Technical Program Topic Areas

• Advances in Non-Linear Modeling Tools

• Bridge Structures

• Buildings, Structural Systems

• Critical Infrastructure (hospitals, schools, power plants, dams, ports)

• Education and Outreach

• Engineering Seismology

• Experimental Methods

• Ground Motion Modeling, Directivity, Spatial Correlation

• Ground Motion Simulations for Engineering Applications

• Ground Motion Spatial Variability

• High Performance Computing and Simulation

• Information Technology and Collaboration Tools

• Instrumentation, Data Collection, and Seismic Networks

• Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes, Post-Earthquake Assessment and Response

• Liquefaction and Ground Failures

• Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment, Cascading Hazards Following Earthquakes (fire, landslide, etc.)

• Non-Structural Components and Systems

• Onshore and Offshore Southern California Fault Systems

• Operational Earthquake Forecasting

• Post-Earthquake Response, Emergency Management, and Recovery

• Repair and Retrofit

• Resilient Communities and Cities

• Risk and Loss Assessment and their Socio-Economic Impacts

• Risk and Resilience of Distributed Infra- structure and Lifelines

• Seismic Hazard Assessment

• Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Control Systems

• Seismicity, Earthquake Sources, and Earthquake Geology

• Seismology & Seismotectonics

• Socio-Economic Issues and Public Policy

• Soils, Foundations, Soil-Structure Interaction

• Tall Buildings Design and Issues

• Tectonics, Faults, and Large Earthquakes

• Tsunami Hazard Assessment, Design, and Recovery