NEESinc Meeting Documents

NEES Consortium, Inc. - First Annual Meeting
Park City, Utah

Members of the NEES Consortium during the plenary session.

Program

WEDNESDAY - MAY 21, 2003

7:45-8:45 am

Continental Breakfest & Registration: Pick up binder and NEES polo shirt

8:45-9:00

Welcome, Expected Outcomes of Meetings and Agenda Overview: Ian Buckle, Interim NEES Consortium President

9:00-9:10

Resolution of Support from Interim NEES Consortium Board of Directors: Bob Reitherman, Interim NEES Consortium President

9:10-9:20

Welcome from NSF: Joy Pauschke, NSF Program Director for NEES

9:20-10:00

NSF Expectations for NEES: Galip Ulsoy, Director, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, NSF

10:00-10:30

Keynote Address: Marta Macias Brown, President, Brown Foundation

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-11:30

On the Startup of a New and Unique Entity: Andrew Neitlich, NEES Consortium development management consultant

11:30-12:30pm

Overview of NEES Committee and Organizational Structure and Update on Current State of the Organization: Bob Nigbor, Univ. of Southern California, NEES Consortium Co-PI

12:30-1:30

Lunch; Luncheon Speaker: Thomas O'Rourke, EERI President, "Update on NEHRP"

1:30-1:50

NRC Report on a Long-Term Research Agenda for NEES: Richard Little, NRC

1:50-2:15

EERI Research Plan: Gregory Fenves, UC Berkeley
2:15-2:45

NEES Grand Challenge Research: Steven McCabe, Program Manager, NSF

2:45-3:15

Perspectives on Developing Collaborative Research Proposals:
  1. Perspectives on Developing Collaborative Research Proposals - Roberto Leon, Georgia Tech
  2. Collaboration: Moderate Scale - Catherine French, Univ. of Minnesota
  3. Lessons Learned from Preparing Multi-Site Proposals - Sharon Wood, Univ. of Texas at Austin
  4. NEES Challenge - Collaboration between a Small Program and a NEES Site - M "Saiid" Saiidi, Univ. of Nevada-Reno
3:15-6:00

NEES "Science Fair": Introduced by Sharon Wood, University of Texas at Austin and NEES Consortium Development Co-PI. Each NEES Equipment Site and NEES System Integrator has a "station" to discuss/demonstrate capabilities. Refreshments served.

6:00-7:00

Reception (ligh hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar)

THURSDAY - MAY 22, 2003

7:45-8:45 am

Continental Breakfest

8:00-8:15

Welcome and Agenda for Day 2: Ian Buckle, NEES Consortium, President

8:15-8:30

Overview of NEES Equipment Sites: Roberto Leon, Georgia Institute of Technology

8:30-9:30

Breakout Session #1 - What are our NEES Facilities? (5 concurrent sessions) Focus on the "Tools" portion of NSF's strategic plan components: "People, Ideas, and Tools")
  1. Field Testing/Tsunami Wave Basin: Philip Liu, Moderator; panelist Les Youd, John Wallace, Solomon Yim, and Kenneth Stokoe II
  2. Centrifuge and Large-Scale Geotechnical Laboratory Testing: Michael Sharp, Moderator; panelist Bruce Kutter, Ricardo Dobry, and Tom O'Rourke
  3. Large-Scale Structural Testing: Roberto Leon, Moderator; panelists James Ricles, Cathy French, Amr Elnashai, P. Benson Shing, and Jack Moehle; (note that the U. at Buffalo Large-Scale Equip. Site is included under the next category)
  4. Shake Tables: Helmut Krawinkler, Moderator; panelist Ian Buckle, Andre Filiatrault, and Michel Bruneau
  5. System Integration: Anke Kamrath, Moderator; Cristina Beldica, Danny Powell, and Daniel Reed, NEES System Integration Project
9:30-10:00

Plenary session reports by breakout moderators

10:00-10:20

What are our NEES Challenge Research Opportunities? Introduction: Steve Mahin, UC Berkeley and NEES Consortium Development Co-PI. This presentation relats the "Tools" presented earlier to the "People and Ideas" components of NSF's strategic plan.

10:20-10:50

Break

10:50-noon

Breakout Session #2 - What general types of NEES research would make the biggest difference addressing cross-cutting issues in the earthquake engineering field? (3 concurrent sessions; each session is multi-disciplinary)
  1. Buildings: Chris Poland, Degenkolb Engineers; Moderator
  2. Bridges: Ronald Mayes, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, Moderator
  3. Lifelines: Amar Chaker, CERF, Moderator
12-12:30 pm

Plenary session reports by breakout moderators

12:30-1:45

Lunch, including group photo with NEES shirts. Luncheon Speaker: David Simpson, President, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)

1:45-2:00

Charges to Committees: Ian Buckle, NEES Consortium, Inc. President

2:00-3:30

NEES Consortium Committee Meetings: Attendees should choose one to attend
  1. Equipment Site Operations & Shared Use
  2. Data Sharing
  3. Information Technology
  4. Education, Outreach, and Training
3:30-4:15

Community Input: Discussion and audience polling: What services of the members want from the Consortium? Evaluation of this meeting; preferences for future meetings.

4:15-4:30

Closing: Ian Buckle, NEES Consrtium, President