A Publicly Available project is an earthquake engineering research project which contains at least one publicly viewable experiment. Publicly available projects enable users from across the globe to freely access, study, and re-use the data in the NEES Data Repository

• 1181 - Low-Cost, Strong-Motion Sensor Packages to Obtain Full Spectrum Waveforms for Earthquake Early Warning and Structural Monitoring Applications - PI(s): Yehuda Bock, José Restrepo
• 1169 - The Effect of Scale on the Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Beams to Shear - PI(s): Kaylor McCain, Santiago Pujol
• 1150 - STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR CHARACTERIZATION OF TEMPORARY WOODEN BRIDGES - CARACTERIZACIÓN DEL COMPORTAMIENTO ESTRUCTURAL DE PUENTES TEMPORALES DE MADERA - PI(s): Johannio Marulanda, Juan Caicedo
• 1135 - Development and Validation of a Robust Framework for Real-time Hybrid Testing - PI(s): Shirley Dyke, Nestor Eduardo, Xiuyu Gao
• 1081 - Induced Partial Saturation (LPS) Through Transport and Reactivity for Liquefaction Mitigation - PI(s): Mishac Yegian,Kenneth H. Stokoe, Sabanayagam Thevanayagam
• 1072 - Response of Ten Story, Reinforced Concrete Model Frames to Simulated Earthquakes - PI(s): Mete Sozen
• 1068 - Experiments to Study the Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Setbacks - PI(s): Mete Sozen, Sharon Wood
• 1065 - Experiments to Study Seismic Drift of Reinforced Concrete Structures - PI(s): John Bonacci, Mete Sozen
• 1063 - An Experimental and Analytical Study of the Earthquake Response of R/C Frames with Yielding Columns - PI(s): Mete Sozen, Arturo Schultz
• 1061 - Earthquake-Simulation Tests of a Ten-Story Reinforced Concrete Frame with a Discontinued First-Level Beam - PI(s): Jack Moehle, Mete Sozen
• 1058 - Experiments to Study Earthquake Response of R/C Structures with Stiffness Interruptions - PI(s): Mete Sozen, Jack Moehle
• 1057 - Experiments and Analyses to Study the Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Frame-Wall Structures with Yielding Columns - PI(s): Mete Sozen, Marc Eberhard
• 1054 - Cyclic Behavior of Concrete Shear Walls: A Rational Approach - PI(s): Thomas Hsu, MOHAMAD MANSOUR, Yi-Lung Mo
• 1053 - Experimental Modelling and Analysis of Three One-Tenth-Scale Reinforced Concrete Frame-Wall Structure - PI(s): Mete Sozen
• 1046 - RAPID: Mapping of Earthquake Damage in Precast Buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand - PI(s): José Restrepo, Robert Fleischman
• 1045 - Seismic Design of Reinforced Masonry Shear-wall Structures - PI(s): Benson Shing, Richard Klingner, David McLean
• 1043 - Experimental Study of the Dynamic Response of a Ten-Story Reinforced Concrete Frame With a Tall First Story - PI(s): Mete Sozen
• 1035 - Stability of Rocking Structures - PI(s): Santiago Pujol
• 1031 - Dynamic Measurements from a Laboratory Truss in Healthy and Damaged Conditions - PI(s): Yong Gao, Billie Spencer, Zhuoxiong Sun
• 1029 - Characterizing the geometry and time of deformation of the Meeman-Shelby Fault, near Memphis, TN - PI(s): Maria Magnani
• 1019 - Experimental Study of Frame-Wall Interaction in Reinforced Concrete Structures Subjected to Strong Earthquake Motions - PI(s): Daniel Abrams, Mete Sozen
• 1018 - Performance-Based Design for Cost-Effective Seismic Hazard Mitigation in New Buildings Using Supplemental Passive Damper Systems - PI(s): Richard Sause, James Ricles
