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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGRESEARCH INSTITUTE

EERI Newsletter, October 2000 Volume 34, Number 10

News of the Institute


2001 Annual Meeting: Call for PosterSession AbstractsPlanning is in full swing for the 2001 EERI Annual Meeting at theDoubleTree Hotel in Monterey, California, scheduled for February 7-10,with the theme of Dealing with Issues of Acceptable Risk in NorthernCalifornia. The organizing committee�s intent is to focus on and redefine�acceptable risk� at a time when performance-based engineering conceptsimply that clients, building owners, and/or government agencies want tomake conscious choices on risk and safety. The meeting will explore theevolving concepts of risk and look at cases where risk evaluations arefactored into building design and planning decisions�universities, hospi-tals, and some corporate settings. Each case will include owner/decision-makers, regulators, engineers and architects to present the full range ofviews on the issues and the process.

Individuals interested in participating in the Poster Session are invited tosubmit abstracts to the organizing committee. Presentations on retrofitprojects at universities and critical facilities are encouraged, as well ascurrent work of interest to EERI members. The abstracts for postersaccepted for presentation will be included in the Annual Meeting note-book, and therefore must be submitted in final form. They will be repro-duced as submitted. All abstracts should be prepared on plain whitepaper with one-inch margins on all sides. The abstracts should be single-spaced and printed in a Times Roman or equivalent font (11 points orlarger). Text should be flush left. The title of the poster presentationshould be centered at the top of the page and capitalized. Presentersshould be identified by name, title, and organizational affiliation. Abstractsshould not exceed two pages in length. Do not number the pages, butwrite your name in pencil on the back of the second page. Please submitthree copies of each abstract by December 1, 2000 to Susan Tubbesing atthe EERI office. Presenters will be notified in early January of acceptance.

Monterey�s Fisherman�s Wharf (photo: Monterey Peninsula Visitors andConvention Bureau)

Honors CommitteeSeeks Member InputThe EERI Honors Committee wouldlike to generate more participationby EERI members in the process ofidentifying worthy members whosecontributions should be recognized.In particular they would like to havemore participation by the generalmembership in identifying candi-dates for the Housner Medal andthe Distinguished Lecture Award.The committee also recommendsHonorary Membership and theaward for the Outstanding Paperfrom Spectra. The awards arepresented at the Annual Meeting.Send your nominations to theHonors Committee at the EERIoffice. Past recipients of theHousner Medal and HonoraryMembers are listed in the EERIRoster.

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News of the Profession

NSF Funds FirstPhase of EarthquakeNetworkThe National Science Foundation(NSF) has awarded $300,000 tothe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to design a nationalonline network that will transformearthquake engineering research.The award is the first step inimplementing NSF�s Network forEarthquake Engineering Simulation(NEES) program, which will providereal-time remote access to acomplete system of testing andexperimental facilities, making themwidely available to earthquakeengineers.

�The NEES vision is to improve theseismic design of buildings,bridges, utilities and other infra-structure in the United States,�said Priscilla Nelson, NSF divisiondirector for civil and mechanicalsystems. �The payoff will bereducing the impacts of earth-quakes, potentially saving moneyand lives.� The online network, or�collaboratory,� will be built onproven, existing grid technologieslike the Globus toolkit developed byArgonne and USC. It will provideresearchers across the countrywith telepresence capabilities andshared-use access to advancedresearch equipment, databases andcomputer modeling and simulationtools. The network will serve three

communities within earthquakeengineering: structural engineering,tsunami research, and geotechnicalengineering.

NSF expects late this year toprovide NEES funds to upgradeexisting earthquake researchfacilities and build new ones,thereby bringing multiple facilitiesunder one �virtual roof.�

The University of Illinois� NationalCenter for Supercomputing Appli-cations will lead a six-month studyand design project. Partnersinclude the university�s Mid-America Earthquake Center andDepartment of Civil Engineering,the Department of Energy�sArgonne National Laboratory, theUniversity of Michigan at AnnArbor�s Collaboratory for Researchon Electronic Work, and the Univer-sity of Southern California�s Infor-mation Sciences Institute andDepartment of Civil Engineering.The Principal Investigator is Tho-mas I. Prudhomme ([email protected]) and Joy Pauschke is theNSF Program Officer ([email protected]).

