Linbeck Distinguished
Lecture Series

Featured Lecturers, Topics, and Archived Webcasts

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September 21, 2001, 4:00 pm CDT,
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"Geospatial Modeling for the Earthquake Response of Lifelines and Buildings"

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Thomas O'Rourke

 THOMAS D. O'ROURKE

Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Cornell University

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HELMUT KRAWINKLER

John A. Blume Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Stanford University

October 2, 2001, 4:00 pm CDT,
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"Progress and Challenges in Performance-based Earthquake Engineering"

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October 19, 2001, 4:00 pm CDT,
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"Earthquake Engineering for Transportation Structures - Past, Present, and Future" *

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 JOSEPH PENZIEN

Senior Principal

International Civil Engineering Consultants, Inc.

Professor Emeritus of Structural Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

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HIROO KANAMORI

John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics

California Institute of Technology

November 9, 2001, 4:30 pm EST,
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"Future Directions in Seismology for Earthquake Damage Mitigation"

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March 1, 2002, 4:00 pm EST,
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"A Comparison of the Response of Precast Construction during the 1994 Northridge and 1999 Turkey Earthquakes"

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 SHARON L. WOOD

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

University of Texas at Austin

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ERIC ELSESSER

Founding Principal

Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.

San Fransisco

March 22, 2002, 4:00 pm EST,
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"The Search for the Perfect Seismic Protection System" *

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April 4, 2002, 4:00 pm EST,
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"Consequence-based Engineering Approaches for Reducing Earthquake Losses in Mid-America"

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 DANIEL P. ABRAMS

Hanson Engineers Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Director of Mid-America Earthquake Center

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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