Conference Presentations

Most of the presentations given at the 2012 EERI Annual Meeting and National Earthquake Conference are shown below. The presentations are organized in the order of their delivery at the conference.

Wednesday, April 11: Learning From Earthquakes

Plenary Sessions	Concurrent Sessions
9:00-10:30am LESSONS FROM RECENT EARTHQUAKES,PT1:Seismology, Tsunami, & Geotechnical Engineering	3:30-5:00pm URM Performance in Recent Earthquakes
Learning from the Past to Protect the Future: Tsunamis – Lori Dengler	Seismic Performance of Masonry Buildings after 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake – Sergio Lagomarsino
Some Geotechnical Lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the 2010-11 Christchurch – Ross Boulanger	Performance of Masonry Structures in Christchurch, New Zealand during the 2010/2011 Earthquakes – Arturo Schultz
	Performance of Unreinforced Masonry in Van, Turkey – Polat Gulkan
	Expected Performance of URMs in Memphis – Richard Howe
10:30am-12 noon LESSONS FOR TODAY FROM THE 1811-1812 NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES &BICENTENNAL EVENTS	3:30-5:00pm Critical Structures in Recent Earthquakes
The New Madrid Earthquakes Bicentennial: A Teachable Moment? – Chris Cramer	In Harm’s Way: School Damage in Recent Earthquakes, and Why the Lessons Are Rarely Applied – Yumai Wang
	Performance of Ports in Recent Earthquakes – Glenn Rix
	Lessons Learned from the Performance of Highway Bridges in Recent Earthquakes – Ian Buckle
	Quantifying Loss of Function of Critical Building Systems due to Recent Seismic Events – Judith Mitrani-Reiser
1:30-3:00pm LESSONS FROM RECENT EARTHQUAKES, PT.2:Built Environment, Preparation and Response, Societal Impacts	3:30-5:00pm Post-Earthquake Clearinghouses
Performance of the Built Environment in Recent Earthquakes – Jack Moehle	Central US Earthquake Consortium State Geological Surveys’ Technical Clearinghouses for Earthquake Response – Robert Bauer
Preparedness and Response Lessons – Rich Eisner	FEMA’s Role in Technical Clearinghouses – Doug Bausch
Societal Impacts – Kathleen Tierney	The Central U.S. Is Earthquake Country (and it’s not just the New Madrid seismic zone) – Rob Williams
	Data Collection Tools for Earthquake Reconnaissance – Charles Huyck
	3:30-5:00pm Geotechnical Lessons
	Geotechnical Lessons Learned from the M7.0 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Why the Palace Fell – Brady Cox
	Geotechnical Aspects of the M8.8 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake – Scott Olson
	An Overview of the Geotechnical Aspects of the 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand Earthquake Sequence – Russell Green
	Geotechnical Effects of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake, Japan – Shideh Dashti
	So Many Earthquakes: What is the Potential to Change the Way We Do Business? – Ellen Rathje
	3:30-5:00pm Preparedness and Response Lessons
	Disaster Mitigation in California: Building Resilient Communities – Richard Eisner
	Informal Online Communications: Uses and Abuses of Social Media in Dissaster – Jeannette Sutton
	Counter-disaster Measures for People with Functional Needs Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: Basic Facts, Challenges and Their Solutions – Shig Tatsuki
	3:30-5:00pm Recovery Lessons
	The Unique Qualities of Long-term Post-disaster Recovery – Robert Olshansky
	National Disaster Recovery Framework Introduction & Close-Up – Deb Ingram
	Greensburg, KS Rebuilding…Stronger, Better, Greener! – Bob Dixson

 

