NEES 4th Annual Meeting
The theme for the 2006 NEES Annual Meeting was Broadening Participation Throughout NEES. Below are presentaions given over the 3 days of the meeting.
Opening and Welcome Session
Welcome Address [PDF] [PPT]
Bruce Kutter, University of California, Davis
Welcome Address [PDF] [PPT]
Joy Pauschke, National Science Foundation
Broadening the Domestic NEES Community Session
NEES and Earthquake Engineering Practice: Getting the Rubber to Meet the Road [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Craig Comartin, CD Comartin
Opportunities for NEES Research Utilization [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Robert Hanson, University of Michigan (Emeritus)
Opportunities to Diversify the Future Engineering Workforce [PDF] [PPT]
Cathy Fore, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
NEESit Plenary Session (all presentations combined)
Overview of the Year for NEESit [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Anke Kamrath, NEESit/San Diego Supercomputer Center
Demonstration of New Data and Telepresence Capabilities [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Lelli Van Den Einde and Shannon Whitmore, NEESit/San Diego Supercomputer Center
Future Directions for NEES Cyberinfrastructure [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Ahmed Elgamal, University of California, San Diego
Advanced Tools Plenary Session
Centrifuge Modeling for Soil-Pile-Bridge Interaction [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Bruce Kutter, University of California, Davis
Model Development for a Reinforced Concrete Bridge Using Shake Table and Centrifuge Data [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Marc Eberhard, University of Washington
Making Waves: Ground Response, Liquefaction, and Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction at the NEES Permanent Experimental Field Sites [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Jamison Steidl, University of California, Santa Barbara
High Performance, Parallel Simulation Platform for NEES [PDF] [Abstract]
Boris Jeremic, University of California, Davis
Real-Time Hybrid Testing With Rate-Dependent Seismic Hazard Mitigation Devices [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
James Ricles, Lehigh University
Luncheon EOT Presentations
The EOT Execution Plan [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Shirley Dyke, Washington University of St. Louis
Report on NEESreu Program and Efforts to Enhance NEES Community Diversity [PDF] [PPT] [PDF] [Abstract]
Melanie Brown, NEES Consortium, Inc.
UCSD/PCA/NEES Blind Prediction Contest Plenary Session
The Seven-Story Test Structure & The UCSD/PCA/NEES Blind Prediction Contest [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
José Restrepo, University of California, San Diego & Robert Bachman, RE Bachman Consulting Structural Engineers
Issue Forums Plenary Session
IT Strategy Committee (ITSC) Issue Forum Introduction
Jacobo Bielak, Carnegie-Mellon University (ITSC Chair) [PDF] [PPT]
Jerome Hajjar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [PDF] [PPT]
Andrei Reinhorn, University of Buffalo [PDF] [PPT]
Gregory Fenves, University of California, Berkeley [PDF] [PPT]
Stephanie Couch, CENIC/University of California, Davis
Education, Outreach, and Training (EOT) Committee Issue Forum Introduction
Shirley Dyke, Washington University of St. Louis (EOTC Chair) [PDF] [PPT]
Site Operations Committee (SOC) Issue Forum Introduction
Marc Eberhard, University of Washington (SOC Chair) [PDF] [PPT]
Advanced Tools Concurrent Breakout Session 1: Pushing Experimental Boundaries & Hybrid Simulation
Hybrid Simulation of Structural Collapse [PDF] [PPT]
Andreas Schellenberg, University of California, Berkeley
The UB-NEES Site: Pushing Experimental Boundaries in Full and Large Scale Structural and Nonstructural Testing [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Thomas Albrechinski, University of Buffalo
We’ve Only Just Begun—A Dynamic New Use for NEES Capabilities [Abstract]
Andrew Budek, Texas Tech University of Washington
NetSLab Based Remote Hybrid Testing in a Hierarchical Network Environment [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Yurong Guo, CIPRES-Hunan University
A High Performance Desktop Fast Hybrid Test Platform [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Gary Haussmann, University of Colorado, Boulder
Advanced Tools Concurrent Breakout Session 2: Sensors and Instrumentation
High Strain Measurement in Concrete Structures Using POF Sensors [PDF] [Abstract]
Omid Abdi, North Carolina State University
State-of-the-art Development of Distributed Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection with ETDR Measurements [PDF] [Abstract]
Genda Chen, University of Missouri-Rolla
The NEES@University of California, Davis High-Speed Wireless Data Acquisition System [Abstract]
Daniel Wilson, University of California, Davis
Instrumentation for the NEESR Sand Aging Field Experiment [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
David Saftner, University of Michigan
Advanced Tools Concurrent Breakout Session 3: Numerical Simulations
VEES—An XML-Driven Visualization and Development Environment [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Alisa Neeman, University of California, Santa Cruz
Hybrid Simulation Evaluation of the Suspended Zipper Braced Frame [Abstract]
Tony Yang, University of California, Berkeley
Fiber Based Simulation of Rectangular Concrete Walls [Abstract]
Jonathan Waugh, Iowa State University
GrdVis: A Visualization and Data Analysis System [Abstract]
Daniel Kuchma, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
OpenSees Design Environment (ODEn) [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Alisa Neeman, University of California, Santa Cruz
NEESR PI Awardees Meeting
Overview [PDF] [PPT]
Joy Pauschke, National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation International Programs [PDF] [PPT]
Larry Weber, National Science Foundation
Communicating Results Communicating Results [PDF] [PPT]
Larry Weber, National Science Foundation
Josh Chamot, Media Officer for Engineering, National Science Foundation
NEES Overview Session
A National Science Foundation Perspective on NEES [PDF] [PPT]
Joy Pauschke, National Science Foundation
A Consortium-Level Perspective on NEES [PDF] [PPT]
Clifford Roblee, NEES Consortium, Inc.