• 1013 - 144 DOF Dynamic Measurement from a 50' Full Scale Highway Sign Support Truss in Intact and Damaged Conditions - PI(s): Shirley Dyke, Sriram Krishnan, Zhuoxiong Sun
• 1004 - Seismic Isolation of Earth Retaining Structures using EPS Geofoam – Centrifuge Testing - PI(s): Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos
• 104 - Behavior, Analysis and Design of Complex Wall Systems - PI(s): Laura Lowes, Daniel Kuchma, Dawn Lehman, Jian Zhang
• 987 - Large-Scale Validation of Seismic Performance of Bridge Columns - PI(s): José Restrepo
• 919 - Measuring Runup and Bed Shear Stress Using Long Stroke Wave-Makers - PI(s): Philip Liu, Harry Yeh
• 895 - Development of a Performance-Based Seismic Design Philosophy for Mid-Rise Woodframe Construction (Capstone test) - PI(s): John Van de Lindt
• 953 - Biological Improvement of Sands for Liquefaction Prevention and Damage Mitigation - PI(s): Jason DeJong
• 882 - Damage Detection of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Combined Actions - PI(s): Yi-Lung Mo
• 725 - Behavior and Design of Cast-in-Place Anchors under Simulated Seismic Loading - PI(s): Jian Zhao, Bahram Shahrooz
• 870 - Collaborative USGS-NEES Earthquake Hazard Studies in the Reno-Carson City Urban Corridor, Nevada - PI(s): William Stephenson
• 872 - NSF RAPID: Collection of Damage Data Following Haiti Earthquake - PI(s): Laura Lowes, Reginald DesRoches, Marc Eberhard, Gustavo Parra-Montesinos
• 952 - Understanding and Improving the Seismic Behavior of Pile Foundations in Soft Clays - PI(s): Muralee Muraleetharan, Amy Cerato, Sri Sritharan, Steven Vukazich
• 994 - An Investigation of the Unit Shear Strength of Geometrically Scaled Reinforced Concrete Beams - PI(s): Matthew Murray
• 977 - Topographic Effects in Strong Ground Motion - From Physical and Numerical Modeling to Design - PI(s): Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Dominic Assimaki, Brady Cox, Miguel Pando,Joseph Wartman, Joseph Wartman
• 986 - Collapse Vulnerability and Seismic Design of Metal Buildings - PI(s): Chia-Ming Uang
• 984 - An Innovative Seismic Performance Enhancement Technique for Steel Building Beam-Column Connections - PI(s): Tasnim Hassan
• 983 - Assessment of Punching Shear Vulnerability of Slab-Column Connections with Shear Stud Reinforcement - PI(s): Gustavo Parra-Montesinos, Carol Shield
• 972 - Development of a Real-Time Multi-Site Hybrid Testing Tool for NEES - PI(s): Richard Christenson
• 973 - Real-Time Hybrid Simulation Test-Bed for Structural Systems with Smart Dampers - PI(s): James Ricles
• 960 - Seismic Design Guidelines of Retaining Walls with/without Sound Wall - PI(s): Dawn Cheng
• 966 - Fiber Optic Method for Buried Pipelines Health Assessment after Earthquake-Induced Ground Movement - PI(s): Branko Glisic
• 964 - Using NEES as a Testbed for Studying Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction (SFSI): Field Tests - PI(s): Sharon Wood
• 963 - NEESR Payload: Measurement of the Strength of Liquefied Soil in Physical Models - PI(s): Mandar Dewoolkar, Pedro Alba
• 167 - Seismic Reflection Transect Across the New Madrid Seismic Zone: Imaging Sediment Structure - PI(s): Joan Gomberg, Robert Williams
• 955 - Dissipation of Long-Wave Energy by Discontinuous Macro-Roughness Representing Forested Areas - PI(s): Jennifer Irish
