD	Performance Criteria for Non-Structural Components
George Antaki, WSRC	Field Guide: Seismic Retrofit of Critical Piping and Tubing Systems Seismic Retrofit of Critical Piping Systems (Above Ground Piping)
Zhonghai Ding, UN, Las Vegas	Shape memory Alloys
M. Ala Saadeghvaziri, NJIT	Recycled Plastics: Characteristics and Seismic Applications
Daniel Inman, VPI	Smart Materials Technologies for Bolted Joints in Civil Systems
Daniel Inman, VPI	Panel Discussion: Nonstructural Retrofit