New NOAA/NGDCProductsNOAA�s National Geophysical DataCenter (NGDC) announces theavailability of some new educa-tional/scientific products: Posters,Slides, and CD-ROMS (featuringimages, maps, and digital data).From the web site www.ngdc.noaa.gov/products/fliers.html, onecan: (1) access the electronicbrochures that describe our prod-ucts, (2) obtain more informationon each product, and (3) order on-line using a major credit card. Formore information, contact NOAA /NGDC, 325 Broadway, E/GC4,Boulder, CO 80305-3328; phone:303/497-6826; fax: 303/497-6513.

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Architect/EngineerForumThe San Mateo, California CountyChapter of the American Instituteof Architects (AIA), with jointsponsorship by EERI and theStructural Engineers Association ofCalifornia, will hold a forum in SanMateo on Saturday, October 28,2000. Architects and engineerswill make presentations on avariety of topics that are at theforefront of concern in the seismicarchitecture and engineeringcommunity. The forum�s speakerswill include:

� Eric Elsesser, Forell/ElsesserEngineers, on new trends inseismic design and architecture.

� Christopher Arnold, FAIA andPresident of EERI, on the basicsof the nature of ground motionand its effects on buildings.

� Evan Reis, Comartin-Reis Engi-neers, on performance-baseddesign and seismic retrofit atStanford University and U.C.Berkeley.

� Mary Comerio, Vice-Chair of theU.C. Berkeley Department ofArchitecture, on the studies ofseismic vulnerability at U.C.Berkeley.

In addition, an architect/engineerpanel will engage each other andthe audience in a discussion ofpresent issues on the seismicproblem as it relates to the twoprofessions.

The forum will start at 9:00 A.M.,with registration at 8:30 A.M.The fee is $75 for members of thesponsoring professional societiesand $85 for non-members. Tomake a reservation, call ConnieBarton at the AIA/San MateoCounty Chapter office at 650/348-5133. For questions about theforum content, call ChristopherArnold at 650/462-1812, or BobGeorge at 650/872-3330.


News of the InstituteAnnouncements


Upcoming Seminar onCurrent Issuesin Earthquake Engi-neeringEERI members in western stateswill receive a mailing next monthwith details about an EERI techni-cal seminar scheduled for Thurs-day, December 7, 2000 at the__________________ Hotel in____________________. It will be anOverview of Current Issues inEarthquake Engineering, taught bythe current members of the EERIBoard of Directors, who are all atthe top of their fields: NormAbrahamson on strong groundmotion; Thalia Anagnos on seismicrisk; Chris Arnold on architecture;Mel Green on retrofit of historicbuildings; Ron Mayes on baseisolation; Dennis Mileti on recentassessment and trends of socialscience research on natural haz-ards; Tom O�Rourke on lifelines,Chris Poland on professionalpractice and performance-baseddesign; and Paul Somerville onseismology. In many cases, theywill draw in lessons in their owndisciplines from the 1999 Turkeyand Taiwan earthquakes.

2001 California GISConferenceThe 7th Annual California GISConference will be held February21-23, 2001 in Sacramento,California. The theme of theconference is �2001: A SpatialOdyssey.� It will bring togethermore than 1,000 GIS professionalsand users to share experiences,information, and technology.Presentations will focus on boththe practical and technical side ofGIS technology and its use invarious fields. For more informa-tion, see the conference web site:www.calgis.org.

Annual Meeting Travel Scholarships AvailableAs in years past, several scholarships are available to encourage studentmembers and younger EERI members (out of school no more than threeyears) to attend the Annual Meeting, thanks to support from FEMA. Thefinancial support will be contingent upon the applicant�s participation inthe Poster Sessions, either through his or her own research project, or asa representative of a student chapter depicting the chapter�s activities (seeaccompanying article for poster abstract specifications). Each scholarshipwill cover registration, lodging at the conference hotel for three nights,and round-trip excursion airfare. To apply, send a letter of request to theStudent Activities Committee in care of the EERI office by December 1,2000. Applicants should describe their current involvement in earthquakeengineering or a related field and their status as students or professionals.

