Program Schedule

FRIDAY - OCTOBER 27, 1995 8:30 AM INTRODUCTION Welcome From Caltech Paul C. Jennings (Caltech) Welcome From CUREE Stephen Mahin (UC Berkeley) 8:50 AM THE HOUSNER YEARS I Session Chair: Donald E. Hudson (Caltech) The Early Years of Earthquake Engineering Ray Clough (UC Berkeley) Structural Engineering: Exciting Past, Demanding Future Roy Johnston (Brandow and Johnston) Inelastic Behaviour of Ductile Structures in Aseismic Design Navin C. Nigam (Goa University, India) Structural Engineering: Exciting Past, Demanding Future Thomas Paulay (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) 10:00 AM MORNING BREAK 10:30 AM THE HOUSNER YEARS II Session Chair: John Hall (Caltech) Cable-supported Bridges and Earthquakes: Recent Developments Toward the 21st Century Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghaffer (University of Southern California) The Caltrans Years James E. Roberts (California Department of Transportation) Earthquake Engineering for the California State Water Project and Safety of Dams Vernon H. Persson (California Dept. of Water Resources) 11:25 AM GROUND MOTION Session Chair: Hiroo Kanamori (Caltech) Seismic Hazard in Southern California Clarence Allen (Caltech) Near-Source Ground Motions from Large Earthquakes Thomas Heaton (Caltech ) Are Earthquake Ground Motions Affected by the Local Site Conditions? I. M. Idriss (UC Davis) 12:25 PM LUNCH Luncheon Speaker: Ronald F. Scott (Caltech) 2:15 PM SIMULATION OF STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR Session Chair: Joseph Penzien (UC Berkeley) Linear and Nonlinear Analysis of Three-Dimensional Structural Systems Edward L. Wilson (UC Berkeley) The Role of Large-Scale Structural Testing in Earthquake Engineering M.J.N. Priestley (UC San Diego) 3:05 PM BREAK 3:35 PM DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA Session Chair: James Beck (Caltech) Ground Motion and Codes: On the Formulation and Calibration of Site Response Spectra for Seismic Design in Mexico City Luis Esteva (University of Mexico) Performance Based Seismic Design Jack Moehle (UC Berkeley) Seismic Risk Analysis and Seismic Risk Management: Half a Century of Evolution Haresh Shah (Stanford University) 4:45 PM AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 5:45-9:00 PM RECEPTION at the Athenaeum - Calfiornia Institute of Technology [Day Two Schedule]