• 957 - Evolutionary Intensity Measures for More Accurate and Informative Liquefaction Hazard Evaluation - PI(s): Steve Kramer
• 958 - Seismically Induced Rock-Slope Failure: Mechanisms and Prediction - PI(s): Joseph Wartman, David Keefer, Mary MacLaughlin
• 86 - NEESR-GC: Seismic Risk Mitigation for Port Systems - PI(s): Glenn Rix, Dominic Assimaki, Ross Boulanger, Reginald DesRoches, Alan Erera, Patricia Gallagher, James LaFave, Dawn Lehman, Roberto Leon, Ellen Rathje, Charles Roeder, Stuart Werner, Andrew Whittle
• 946 - NEESR-CR: Unbonded Post-Tensioned Rocking Walls for Seismic Resilient Structures - PI(s): Sri Sritharan, Catherine French, Eric Musselman
• 915 - Behavior of Ten Story Reinforced Concrete Walls Subjected to Earthquake Motions - PI(s): Mete Sozen
• 942 - Impact Forces from Tsunami-Driven Debris - PI(s): Ron Riggs, Daniel Cox, Marcelo Kobayashi, Clay Naito
• 941 - NSF RAPID: Post-Earthquake Monitoring of Buildings in Chile Using NEES@UCLA Resources: NSF RAPID CMMI-1040574 - PI(s): John Wallace, Robert Nigbor
• 940 - Characterization of Dynamic Soil-Pile Interaction by Random Vibration Methods - PI(s): Jeramy Ashlock
• 929 - Field Testing of a Non-ductile Reinforced Concrete Building in Turkey - PI(s): Ertugrul Taciroglu, John Wallace
• 923 - Earthquake Hazard Reduction for Critical Facilities - PI(s): Henri Gavin
• 924 - Developing and Testing Algorithms for Generating Leading Tsunami Waves - PI(s): Philip Liu
• 920 - Seismic Response of Landfills: In-Situ Evaluation of Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste, Comparison to Laboratory Testing, and Impact on Numerical Analyses - PI(s): Dimitrios Zekkos
• 918 - Earthquake Response and Rehabilitation of Critical Lifelines - PI(s): Thomas Denis O'Rourke, Amjad Aref, Andre Filiatrault, Harry Stewart, Sofia Tangalos
• 679 - Performance-Based Design of New Masonry: UCSD - PI(s): Richard Klingner, Nardin Wasef, William McGinley, David McLean, Benson Shing
• 905 - Shear Strength Decay in Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Large Deflection Reversals - PI(s): Mete Sozen, James Wight
• 904 - Reinforced Concrete Columns Reinforced with High-Strength Steel - PI(s): Santiago Pujol, Andres Lepage
• 637 - Mitigation of Collapse Risk in Vulnerable Concrete Buildings - PI(s): Jack Moehle, Thalia Anagnos, Mary Comerio, Julio Ramirez, Jonathan Stewart
• 155 - Using NEES Field Shakers and IRIS Equipment to Measure Crustal Structure - PI(s): Simon Klemperer
• 605 - International Hybrid Simulation of Tomorrow's Braced Frame Systems - PI(s): Charles Roeder, Dawn Lehman, Stephen Mahin, Taichiro Okazaki
• 120 - Multi-Site Soil-Structure-Foundation Interaction Test (MISST):Lehigh - PI(s): James Ricles
• 665 - Leveraging Tsunami Research - Wave Loading on Residential Structures with Earthquake and Hurricane Applications - PI(s): John Van de Lindt, Rakesh Gupta
• 84 - Sidesway Collapse of Deteriorating Structural Systems Under Seismic Excitations - PI(s): Helmut Krawinkler, Andrew Whittaker
• 78 - Inelastic Web Crushing Performance Limits of High-Strength-Concrete Structural Walls - PI(s): Rigoberto Burgueño, Eric Hines
• 625 - Experimental Investigation of a Full-Scale Flat-Plate Reinforced Concrete Structure Subjected to Cyclic Lateral Loading in the Inelastic Range of Response - PI(s): Mete Sozen, Michael Kreger