Broken bottles in Napa, Californiafollowing a 5.2 earthquake (APPhoto/Eric Risberg)

Broken windows in Napa, Californiafollowing a 5.2-magnitude earth-quake (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Strikes Napa, Cali-forniaA moderate-sized earthquake hit Northern California�s wine country onSunday September 3 at about 1:30 A.M. The earthquake was reported tocause 25 injuries, at least one of which was serious. Water and gasmains were broken, about half ofthe county lost power, and therewere numerous cases of shatteredwindows. The city of Napa de-clared a state of emergency to copewith the aftermath of the event,although officials reported thatmost of the damage was non-structural, affecting windows,contents, and chimneys.

The earthquake was centered nearYountville, California, about 50miles north of San Francisco. TheUSGS reported that strong motioninstruments recorded unusuallyhigh levels of shaking in the city ofNapa. Peak levels there wereamplified five to eight times relativeto a station located in the moun-tains less than a mile from theearthquake�s epicenter. One instru-ment located north of the city ofNapa and about 6 miles from theepicenter recorded a peak groundacceleration of about 0.5g. An-other located south of the cityrecorded 0.34g.

A reconnaissance report on thisearthquake will be included in anupcoming issue of Newsletter.

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EERI Student ChapterAnnual ReportsPresently there are 19 EERI studentchapters nationally at universities in13 states. Each year, the studentchapters are expected to submit anannual report describing the mem-bership and activities of the chap-ter during the previous year. Thosereports are summarized below. Forinformation on the benefits of andrequirements for establishing astudent chapter, contact the EERIoffice.

Cornell University, Ithaca, NewYork; Established October, 1996.President: Andrew Cushing; FacultyAdvisor: Sarah Billington; IndustryContact: Thomas Scarangello,Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers.Web site: www.cee.cornell.edu/~eeri.1999-2000 Highlights: Participatedin the 2000 EERI Annual Meeting;Hosted Daniel Shapiro of SOHAEngineers in San Francisco for athree-day lecture/presentationseries as part of the EERI VisitingProfessional Program; Developed anearthquake engineering exhibit forthe ScienCenter in Ithaca.

Georgia Institute of Technology,Atlanta, Georgia; Established April,1999. President: Julio Valdez;Faculty Advisor: ReginaldDesRoches; Industry Contact:Stanley Lindsey, Stanley D. Lindsey& Associates.1999-2000 Highlights: Hostedseminars on the earthquakes inTurkey and Taiwan; Hosted apresentation by Robin McGuire ofRisk Engineering.

Oregon State University, Corvallis,Oregon; Established May, 1992.President: Nason McCullough;Faculty Advisors: Thomas Millerand Stephen Dickenson; IndustryContact: John Ferguson, CH2MHill.Web site: www.ccee.orst.edu/eeri/.

1999-2000 Highlights: Hostedthree speaker meetings, includingJohn Egan from Geomatrix Con-sultants as part of the EERI VisitingProfessionals Program; Built an e-mail list server that includes manylocal practitioners in earthquakeengineering.

University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buf-falo, New York; Established Decem-ber, 1997. President: Ani NataliSigaher; Faculty Advisor: JohnMander; Industy Contact: SarafimArzoumanidis, Steinman BoyntonGronquist Birdsall.1999-2000 Highlights: Hostedseveral seminars and audiovisualactivities; Hosted Jeremy Isenbergof Weidlinger Associates for a two-day visit as part of the EERI Visit-ing Professional Program; Partici-pated in the 2000 EERI AnnualMeeting.

University of California at Davis,Davis, California; EstablishedOctober, 1998. President: TaraHutchinson; Faculty Advisor: RobChai; Industry Contact: RoyImbsen, Imbsen & Associates.Web site: cee.engr.ucdavis.edu/faculty/chai/eeri/ucdeeri.htm.1998-99 Highlights: Hosted semi-nars on the Turkey and Taiwanearthquakes; Participated in 2000EERI Annual Meeting; VisitedBenicia Bridge seismic retrofitproject.