Thursday, April 12: Assessing Vulnerabilities

Plenary Sessions	Concurrent Sessions
8:00-8:20am 2010-11 EERI/FEMA NEHRP GRADUATE FELLOW	1:30-3:00pm Advances in Early Warning
Moving Minds, Moving Policy: What The City of Berkeley’s Soft-Story Ordinance Can Teach Us About Motivating Property Owners to Retrofit – Sharyl Rabinovici	ShakeAlert: Earthquake Early Warning – Doug Given
	ShakeAlert: Earthquake Early Warning in the US – Peggy Hellweg
	Advances in Early Warning – John McPartland
8:20-9:00am 2012 EERI DISTINGUISHED LECTURE	1:30-3:00pm Overcoming Barriers to Mitigation & Retrofitting
The New Normal for Natural Disasters – Thomas O’Rourke	Challenges in Seismic Retrofitting MLGW Facilities – Jay Stressel
	University of Memphis Cecil Humphreys Law School Retrofit – Scott Fleming
	Memphis/Shelby County Building Code Adoption and Challenges – Robert Paullus
9:00-10:30am LARGE, VULNERABLE AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE	1:30-3:00pm Incorporating Aftershocks in Risk Analyis
National Dam Safety Program – Sandra Knight	Revising Seismic Design Levels to Account for Time-Varying Hazard from Canterbury Earthquake Sequence – Matt Gerstenberger
Seismic Design Practice in Tennessee – Ed Wasserman	Post-Mainshock Probabilistic Risk Quantification: Why and How? – Nicolas Luco
A Reassessment of Seismic Hazards and Risk at Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S.: An NRC Perspective – Jon Ake	Quantifying Mainshock-Aftershock Collapse Probabilities for Woodframe Buildings – John van de Lindt
	Aftershock Collapse Fragility for Mainshock-Damaged Reinforced Concrete Buildings – Abbie Liel
11am-12 noon EARTHQUAKES AND CASCADING FAILURES	1:30-3:00pm Nuclear Power Plants: Fukushima & U.S.
How Can Our Understanding of the Risk of Cascading Failures Be Used to Help Build Resilience? – Chris Poland	The Central and Eastern U.S. Seismic Source Characterization for Nuclear Facilities (CEUS SSC) Project – Larry Salomone
Cascading Failures in Catastrophic Earthquake Events: The Risk Finance Perspective – Craig Tillman	Challenges in Seismic Hazard Analyses in the U.S. in the 21st Century: Are We Addressing the Extreme Events? – Ivan Wong
	The Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Plant Accident – George Flanagan
3:30-5:00pm UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATING RISK	1:30-3:00pm Network Analysis: Complexity of Interdependency
Earthquake Policy: Communicating Information to Those in Power – John Bwarie	A Three-Service Utility’s System Interdependencies: Analysis and Mitigation Efforts – Rick Bowker
Evaluating and Communicating Seismic Risk in Low-Probability/High-Consequence Earthquake Regions – Terry Tullis	Understanding Interdependent Infrastructure Systems: Modeling Insights and Practical Challenges – Leonardo Duenas-Osorio
“Cracking the Code” The Role of Value-Based Messaging in Motivating Household Preparedness Action – Kate Long
Incorporating Societal Safety Issues into Businesses – Lucy Arendt
	1:30-3:00pm Community Preparedness
	Building Resilience Through Community Preparedness and Engagement – Elaine Clyburn
	American Red Cross Community Preparedness Initiatives – David Kitchen
	Memphis South Main Retrofit Demonstration Project – Dmitry Ozeryansky
	FEMA Preparedness & Partnerships – Ken Shalitzky

 

Friday, April 13: Building Resilience

Plenary Sessions
8:00-10:00am CENTRAL U.S. EARTHQUAKE SCENARIOS & THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
Central US Earthquake Scenarios & their Implications for Mitigation, Response & Recovery – Greg Hempen
Scenario Modeling for the New Madrid Seismic Zone – Doug Bausch
Risk Implications of Alternative Views of the New Madrid Seismic Hazard – Patricia Grossi
Magnitude 6 Earthquake Scenarios for the New Madrid-Wabash Valley Region – Oliver Boyd
Resilience Assessed by Comparing Scenarios’ Losses – Robert Bauer
Beyond Impacts: The Use and Benefits of the EERI New Madrid Earthquake Scenarios – Greg Hempen
10:30am-12 noon SEISMIC REHABILITATION & RETROFIT OF STRUCTURES IN THE CENTRAL U.S. (CUS)
Utility Earthquake Mitigation: Considerations, Requirements, Actions – Donald Shaw
Retrofit & Preservation of the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis – Rich Howe
Retrofitting in the CUS: A Federal Perspective – Mike Mahoney
2:00-3:30pm CREATING SAFE SCHOOLS
Disaster-Proof Schools: A National Challenge – Nancy Bailey, Barry Welliver, & Edward Wolf
Oregon Schools: Accelerating Seismic School Safety – Yumei Wang
Providing Safe Schools for your Students: Washington State Seismic Safety Committee School Assessment Pilot Project – Cale Ash & John Schelling
Life-Safety Risks to Schools from Earthquake Damage to Nonstructural Components and Systems – Michael Griffin
Earthquake Mitigation Grant – Nicholas Thiele
Lunch Presentation
12:00-1:45pm LUNCHEON: 9th ANNUAL SSA/EERI WILLIAM B. JOYNER MEMORIAL LECTURE
Building Near Faults – Jonathan Bray