October 19, 2001, 4:00 pm CDT,
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JOSEPH PENZIEN Senior Principal International Civil Engineering Consultants, Inc. Professor Emeritus of Structural Engineering |
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Sponsored primarily by Friedman Family Visiting Professional Program of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute |
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Advances over the past fifty years in earthquake engineering as applied to transportation structures will be discussed with focus on seismic loading criteria, dual strategy of design, modeling and analysis, design detailing, and assessment of seismic performance. Current state-of-the-art methodologies used in the seismic design of bridges will be reviewed, pointing out areas of needed improvements, including the characterization of free-field ground motions for functional and life-safety levels of design, evaluation of soil-foundation-structure interaction effects, modeling of structural components for seismic demand and capacity evaluations, and seismic performance assessments. Advancing the state-of-the-art of bridge engineering through future research, both analytical and experimental, and advancing the state-of-the-practice through the development of new performance-focused code specifications will be encouraged.
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Available for download: (Presentation Poster, 132 KB) Penzien, Joseph, "Earthquake Engineering for Transportation Structures - Past, Present, and Future". (Paper 1, 5.91 MB) Penzien, Joseph, "Earthquake Engineering for Transportation Structures - Past, Present, and Future," Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 17, No. 1, February 2001, 34 p., made available with permission from EERI. Penzien, Joseph, "Seismic Performance of Transportation Structures," Proceedings of the China-U.S. Millennium Symposium in Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, November 8-11, 2000, Balkema Press, Rotterdam, 2001, 22p., made available with permission from EERI.
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Biographical Sketch of Joseph Penzien: Dr. Penzien has had a long and distinguished career as a researcher, teacher, and professional engineer. He served 35 years in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in the areas of dynamics of structures and earthquake engineering. He was the founding director of the university's Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC). A member of numerous professional societies, Dr. Penzien has received many awards and medals, among them EERI's Housner Medal, the California Earthquake Safety Foundation's Alfred E. Alquist Medal, the Nathan M. Newmark Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Berkeley Citation - the highest award given by the University of California, Berkeley. Among his professional memberships, he is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the California Council on Science and Technology, and an honorary member of both ASCE and EERI. He has written approximately 140 technical papers and 70 technical reports and contributed to 6 books. He has been actively involved in consulting for many earthquake engineering-related projects in the United States, Japan, and the Republic of China. Dr. Penzien is currently the senior principal at International Civil Engineering Consultants, Inc.
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