University of California at LosAngeles, Los Angeles, California;Established June, 1999. President:Sandrine Lermitte; Faculty Advisor:Jonathan Stewart and JohnWallace; Industry Contact: To bedetermined.1999-2000 Highlights: Hosted aseminar series with over 13 speak-ers, including talks by EERI Distin-guished Lecturers Allin Cornell andJoseph Penzien. .

University of Kansas, Lawrence,Kansas; Established October, 1992.President: Jenelle Marsh; FacultyAdvisor: JoAnn Browning; IndustryContact: Harold Sprague, Black &

Veatch and David Byers, HNTB.1999-2000 Highlights: Visited siteof a mine collapse in Kansas City;Participated in University of KansasEngineering Exposition for local K-12 students; Visited earthquakeresearch facilities at WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,Michigan; Established November,1995. President: Areg Margarian;Faculty Advisor: Kevin Collins;Industry Contact: Howard Hill, WissJanney Elstner Associates.Web site: www.engin.umich.edu/soc/eeri/.1999-2000 Highlights: Participatedin 2000 EERI Annual Meeting;Hosted a successful seminar series,including a talk by EERI Distin-guished Lecturer Joseph Penzien.

Other student chapters activeduring the 1999-2000 academicyear are located at the followinginstitutions:

Brigham Young University (estab-lished 1/97)University of California at Berkeley(established 10/92)University of California at Irvine(established 4/98)University of California at SanDiego (established 2/98)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (established 9/94)University of Memphis (established2/93)University of Minnesota (estab-lished 6/99)University of Missouri-Rolla (estab-lished 3/97)University of Notre Dame (estab-lished 8/99)University of Texas at Austin(established 1/93)Washington University in St. Louis(established 8/91)

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News of the Membership

Publications


Corley, Popov, andWyllie Receive HonorsW. Gene Corley, an EERI membersince 1973, was elected to mem-bership in the National Academy ofEngineers. Corley is a senior vicepresident at Construction Technol-ogy Laboratories, Inc. in Skokie,Illinois, and an American ConcreteInstitute (ACI) fellow.

Egor Popov of the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley has beenawarded a Lifetime AchievementAward by the American Institute ofSteel Construction (AISC). Popovis best known for his developmentof steel alternatives for seismicdesign. He has been an EERImember since 1969 and is a pastrecipient of the Housner Medal.

Loring A. Wyllie, Jr., an EERImember since 1973, was awardedhonorary membership from ACI.He was cited for his many contribu-tions to the structural design ofreinforced concrete buildingslocated in seismically active areas,and for his work in advancingdesign and construction methodsand procedures for use in thoseareas. Wyllie is a senior principalwith Degenkolb Engineers in SanFrancisco, California.


New PEER Directorfor PR and OutreachThe Pacific Earthquake EngineeringCenter (PEER) recently announcedthat it has hired Parshaw Vaziri tofill a newly created position,Director of Public Relations andOutreach. The position wasestablished to foster increasedcommunication between PEER andits various target audiences byincreasing awareness of the follow-ing PEER activities and milestones:results from both the core and

directed studies research programs,education program highlights, andcollaboration with representativesof industry and government.Parshaw will work closely with thefaculty, staff and students of thedifferent PEER institutions to helpincrease overall awareness of PEER.

Parshaw comes to PEER fromCalifornia Universities for Researchin Earthquake Engineering (CUREe),where he was Associate ExecutiveDirector. He would like to encour-age anyone who has comments orideas on PEER outreach, publicity,or community relations issues(including the PEER web site peer.berkeley.edu) to contact him byphone: 510/231-9550, fax: 510/231-9471, or e-mail: [email protected].

