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Workshop Agenda
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s
Resilient America Roundtable and the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment
In collaboration with the SEI/ASCE Advances in Information Technology Committee
The Role of Advanced Technologies in Structural Engineering for More Resilient Communities
September 26, 2017
Beckman Center
Irvine, CA
Purpose: This workshop will bring together researchers, experts, practitioners, and noted leaders to explore the role of innovative technologies and smart infrastructure in building more resilient and sustainable communities; including:
- How can advanced technologies and structural performance data in structural engineering support the design of infrastructure and built systems that enhance resilience and promote faster recovery?
- What are today’s most promising innovations in technology and how are communities benefiting?
- What is the future role of advanced technologies and design practice—what does a resilient city’s built infrastructure look like in the future?
What are the research gaps or opportunities in development and use of advance technologies and design for building resilient infrastructure?
8:30 – 8:40 am | Welcome and Introductions |
Dr. Lauren Alexander Augustine, Director, Program on Risk, Resilience, and Extreme Events, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
8:40 – 9:00 am | Setting the Stage: From Resilient Infrastructure to Resilient Communities: How Can Emerging Technologies Support Community Efforts to Become More Resilient? |
Chris Poland, Consulting Engineer | |
9:00-10:15 am | Enabling Community Resilience: Innovative Technologies in the Built Environment |
Moderator: Ms. Arrietta Chakos, Policy Advisor/Consultant, Urban Resilience Strategies | |
Panelist 1: Dr. Janice Barnes, Global Resilience Director, Perkins+Will | |
Panelist 2: Steve Moddemeyer, Principal, CollinsWoerman Architects | |
Panelist 3: Dr. Reginald DesRoches, Dean of Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering | |
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10:15 – 10:45 am | Break |
10:45 – 12:30 pm | Innovative Technologies: What Are They Now, What Could They Be in the Future? |
Moderator: Seymour Spence, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan | |
Speaker 1: Dr. Jerome Lynch, Professor, University of Michigan | |
Speaker 2: Daniel Hiller and Dr. Alex Stolz, Fraunhofer | |
Speaker 3: Dr. Maria Feng, Renwick Professor, Columbia University | |
Speaker 4: Dr. Robert D. Moser, Senior Research Civil Engineer, Engineering Systems and Materials Division – Research Group, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) | |
Speaker 5: Dr. Oral Buyukozturk, Professor, MIT | |
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12:30 – 1:45 pm | Lunch |
1:45 -2:15 pm | Featured Speaker – How Are Cities Thinking About the Role of Technologies and Structural Engineering for the Future? |
Paul Brown, President, Paul Redvers Brown, Inc. | |
2:15 – 3:30 pm | Visions of the Future: Enabling Design and Integration of Emerging Technologies |
Moderator: Ron Eguchi, President & CEO, ImageCat Inc. | |
Panelist 1: Craig A. Davis, Water System Resilience Program Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power | |
Panelist 2: David Mar, President, Mar Structural Design | |
Panelist 3: Peter Marx, Vice President of Advanced Concepts, GE Digital | |
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3:30 – 4:00 pm | Break |
4:00 – 4:30 pm | Where Are We & What’s Next |
Dr. Farzad Naeim, President, Farzad Naeim, Inc. | |
Dr. Ting Lin, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University | |
4:30 – 4:45 pm | Closing Remarks |
5:00 – 6:30 pm | Evening Reception |
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