• 343 - Landslide Tsunami Generator - PI(s): Hermann Fritz
• 515 - Subsurface Structure of the Santa Rosa Plain, California, from High-Resolution Seismic-Reflection Data - PI(s): Robert Williams
• 180 - Using NEES as a Testbed fo Studying Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction: Centrifuge Tests - PI(s): Bruce Kutter, Pedro Arduino, Boris Jeremic, Dan Wilson
• 171 - A Phase 1 Prediction of Dynamic Response of Spread Footings on Sand - PI(s): Dennis Hiltunen
• 412 - Seismically Induced Delayed-Landslides in Homogeneous Cohesive Slopes and Embankments - PI(s): Joseph Wartman, Joseph Wartman
• 135 - Hybrid Simulation and Shake-Table Tests on RC Buildings With Masonry Infill Walls - PI(s): Khalid Mosalam
• 414 - Using the NEES Field Shakers to Induce Liquefaction at Previous Liquefaction Sites - PI(s): Kenneth H. Stokoe, Ellen Rathje
• 325 - Tsunami Wave Impact Forces on Cylinders. - PI(s): Philip Liu, Solomon Yim, Harry Yeh
• 27 - Dynamic Behavior of Slickensided Surfaces - PI(s): Ross Boulanger, James Duncan
• 672 - Deep Shear Wave Velocity Measurements in the Las Vegas Basin - PI(s): Barbara Luke
• 21 - Semiactive Control of Nonlinear Structures - PI(s): Richard Christenson
• 149 - Development of Centrifuge Tools for Placing Grout and Grouted Helical Piers In-Flight - PI(s): Tara Hutchinson, Dan Wilson
• 411 - Experimental Investigation of a Prototype Elastomeric Structural Damper - PI(s): James Ricles, Richard Sause
• 361 - Collaboration between E-Defense and NEES: Studying Pile Stress in Laterally Spread Ground - PI(s): Ross Boulanger
• 18 - RC Collapse Test - PI(s): Chiun-lin Wu
• 711 - Advanced Servo-Hydraulic Control and Real-Time Testing of Damped Structures - PI(s): James Ricles
• 116 - Highly-Damage-Tolerant Slab-Column Frame Systems - PI(s): Gustavo Parra-Montesinos
• 32 - Using NEES as a Testbed for Studying Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction: Shaking Table Tests - PI(s): Mehdi Saiidi
• 33 - Seismic Performance of Bridge Systems with Conventional and Innovative Materials - PI(s): Mehdi Saiidi, Ahmed Elgamal
• 138 - Development of a Performance-Based Seismic Design Philosophy for Mid-Rise Woodframe Construction - PI(s): John Van de Lindt, Rachel Davidson, Andre Filiatrault, David Rosowsky, Michael Symans
• 576 - Damage Detection and Health Monitoring of Buried Pipelines after Earthquake-Induced Ground Movement - PI(s): Radoslaw Michalowski, Aaron Bradshaw, Russell Green, Jerome Lynch, Jason Weiss
• 440 - System Behavior Factors For Composite And Mixed Structural Systems - PI(s): Roberto Leon, Jerome F. Hajjar, Nakin Suksawang
• 631 - Smart and Resilient Steel Plate Shear Walls - PI(s): Jeffrey Berman, Michel Bruneau, Larry Fahnestock, Laura Lowes
• 22 - Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Non-rectangular Walls under Multidirectional Loads - PI(s): Catherine French, Ricardo Lopez, Sri Sritharan
• 565 - Innovative Economical Foundations with Improved Performance that is Less Sensitive to Site Conditions - PI(s): Bruce Kutter
• 523 - SASW Measurements at USGS Hawaiian Strong Motion Network - PI(s): Ivan Wong, Brady Cox,Kenneth H. Stokoe
• 736 - SASW Measurements at Stanford University - PI(s): Ivan Wong,Kenneth H. Stokoe
• 732 - Design of soil and structure compatible yielding to improve system performance - PI(s): Bruce Kutter, Mark Aschheim, Tara Hutchinson