New Book onStructural DynamicsEERI member Franklin Y. Cheng,Professor of Civil Engineering atthe University of Missouri-Rolla,has written a new book MatrixAnalysis of Structural Dynamics �Applications and EarthquakeEngineering recently published byMarcel Dekker, Inc. This bookemphasizes computer-orientedmethodology with more than athousand pages containing 3700equations, 660 drawings andtables, 110 examples, 165 problemsets and answers, as well as aseparate volume of solutions.Topics are covered comprehensivelyin both breadth and depth fromfundamental to more advancelevels, including lumped mass,dynamic stiffness, and consistentmass models; coupling vibrations;geometric and materialnonlinearity; several well knownnumerical techniques foreigensolutions and integrations;analysis and design responsespectra; as well as multiple-seismicinput response. Structures include

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finite elements, 2-D trusses, rigidand elastic frames, grillages, and 3-D building systems composed ofbeams, columns, shear walls,bracings, and floor slabs. Thebook also includes the new seismicbuilding code, IBC-2000, which ispresented in parallel with UBC-94and UBC-97. This comparison inboth required procedures andnumerical illustrations can assistthe reader familiar with the UBC tofollow the new code.

EmploymentOpportunitiesUniversity of California, Los Ange-les, CA. Tenure-track or tenuredfaculty position in StructuralEngineering and/or StructuralMechanics. Responsibilities includeteaching graduate and undergradu-ate courses, and developing andsustaining an independent, extra-murally-sponsored, research pro-gram covering theoretical, compu-tational, and/or experimentalaspects of structural engineeringand/or structural mechanics.Contact: Jiann-Wen Ju, Chair,Department of Civil & Environmen-tal Engineering, 5731 Boelter Hall,University of California, Los Ange-les, CA 90095-1593;www.cee.ucla.edu.

University of Notre Dame, NotreDame, IN. Tenure-track facultyposition at the Assistant Professorlevel in the area of structuralengineering with emphasis in oneor more of the following areas:steel structures, dynamic behaviorof structures, mechanics of ad-vanced composites, and naturalhazard mitigation. Contact: AhsanKareem, Chair, Department of CivilEngineering and Geological Sci-ences, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Univer-sity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN46556-0767; phone: 219/631-5380; e-mail: [email protected];web site: www.nd.edu/~cegeos/.


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On-line SSC DesignPractice AidThose interested in a designpractice aid to facilitate a betterawareness of the mutual responsi-bilities of design-team membersduring design and constructionmight want to obtain the publica-tion titled �Architectural Practiceand Earthquake Hazards: theArchitect�s Role in EarthquakeHazard Mitigation.� It containsseveral helpful checklists, guides,and other sample documents. Useof such aids can help design teamsclarify their responsibilities, andfacilitate a better match betweenowners� expectations and actualperformance. The publication wasjointly developed by the AIACalifornia Council and a CaliforniaSeismic Safety Commission Com-mittee. It is now online for freedownload at the following address:


www.seismic.ca.gov/sscpubs.htm.For more information, contact: FredTurner, Staff Structural Engineer,California Seismic Safety Commis-sion, 1755 Creekside Oaks DriveSuite 100, Sacramento, CA 95833;phone: 916/263-0582; fax: 916/263-0594; e-mail:[email protected].

1999 TaiwanEarthquakeTwo publications on the September21, 1999 Chi Chi, Taiwan earth-quake are now available. The firstis a special issue of the Journal ofthe Chinese Institute of Engineers(July 2000 issue). The volumecontains 11 papers dealing withthe effects of the earthquake on:hydraulic facilities, buried pipelines,hospital buildings, soil retainingstructures, reinforced slope failure,bridge soil-structure interaction,seismic design codes, response of

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bridges, relation of damage areasto the fault, fallen utility poles, andresponse operations. For moreinformation, contact the Editor ofthe Journal, C.T. Liou, Center forResearch in Technological andVocational Education, NationalTaiwan University of Science andTechnology, No. 43, Sec. 4,Keelung Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106.

The second publication is a book ofphotographs. Following the earth-quake, a group of professionalphotographers decided to prepare aphotographic book and donate thereceipts from sales to aid thevictims of the earthquake. Thebook contains over 500 photos,with captions in both Chinese andEnglish. The book can be orderedfrom the Taiwan InternationalVisual Arts Center, BA DER ROAD,Section 2, 229-2, 2nd Floor, Taipei,Taiwan. For more information,contact Mr. Lai, Manager, byphone: 886-2-2773-3347 or fax:886-2-2773-8779.

