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The conference will cover the following topics:
Engineering Seismology | seismicity, ground and site effects, and seismic hazard analysis |
Geotechnical Engineering | foundations, ground-failure, liquefaction, and underground structures |
Structural Engineering | materials, structural systems and elements, structural response, evaluation and retrofit of buildings, bridges, industrial, heritage buildings, and special structures |
Advanced Technologies | base isolation systems, passive energy dissipation, semi-active structural control, smart materials/structures, and health monitoring |
Lifeline Systems | design and analysis, network assessment, mitigation, components and systems |
Non-Structural Components and Contents |
modeling, control and mitigation strategies |
New Design Criteria and Methods | seismic codes and standards, applications |
Earthquake Engineering Practice | recent projects, design, and construction |
Earthquake Loss Estimation | vulnerability analysis, risk assessment and management |
Multihazards | Expanding earthquake technologies to the protection of infrastructure systems to multiple hazards |
Information and Computing Technology |
simulation, modeling, earthquake wave generation, computer graphics, database information, GIS |
Lessons Learnt | lessons from recent earthquakes and tsunamis |
Socio-economic Issues | loss assessment, risk, seismic awareness, preparedness, education |
Human Behavior | egress management, human modeling, recovery methods |
Others | earthquake-induced fire; early warning systems; earthquake prediction; post-quake reconstruction; seismic behavior of non-engineered structures |