Seminars and Webinars
A collection of upcoming and archived professional development resources related to NEES online and live seminars
In this section you will find lists of webinars that have been previously hosted and archived on NEEShub or on the web pages of the NEES equipment sites. The webinars are arranged into Research and Practice, Facility Capabilities and Training
The NEES community continually hosts seminars of interest to practicing professionals, researchers, their graduate students others in higher-education. Others interested in learning in general information about NEES and what it does are encouraged to visit NEESacademy for students.
The "Research to Practice" series, hosted by NEES and EERI, is available here. This collection of webinars, Powerpoint presentations and related materials is intended to teach civil and geotechnical engineering professionals how to incorporate the findings of NEES-R projects into their daily practice.
Archived Webinars
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| Improving the Seismic Performance of Concentrically Braced Frames: Proposed Design and Analysis Procedures webinar | "Improving the Seismic Performance of Concentrically Braced Frames: Proposed Design and Analysis Procedures" was the fourth in a series of Research to Practice Webinars co-produced by the Network for Earthquake Engineering (NEES) and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). The webinar took place on February 15, 2012. (video and PDF files) |
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| NEEShub Data Upload Tools Webinar | This NEEShub Boot Camp Webinar took place on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 from 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM (EST) and demonstrated how two tools, the Project Editor and PEN, can be used for uploading, downloading, manipulating, and modifying data in the NEEShub Project Warehouse. The webinar was aimed at Graduate Students, Researchers, and NEES PIs interested in learning more about the NEEShub Data Management Tools. (video file) |
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| Shear-wave Velocity Profiling and Its Importance to Seismic Design webinar | In this presentation, Professor Ken Stokoe, University of Texas, Austin and Ivan G. Wong, Principal Seismologist, URS Corporation will discuss the importance of shear-wave velocity profiling in seismic design, its uses, misuses and uncertainties. Case histories will be used to illustrate shear-wave profiling with the SASW method and to show uses of Vs data in a range of seismic design applications. (video file) |
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| Lessons from Chile: Impacts on Earthquake Engineering of Concrete Buildings in the U.S. webinar | This webinar, recorded July 15, 2011, focuses on the performance of mid-rise concrete buildings through review of test results, changes to the Chilean building code resulting from new knowledge, and implications for U.S. codes and standards. (video file, PDF of slides) |
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| NEESwood Webinar video | NEESwood Webinar recording, Jaunary 2011 - By John Willem van de Lindt (video file) | |
| Nanotechnology of Concrete: A Key Step in the Development of Sustainable Construction | Development of new equipment using synchrotron radiation to characterize the nano and microstructure of cement paste and concrete exposed to aggressive environments. (video and PDF File) | |
| Integrated Project Delivery Spawns Innovation – A Case Study | This presentation uses the University of California San Francisco’s Regeneration Medicine Building (RMB) as a case study to provide a real world example of how value was increased and design enhanced through the application of the IPD Principles. (video and PDF Files) | |
| Briefing on New Zealand Canterbury (Darfield) Earthquake | A briefing on the Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake of September 3, 2010. (videos and PDF file) | |
| Nature and the Tall Building | Safe, efficient structural forms are abundant in nature. The challenge, however, is to mathematically describe these forms and to derive behavior that is adaptable to constructible, cost effective building solutions. (video and PDF File) | |
| Félix Candela: Strength and Elegance in Structural Engineering | This presentation presents a detailed examination of Candela’s greatest works through a structural engineering lens. (videos and PDF file) | |
| Chile EERI/PEER Reconnaissance Briefing at UC Berkeley | Chile EERI/PEER Reconnaissance Briefing (video and PDF File) | |
| Recent developments in BuildingTcl to assist in modeling, analysis and assessment of seismic response response using OpenSees | An overview of the use of BuildingTcl to streamline and simplify the seismic analysis of building systems using OpenSees. (videos and PDF file) | |
| Damage Resistant Braced Frames with Controlled Rocking and Energy Dissipating Fuses | PEER/UC Berkeley Seminar by Professor Greg Deierlein (video and PDF file) | |
| The Offshore M8.8 Maule Earthquake (Chile) Performace of Transportation Systems (2010) | Juan Arias and Dr. Ian Buckle present observations of infrastructure damage and tsunami damage by the joint EERI/FHWA reconnaissance team (video and PPT slides) | |
| NEESwood Capstone Seminar (2010) | Outcomes of the 2010 Capstone NEESwood test: A six-story light woodframe condominium (PPT slides only) | |
| The State of the Practice of Seismic Hazard Analysis: From the Good to the Bad (2009) | Norm Abrahamson presents the 2009 EERI Distinguished Lecture on seismic hazard analysis, design time histories, problems with common practice | |
| Overview of Recently Completed Research Projects in the Large-Scale Structures Laboratory (2009) | Two PowerPoint presentations accompanied by videos of four tests summarize recent experiemental research at NEES@Reno | |
| State of the Art of Shaking Table Tests of Wood Buildings in Japan (2006) | Dr. Hiroshi Isoda presents an overview of shake table testing of wood structures in Japan over the last decade | |
| Seismic Analysis of Woodframe Structures (2006) | Dr. Bryan Folz presents a model to predict seismic response of woodframe buildings that has been incorporated into the computer program SAWS (Seismic Analysis of Woodframe Structures) | |
Facility Capabilities
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| NEES@Buffalo: Equipment at Buffalo's NEES Equipment Site | Collaboration, observation and analysis at the UB equipment site | |
| NEES@Cornell | Overview of NEES@Cornell capabilities, things to consider when working on proposal for this site, cost considerations | |
| NEES@Lehigh: Real-Time Multi-Directional Hybrid Sumulation Seismic Testing Webinar | Overview of capabilities, information on developing a proposal for this site, scheduling, budgeting | |
| NEES@Reno: Multiple Shake Table Research Laboratory At the University of Nevada Reno (UNR) Large Scale Structures Laboratory (LSSL) | Shake table research, multiple shake tables | |
| Grand Opening of the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) | NEES, grand opening 2004 | |
Training
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| An Introduction to the NEES Equipment Site Scheduling Protocol | This webinar, recorded October 17, 2011, is intended to make the NEES community aware of the new scheduling process and aid the community in implementing the protocol. Both new projects and projects that have already been approved (but have not yet entered the lab) will be affected by the protocol. (video file) |
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| Joint NEES@Reno, NEES@Buffalo, NEES&UCSD Shake Table Workshop (2007) | Shake table control, setting up test specimens, instrumentation and data acquisition | |
| UCSD - MTS Training Videos | Controlling shake tables | |
| UCSB - Field Training Workshop | Facility introduction, resources, rates, safety | |
| Utexas - Material for NEESR Proposals | Facility introduction, resources, rates, safety | |
| Minnesota - MAST Laboratory Training Programs | Facility introduction, resources, rates, safety | |