• 731 - Soil Improvement Strategies to Mitigate Impact of Seismic Ground Failures via Novel Integration of Experiment and Simulation - PI(s): Scott Olson, Youssef Hashash
• 424 - Simulation of the Seismic Performance of Nonstructural Systems - PI(s): Manos Maragakis, Andre Filiatrault, William Holmes, Tara Hutchinson, Robert Reitherman
• 728 - Large-Scale Testing of Fault Rupture Effects for SFPUC - BDPL3 & 4 Fault Crossing Phase 2 - PI(s): Thomas Denis O'Rourke, Harry Stewart
• 648 - Performance-Based Design and Real-Time Large-Scale Testing to Enable Implementation of Advanced Damping Systems - PI(s): Shirley Dyke, Anil Agrawal, Richard Christenson, James Ricles, Billie Spencer
• 712 - Investigation of Near-Fault Ground Motion Effects on Substandard Bridge Columns and Bents - PI(s): Mehdi Saiidi
• 707 - Rapid Return to Occupancy in Unbraced Steel Frames - PI(s): Peter Dusicka, Jeffrey Berman
• 696 - Evaluation of nonlinear site response of soft clay using centrifuge models - PI(s): Scott Brandenberg, Jonathan Stewart
• 13 - Evaluation of Ground Rupture Effects on Critical Lifelines - PI(s): Thomas Denis O'Rourke, Harry Stewart, Kathleen Krafft, Michael O'Rourke, Michael Symans
• 664 - Development of Performance Based Tsunami Engineering, PBTE - PI(s): Ron Riggs, Kwok Fai Cheung, Ian Robertson, Yin Lu Young
• 685 - Framework for Development of Hybrid Simulation in an Earthquake Impact Assessment Context - PI(s): Billie Spencer, Amr Elnashai
• 680 - Performance-Based Design of New Masonry: UT - PI(s): Richard Klingner, William McGinley, David McLean, Benson Shing
• 681 - Performance-Based Design of New Masonry:NCA&T - PI(s): Richard Klingner, William McGinley, David McLean, Benson Shing
• 677 - Modeling the Nonlinear, Effective Stress Seismic Response of Deep Silt Deposits - PI(s): Stephen Dickenson
• 676 - Performance-based design of squat concrete walls of conventional and composite construction - PI(s): Andrew Whittaker, Laura Lowes, Bozidar Stojadinovic
• 663 - NEESR II: Mitigating the Risk of Coastal Infrastructure through understanding Tsunami-Structure Interaction and Modeling - PI(s): Daniel Cox, Jennifer Irish, Rakesh Gupta, John Van de Lindt
• 661 - NEESR-II: A Seismic Study of Wind Turbines for Renewable Energy - PI(s): Ahmed Elgamal
• 653 - NEESR-SG: Development of Next Generation Adaptive Seismic Protection Systems (NEES-2008-0653) - PI(s): Satish Nagarajaiah, Michael Constantinou, Andrei Reinhorn, Michael Symans, Douglas Taylor, Jian Zhang
• 77 - Self-Centering Damage-Free Seismic-Resistant Steel Frame Systems - PI(s): James Ricles, Richard Sause
• 639 - NEESR-SG: Seismic Performance Assessment in Dense Urban Environments - PI(s): Jonathan Bray, Gregg Fiegel, Tara Hutchinson, Bruce Kutter, Robert Reitherman, Andrew Whittaker
• 635 - Developing International Protocols for Offshore Sediments and their Role in Geohazards: Characterization, Assessment, and Mitigation - PI(s): Jason DeJong
• 71 - Seismic Simulation and Design of Bridge Columns under Combined Actions, and Implications on System Response - PI(s): David Sanders, Abdeldjelil Belarbi, Shirley Dyke, Amr Elnashai, Pedro Silva, Jian Zhang
• 623 - Experimental Testing of Controllable Damping Devices toward Extending the Lifespan of Existing Highway Bridges - PI(s): Richard Christenson
