Program Schedule

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 28, 1995 8:30 AM RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE Session Chair: Gary C. Hart (UCLA) As Assessment of Earthquake Engineering Research and Testing Capabilities in the United States Daniel P. Abrams (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) The SAC Steel Project and Developments in the United States Stephen Mahin (UC Berkeley) Inelastic Design Considerations: From Research into Practice Helmut Krawinkler (Stanford University) 10:30 AM SPECIAL STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Session Chair: Sami F. Masri (University of Southern California) Energy Concepts and Structural Control Tsu T. Soong (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Bridge Retrofit Research and Implementation in California Frieder Seible (UC San Diego) Seismic Analysis of Tanks: From Housner's Pioneering Study to Today's State of Knowledge Medhat A. Haroun (UC Irvine) Earthquake Analysis, Design and Safety Evaluation of Concrete Dams Anil K. Chopra (UC Berkeley) Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Production Facilities William J. Hall (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) 12:05 AM LUNCH Luncheon Speaker: Frank E. McClure, S.E. 1:45 AM LOOKING TO THE FUTURE I Session Chair: Mihran S. Agbabian (University of Southern California) Future Earthquake Education in the Earth Sciences Bruce Bolt (UC Berkeley) Trends and Directions of Civil Engineering Education James T. P. Yao (Texas A&M University) Earthquake Response/Recovery or Earthquake Mitigation: What Should Be Done and Who Should Pay For It? Robert Hanson (University of Michigan / FEMA) 2:55 PM AFTERNOON BREAK 3:25 PM LOOKING TO THE FUTURE II Session Chair: Robin Shepherd (UC Irvine) SEAOC's Vision 2000: A Conceptual Framework for Performance-Based Seismic Engineering Chris Poland (Degenkolb Engineers) Collaborations for Earthquake Loss Reduction Richard N. Wright (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Midterm Report of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Kenzo Toki (Kyoto University) 4:35 PM CLOSING Session Chair: Wilfred Iwan (Caltech) Audience Questions and Comments Closing Remarks George Housner (Caltech) [Day One Schedule]