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Concurrent Sessions:
Friday, May 30
Concurrent Technical Sessions - Period 4
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Track: Advanced Technologies. Materials and Methods

Cable Net Structures

Moderator:
    Mohiuddin Khan

Presentations:

    Analysis of an Early Cable-Stayed Bridge Collapse
    Charles Birnstiel
    Hardesty & Hanover, LLP

    Cable Structures for Long Spans in Architecture
    Horst Berger
    School of Arch, CCNY

    Design and Construction of Tenstar Tensegrity Cable Roof Structures
    Tian-Fang Jing
    Weidlinger Associates, Inc.

    Environmental Loads on Prestressed Cable Net Structures
    Peter Irwin
    RWDI

    Structural Applications of Suspension Cables and Cable Nets
    Mohiuddin Khan
    Bridges, STV Inc.

Track: Design, Analysis, Repair, and Rehabilitation

Recent Developments in Monitoring Structures

Moderator:
    Mehmet Celebi

Presentations:

    FEM Updating of a Reinforced Concrete Building Using Ambient Vibration Data
    Carlos E Ventura
    University of British Columbia
    Martin Turek
    University of British Columbia
    Rozlyn Bubela
    University of British Columbia

    GPS for Monitoring the Dynamic Response of Tall Buildings: Experimental Verification and Full Scale Application
    Tracy Kijewski
    University of Notre Dame
    Ahsan Kareem
    University of Notre Dame

    Hybrid Use of GPS Monitoring and FEM Analysis to Detect Integrity of Buildings
    Yukio Tamura
    Tokyo Polytechnic University
    Akihito Yoshida
    Tokyo Polytechnic University
    Ryukichi Ishibashi
    Tokyo Polytechnic University
    Luisa-Carlotta Pagnini
    Tokyo Polytechnic University

    The Caltech Real-Time Structural Health and Performance Evaluation System (RSHAPE)
    Wilfred Iwan
    Caltech

    Wireless Communication for Structural Damage Detection Systems
    Jerome Lynch
    Kincho Law
    Tom Kenny
    Edward Carrier
    Tom Lee
    Anil Kottapalli

Track: General Structural Issues

Optimal Conceptual Design of Engineered Structures

Moderator:
    Donald Grierson

Presentations:

    A Method for Optimal Conceptual Design of Engineered Artifacts
    Siavash Khajepour
    AECL
    Donald Grierson
    University of Waterloo

    Concurrent Conceptual Design for the AEC Industry
    John Miles
    Cardiff University

    Form-Finding of Long Span Bridges with Continuum Topology Optimization and a Buckling Criterion
    Colby Corson Swan
    University of Iowa
    Salam Rahmatalla
    University of Iowa

    Optimal Cable Arrangement in Cable Stayed Bridges Based in Sensitivity Analysis of Aeroelastic Behaviour
    Santiago Hernandez
    University of La Coruna
    Jose Jurado
    University of La Coruna
    Alejandro Mosquera
    University of La Coruna

    The Impact of Initial Design Selection in Optimal Frame Design
    Scott Burns
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Track: Performance Based Design

Impact of the Nisqually Earthquake
Sponsoring Committee: Seismic Effects

Moderator:
    Gregory MacRae

Presentations:

    Bridge Damage During the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake
    Richard Ranf
    University of Washington
    Marc Eberhard
    University of Washington
    Tyler Ranf
    University of Washington

    Damage to Buidings During the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake
    John Stanton
    University of Washington
    Gregory MacRae
    University of Washington
    Dawn Lehman
    University of Washington

    Performance of Non-Structural Components During the February 28, 2001 Nisqually (Seattle/Olympia) Earthquake
    Andre Filiatrault
    University of California

    The Local Geography of Disaster Vulnerability: The Nisqually Earthquake in Two Seattle Business Districts
    Anthony Falit-Baiamonte
    University of Washington
    Stephanie Chang
    University of Washington

Track: Professional Practice

The Structural Engineers Role in Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery

Moderator:
    David B Swanson

Presentations:

    Disaster Preparedness - NCSEA SEER Program
    David B Swanson
    Reid Middleton, Inc.

    Disaster Recovery Lessons Learned from the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake
    Jonathan Siu
    City of Seattle DCLU

    Distaster Response - FEMA USAR Program
    Greg Varney
    KPFF Consulting Engineers, Inc

Track: Transportation Structures

Life-Cycle Cost Design, Evaluation and Maintenance of Deteriorating Structures

Moderator:
    Dan Frangopol

Presentations:

    LLC-Based Maintenance System For Deteriorating Concrete
    Hitoshi Furtua
    Kansai University

    Life-Cycle Cost Consideration in the Seismic Risk Management of a Building
    Yuji Takehashi
    Building Research Institute

    Optimal Relability of a Typical Marine Platform in Mexico
    David DeLeon
    Mexican Petroleum Institute
    Alfredo Ang
    University of California
 
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