• 283 - Testing of a New Line of Seismic Base Isolators called Earthquake protector - PI(s): Valentin Shustov
• 173 - Deep Surface Wave Profiling in the Salt Lake Valley - PI(s): Kenneth H. Stokoe
• 46 - Development of a Seismic Design Methodology for Precast Floor Diaphragms - PI(s): Robert Fleischman, Clay Naito, José Restrepo, Richard Sause
• 577 - TSUNAMOS: A Validated, Multi-Scale Tsunami Model for Hybrid Numerical-Experimental Simulation - PI(s): Patrick Lynett, Philip Liu
• 570 - International Hybrid Simulation of Tomorrow's Braced Frame Systems. - PI(s): Stephen Mahin
• 571 - TIPS - Tools to Facilitate Widespread Use of Isolation and Protective Systems, a NEES/E-Defense Collaboration - PI(s): Keri Ryan, Stephen Mahin, Gilberto Mosqueda
• 516 - Field Measurements of Nonlinear Soil Properties - PI(s): Kenneth H. Stokoe, Sharon Wood
• 224 - Towards developing an engineering procedure for evaluating building performance on softened ground - PI(s): Jonathan Bray
• 423 - NEES Performance Curves - PI(s): Daniel Cox
• 422 - Seismic Performance Assessment and Retrofit of Non-Ductile RC Frames with Infill Walls - PI(s): Benson Shing, Sarah Billington, Kaspar William
• 391 - High-Fidelity Site Characterization by Experimentation, Field Observation, and Inversion-Based Modeling - PI(s): Jacobo Bielak, Loukas Kallivokas
• 205 - Pile Pinning Effects on a Bridge Abutment in Laterally Spreading Ground during Earthquakes - PI(s): Ross Boulanger
• 353 - Permanently Instrumented Field Sites - PI(s): Jamison Steidl, Sandra Seale
• 327 - Control of Plastic Hinging Behavior of RC Bridge Systems - PI(s): JoAnn Browning
• 47 - Innovative Applications of Damage Tolerant Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Materials for New Earthquake-Resistant Structural Systems and Retrofit of Existing Structures - PI(s): James Wight, Sarah Billington, Sherif El-Tawil, Gustavo Parra-Montesinos
• 256 - Teleoperated Shake Tables for Instruction - PI(s): Shirley Dyke, Richard Christenson, Sandra Courter
• 254 - NEES E-Defense - PI(s): Stephen Mahin
• 201 - Multi-Site Soil-Structure-Foundation Interaction Test (MISST): Illinois - PI(s): Billie Spencer
• 90 - In situ Measurement of Dynamic Soil Nonlinearity - PI(s): Joan Gomberg
• 166 - Mechanisms and Implications of Time-Dependent Changes in the State and Properties of Recently Liquefied Sands - PI(s): Russell Green
• 163 - In Situ Determination of Soil Modulus and Damping as a Function of Level of Strain - PI(s): Giovanna Biscontin
• 164 - Study of Surface Wave Methods for Deep Shear Wave Velocity Profiling Applied to the Deep Sediments of the Mississippi Embayment - PI(s): Brent Rosenblad
• 42 - Dynamic Passive Pressure on Full-Scale Pile Caps: Phase 1 - PI(s): Travis Gerber, Kyle Rollins
• 96 - Ultra-Low Cycle Fatigue and Fracture in Steel Structures - PI(s): Amit Kanvinde
• 75 - Controlled Rocking of Steel-Framed Buildings - PI(s): Gregory Deierlein, Sarah Billington, Jerome F. Hajjar
• 24 - Behavior of Braced Steel Frames With Innovative Bracing Schemes - A NEES Collaboratory Project - PI(s): Roberto Leon, Jack Moehle, Andrei Reinhorn, Benson Shing, Michel Bruneau, Reginald DesRoches
• 4 - Real-time Fast Hybrid Testing Steel Frame Test - PI(s): Eric Stauffer
• 123 - The Third International Workshop on Long-Wave Runup Models - PI(s): Philip Liu