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Wood Frame ShakeTable Testing at UNRA full-scale two story wood framebuilding supported on base isolatorswas recently tested on one of theshake tables of the University ofNevada, Reno (UNR). Funded by agrant from the Ever-Level FoundationSystems (ELFS) of San Rafael, Califor-nia, the study was aimed at evaluatingthe performance of a patented baseisolator device. Both the El Centro andSylmar records were simulated. Theisolator consists of two parts to bothprovide seismic isolation and accom-modate foundation rotation. Threemodes of connection to the base weretested: fully-isolated, partially isolated,and fixed. According to the projectdirector, Saiid Saiidi of UNR, the testsshowed the definite potential of theELFS device for reducing internal shearforces in the walls.


CALENDARItems that have appeared previ-ously are severely abbreviated. Theissue containing the first, or mostinformative, appearance is indicat-ed at the entry�s end. Items listedfor the first time are shown in bold.

2000OCTOBER5-7. Deep Foundations InstituteInternational Conference andExposition, New York, NY. Info:www.dfi.org (11/99)

11-13. Risk 2000 Conference,Bologna, Italy. Info: www.wessex.ac.uk (1/00)

28. Architect/Engineer Forum, SanMateo, CA. See page 2. (10/00)

NOVEMBER4-7. IAEM Annual Conference,Austin, TX. Info: [email protected] (7/00)

7. Kobori Symposium, Kyoto,Japan. Info: [email protected] or [email protected] (3/00)

7-9. 5th International Conferenceon Corporate Earthquake Programs,San Jose, CA. Info: StevenVukazich, [email protected](11/99)

12-15. 6th International Conf. onSeismic Zonation, Palm Springs,CA. Info: EERI office, [email protected],www.eeri.org (6/98, 12/99, 9/00)

13-15. Workshop on Peformance-Based Design, Tsukuba, Japan. Seepage 12. (10/00)

15-16. AEES Annual Conference,Hobart, Tasmania. Info:www.aees.org.au/News/2000_AGM.html (6/00)

16-18. Conference on TraditionalBuildings, Istanbul, Turkey. Info:www.icomos.org/iiwc (9/00)

DECEMBER4-5. Earthquake Disaster Prepared-ness Conf., Kampala, Uganda. Info:

[email protected] (9/00)7. EERI Seminar on EarthquakeEngineering Issues, TBA. See page2. (10/00)

13-15. ASD 2000, Hong Kong.Info: [email protected] (3/00)

2001JANUARY7-12. Conference on ComputerMethods and Advances inGeomechanics, Tucson, AZ. Info:intermix.engr.arizona.edu/~epd/#IACMAG (11/99)

FEBRUARY7-10. 2001 EERI Annual Meeting,Monterey, CA. Info: www.eeri.org(2/00, 10/00)

21-23. California GIS Conf., Sac-ramento, CA. See page 2. (10/00)

26-March 2. Tall Buildings Confer-ence, Melbourne, Australia. Info:www.icms.com.au/tbuh (9/00)

MARCH19-22. International Symposium onDeformation Measurements, Ana-heim, CA. Info: www.pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/scign/fig/ (3/00)

21-23. Safety, Risk, and Reliability- Trends in Engineering, Malta.Info: [email protected],web site: www.iabse.ethz.ch/conferences/malta (11/99)

26-31. 4th International Confer-ence on Recent Advances inGeotechnical Earthquake Engineer-ing and Soil Dynamics, San Diego,CA. Info: [email protected] (6/99, 2/00, 6/00)

31-April 1. ASTM Symposium onPerformance of Exterior Walls,Phoenix, AZ. Info: [email protected] (4/00)

APRIL18-20. SSA Annual Meeting, SanFrancisco, CA. Info: www.seismosoc.org/meetings/ (8/00)

MAY21-23. ASCE Structures Congress

2001, Washington DC. Info: www.asce.org/conferences/structures-2001 (5/99, 8/99)

