EERI Joyner Lecture – January 16, 2013
The EERI Utah Chapter is pleased to announce the EERI Joyner Lecture will be Presented at the University of Utah on the evening of January 16, 2013. See attached flier and map.
Guest Speaker: Jonathan D. Bray, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Faculty Chair in Earthquake Engineering Excellence,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley
Wednesday Jan. 16th at 7PM
U. of Utah Warnock Engineering Building (WEB), Room L104
Topic: Building Near Faults
ABSTRACT
Designing facilities very near active faults presents unique challenges that require an interdisciplinary approach. Sound engineering and earth science principles can be employed to address the hazards associated with surface fault rupture and near-fault ground shaking. Robust procedures exist for evaluating the consequences of permanent and transient ground movements. Whereas their use in designing systems to accommodate ground movements due to a variety of phenomena is widely accepted, their use in areas containing surface traces of active faults is often questioned, even when the anticipated ground movements are minimal. Active faults cannot always be avoided, nor should they be avoided when their hazard is far less than other hazards. We can live with the earth’s faults.
Jonathan D. Bray, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at UC Berkeley was selected as the 2012 Joyner Lecturer. He will deliver his lecture at the SSA Annual Meeting in April 2012 in San Diego, CA. Dr. Bray was chosen because of his scientific and engineering research and exchange of information regarding liquefaction effects, the effects of surface fault rupture, and the safe siting and design of facilities near active faults. He has extensive experience serving at the interface of earthquake science and earthquake engineering. Dr. Bray is the chair of the NSF-sponsored Geo-Engineering Engineering Reconnaissance program, which has a goal to improve post-earthquake understanding and turn disaster into knowledge. He has published many papers on the interactions of buildings on or near surface faulting events. He has been recognized by several organizations for his work to improve seismic safety.