A Research Site Perspective on NEES [PDF] [PPT]
Kenneth Stokoe, II, University of Texas, Austin
NEESR Active Projects Spotlight Session 1
Large-Scale Tests of Structural Braces and the Validation of Micromechanical Ultra Low Cycle Fatigue Models [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Amit Kanvinde, University of California, Davis
Self-Centering Steel Frame Systems [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Richard Sause, Lehigh University
Tests of Zipper Frames [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Roberto Leon, Georgia Institute of Technology
Earthquake Studies of a Two-Span Reinforced Concrete Bridge System with Varied Column Heights [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Mehdi ‘Said’ Saiidi, University of Nevada, Reno
NEESR Active Projects Spotlight Session 2
Highly Damage-Tolerant and Intelligent Slab-Column Frame Systems Through Combination of Advanced Materials and Embedded Wireless Sensing [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Gustavo Parra-Montesinos, University of Michigan
Dynamic Passive Procedures for Backfill Based on Full-Scale Pile Cap Testing (A NEESR Project) [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Travis Gerber, Brigham Young University
Multi-Site Soil-Structure-Foundation Interaction Test (MISST) [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Amr Elnashai, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
A Database for Modeling Deterioration in Beams and Columns Subjected to Cyclic Bending Moments [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Dimitrios Lignos, Stanford University
Full-Scale Testing of Polyethylene Pipelines at Fault Rupture [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Michael O’Rourke and Thomas O’Rourke, Cornell University
Luncheon with Presentation
Tsunami Reconnaissance Data Repository [Abstarct]
Harry Yeh, Oregon State University
NEESR New Projects Spotlight Session 1
Experimental Verification of Semiactive Control of Nonlinear Structures Using Magnetorheological Fluid Dampers [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Richard Christenson, University of Connecticut
Seismic Performance Assessment and Retrofit of Non-Ductile RC Frames with Infill Walls [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
P. Benson Shing, University of California, San Diego
Seismic Simulation and Design of Bridge Columns Under Combined Actions, and Implications on System Response [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Abdeldjelil “D.J.“ Belabi, University of Missouri-Rolla
NEESR-Grand Challenge: Seismic Risk Mitigation for Ports [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Glenn Rix, Georgia Institute of Technology
Inelastic Web Crushing Performance Limits of High-Strength-Concrete Structural Walls [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Rigoberto Burgueño, Michigan State University
NEES Banquet Including the 2006 NEESinc Business Meeting, Awards Ceremony, and Audience Polling
Audience Polling Questions [PDF] [PPT]
NEESR New Projects Spotlight Session 2
Controlled Rocking of Steel-Framed Buildings with Replaceable Energy Dissipating Fuses [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Gregory Deierlein, Stanford University
NEESWood: Full-Scale 3-D Testing, Numerical Modeling, and Other Progress [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
John van de Lindt, Colorado State University
NEESR II: Mechanisms and Implications of Time-Dependent Changes in the State and Properties of Recently Liquefied Sands [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Russell Green, University of Michigan
Development of Performance-Based Tsunami Engineering—PBTE [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
H. Ronald Riggs, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Collaborative Study of Biaxial Seismic Response of Bridge Systems [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Mehdi ‘Said’ Saiidi, University of Nevada, Reno
High-Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites for New Coupled Wall Systems and Retrofit of Existing Framed Structures [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
James Wight, University of Michigan
Broadening Participation: International Collaboration and World Forum Report
Report on the World Forum on Collaborative Research in Earthquake Engineering [Abstract]
Bill Spencer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
World Forum Report: Cyberenvironments [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Jerome Hajjar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
World Forum Report: Data Infrastructure [PDF] [Abstract]
Gregory Fenves, University of California, Berkeley
World Forum Report: Simulations [PDF] [PPT]
Ahmed Elgamal, University of California at San Diego
Report on International Collaboration Interest Survey [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Clifford Roblee, NEES Consortium, Inc.
Progresses of Large-Scale Tests at E-Defense, NIED, Japan [Abstract]
Masayoshi Nakashima, E-Defense, NIED, and Kyoto University
Research on Networked Structural Laboratories in China [PDF] [PPT] [Abstract]
Yan Xiao, University of Southern California/CIPRES-Hunan University
Issue Forums Report-Back Plenary Session
IT Strategy Committee (ITSC) Issue Forum Report [PDF] [PPT]
Jacobo Bielak, Carnegie-Mellon University (ITSC Chair)
Education, Outreach, and Training (EOT) Committee Issue Forum Report [PDF] [PPT]
Shirley Dyke, Washington University of St. Louis (EOTC Chair)
Site Operations Committee (SOC) Issue Forum Report [PDF] [PPT]
Marc Eberhard, University of Washington (SOC Chair)