JUNE4-6. SEM Annual Conference,Portland, OR. Info: www.sem.org(9/00)

12-14. IABSE Conference onCable-Supported Bridges, Seoul,Korea. Info: [email protected] (5/00)

17-22. ICOSSAR 2001, NewportBeach, CA. Info: www.colorado.edu/engineering/ICOSSAR (6/00)

AUGUST7-10. International Tsunami Sympo-sium, Seattle, WA. Info: www.pmel.noaa.gov/its2001 (7/00)

12-17. SMiRT Conference, Wash-ington, DC. Info: www.engr.ncsu.edu/SMIRT_16 (7/00)

16-19. International Conference onEngineering Materials, San Jose,CA. Info: [email protected](3/00)

29-31. IABSE Conference onWooden Structures, Lahti, Finland.Info: www.iabse.ethz.ch (8/00)

OCTOBER3-5. Modelling and Simulation inCivil Engineering, Paris, France.Info: www.enpc.fr/caquot/ (9/00)

7-10. SDEE�2001, Philadelphia, PA.Info: www.drexel.edu/sdee2001(9/00)

2002JULY21-25. 7th National Conference onEarthquake Engineering, Boston,MA. Info: www.eeri.org (9/99)

SEPTEMBER9-13. 12th European Conf. onEarthquake Engineering, London,UK. Info: [email protected] (9/00)

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PublicationsAnnouncements

Workshop on Performance-Based DesignAn International Workshop on Performance-Based Building StructuralDesign will be held in Tsukuba, Japan on November 13-15, 2000. Theobjective of this international workshop is to propose future researchtopics in performance-based structural design and technology reflectingthe recent worldwide trends. The revised Building Standard Law of Japan(BSL) has introduced performance-based regulations. Reviewing theperformance-based regulations of the structural design in the BSL and thecurrent status of each country, the workshop will focus on discussing thetopics of conceptual framework, loads and responses, and seismic designin the parallel sessions. The closing session will feature proposals forfuture research topics in performance-based structural design and technol-ogy.

The Chair of the workshop is Tsuneo Okada, Shibaura Institute of Technol-ogy, President of the Architectural Institute of Japan. The workshop willtake place at the International Congress Center EPOCHAL TSUKUBA(www.epochal.or.jp/english/index.html) in Tsukuba, Japan. For moreinformation, contact the workshop secretary, Hiroshi Ito, Associate Direc-tor of Structural Engineering Department, Building Research Institute,Ministry of Construction, 1 Tachihara, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 305-0802JAPAN, phone: +81-298-64-6627; fax: +81-298-64-6773; e-mail:[email protected], or see the conference web site: www.kenken.go.jp/kenken/english/ebri/e-06-7.html.

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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGRESEARCH INSTITUTE

PRESIDENTChristopher Arnold

PRESIDENT-ELECTChris D. Poland

VICE PRESIDENTThomas D. O�Rourke

SECRETARY-TREASURERRonald L. Mayes

BOARD OF DIRECTORSNorman Abrahamson

Thalia AnagnosChristopher Arnold

Melvyn GreenRonald L. Mayes

Dennis MiletiThomas D. O�Rourke

Chris D. PolandPaul G. Somerville

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSusan K. Tubbesing

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SSRC Workshop onFrame ConnectionsThe Proceedings of the 1998Structural Stability ResearchCouncil (SSRC) Workshop onFrames with Partially RestrainedConnections are now available.Five topics related to partiallyrestrained connections wereaddressed in the Workshop. Theseincluded: (1) frame stability; (2)connection performance; (3)influence on seismic effects; (4)analysis and design technologies;and (5) practical implementationand technology transfer. The 230-page book is available for $30 forSSRC members and $35 for non-members. For more information,contact the SSRC at 352/846-3874, e-mail [email protected], orsee the web site: www.ce.ufl.edu/~ssrc.

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Session Abstracts...Upcoming Seminar on Current Issues in Earthquake Engi-neering EERI members in western states will receive a mailing next month with details about an EERI techni-cal