Education and Outreach
The nees@berkeley equipment site has hosted workshops on Hybrid Simulation that have attracted researchers from around the world interested in learning about and participating in this exciting technology. Educational activities aimed at K–12 students include developing a program of tours for local middle schools and high schools that will enhance the classroom curriculum. We have hosted tours for visiting researchers and the general public. Our faculty participants teach undergraduate and graduate courses in earthquake engineering through the Civil Engineering Department at UC Berkeley. The nees@berkeley participants have provided numerous presentations since its October 2004 inception.
The National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering is located nearby, and provides an outstanding resource for nees@berkeley researchers and visitors. In addition to its 52,000-volume, on-site library on the subject of earthquake engineering, NISEE develops and hosts several world-renowned, on-line resources including Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (now licensed worldwide through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) and Earthquake Engineering Online Archive (permitting access to thousands of text, image, video, data, and software entries). Access to other literature related to earthquake engineering and seismology is facilitated by access to the California Digital Library.
Workshops
The nees@berkeley Lab hosts semiannual NEES workshops that provide information about equipment and tools available in the lab and about conducting experiments at the lab.
Completed Workshops
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Hybrid Simulation Workshop
February 2011Hybrid Simulation Workshop
January 2009Hybrid Simulation Workshop
September 2008OpenFresco Administrators and Developers Workshop
February 2008Hybrid Simulation Workshop
February 2008Hybrid Simulation Workshop
April 2007Hybrid Simulation Workshop
Decemberl 2006Hybrid Simulation Workshop
April 2006Hybrid Simulation Workshop
December 2005
Higher Education
The nees@berkeley Lab has provided lab tours to occassional higher education groups.
Completed Higher Education Activities
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Lab Tour Group: Undergraduate civil engineering majors attending the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Instructor: Robert L Day
Lab Tour Date: January 08, 2009Lab Tour Group: Undergraduate class “Introduction to Structural Engineering” (ARCD 360) in the Architecture and Community Design program at the University of San Francisco
Instructor: Hana Mori Morrison
Lab Tour Date: April 24, 2008
K–12 Education
The nees@berkeley lab has led or participated in activities targeting K–12 groups.
Current and Upcoming K–12 Activities
K–12 Classroom Presentations and Field Trips to the Lab
This program started in 2007 and is ongoing now.
Webpages for previous academic years are filed in the “Completed Activities” below.
Completed K–12 Activities
National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) Program
June 24, July 8, 2010K–12 Classroom Presentations and Field Trips to the Lab
Academic Year 2009–2010National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) Program
June 26, July 6, and July 24, 2009K–12 Classroom Presentations and Field Trips to the Lab
Academic Year 2008–2009National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) Program
June 27 and July 10, 2008K–12 Classroom Presentations and Field Trips to the Lab
Academic Year 2007–2008National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) Program
July 25 and August 2, 2007Project POSIT - Oakland Teachers Program
June 22, 2007National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) Program
June and July 2006
Berkeley High School Intern
February - June 2007
Tours and Open House Events
Tours for K–12 education and higher education groups are shown in the categories for K–12 activities and for higher education activities. So the activities listed here involve mostly either professional groups or the general public.
Completed Tours and Open House Events
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Cal Day 2007
April 22, 2007EERC and The Watershed Project host open house and tours
October 2006NEESinc Site Operations Managers' Workshop
September 29, 2006Eighth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering Field Trip
April 21, 2006Fourth International Workshop on Seismic Design and Retrofit of Transportation Facilities — Study Tour
March 15, 2006nees@berkeley Grand Opening
November 2004
UC Berkeley Courses
Earthquake, structural and geotechnical engineering courses are taught through the Civil Engineering Department at U.C. Berkeley.
120 Structural Engineering 121 Advanced Structural Analysis 122 Design of Steel Structures 123 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures 124 Structural Design in Timber 133 Engineering Analysis Using Finite Element Method 175 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 191 Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems Analysis 220 Structural Analysis Theory and Applications 221 Nonlinear Structural Analysis 222 Finite Element Methods 225 Dynamics of Structures 227 Earthquake Resistant Design 244 Reinforced Concrete Structures 246 Prestressed Concrete Structures 247 Design of Steel and Composite Structures 248 Behavior and Plastic Design of Steel 249 Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering 275 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering 290 I Civil Systems: Control and Information Management
Publications, Presentations and Posters
Publications
The list below enumerates publications based on research in the nees@berkeley lab.
Elkhoraibi, T. and Mosalam, K.M. (2006). “Pseudo-Dynamic Experiment on One-Story RC Structure with and without Masonry Infill”, Proceedings of the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference Commemorating the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, April 18-22. [Paper]
Fell, B.V., Myers, A.M., Deierlein, G.G., and Kanvinde, A.M. (2006). “Testing and Simulation of Ultra Low Cycle Fracture and Fatigue in Steel Braces.” Eighth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, CA. [Paper]
Fell, B.V., Myers, A.M., Fu, X., Deierlein, G.G., and Kanvinde, A.M. (2006). “Seismic Fracture and Fatigue Performance of Bracing Members and Connections.” Steel Technical Information and Product Services Report (Steel TIPS), Structural Steel Educational Council (www.steeltips.org), Moraga, CA. [Paper]
Hashemi, A., Elkhoraibi, T. and Mosalam, K.M. (2006), “Dynamic and Pseudo-Dynamic Evaluation of RC Structure Containing Masonry Infill”, Proceedings of the Modern Problems and Directions of Mechanics Conference, May 17-18, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [Paper]
Kanvinde, A. (2006) “Large-Scale Tests of Structural Braces and the Validation of Micromechanical Ultra Low Cycle Fatigue Models”, Proceedings, Fourth NEES Annual Meeting, June 20-23, 2006, Washington DC. [Abstract]
Stojadinovic, B., Schellenberg, A., Yang, T.Y. and Elwood, K. (2006) “Hybrid Simulation of Structural Collapse”, Proceedings, Fourth NEES Annual Meeting, June 20-23, 2006, Washington DC. [Abstract]
Takhirov S.M. and Kelly, J.M. (2006) “Numerical Study on Buckling of Elastomeric Seismic Isolation Bearings”, The 2006 Structures Congress and the 17th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, May 18-21, 2006.
Yang T.Y., Stojadinovic, B. and Moehle, J. (2006) “Hybrid Simulation Evaluation of Innovative Steel Braced Framing System”, Eighth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, CA, USA [Paper]
Yang, T.Y., Stavridis, A., Cshachter, M. and Yang, W. (2006) “Analytical Simulations of the Suspended Zipper Frames”, Proceedings, Fourth NEES Annual Meeting, pp.4, June 20-23, 2006, Washington DC. [Abstract]
Hashemi, A. and Mosalam, K.M. (2005). “Shake-table Experiment on One-Story RC Structure with and without Masonry Infill”, NATO workshop: Seismic Assessment and Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings, May30-June 1, Istanbul, Turkey. [Paper]
Leon, R., Yang, C., DesRochers, R., Reinhorn, A., Schacter, M., Stojadinovic, B., Yang, T., Shing B., and Wei, Z. (2005) “Results of Early Collaborative Research on Behavior of Braced Steel Frames with Innovative Bracing Schemes (Zipper Frames)”, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering, 2005, Nagoya, Japan. [Paper]
Presentations
The following list enumerates presentations about the lab or about research conducted in the labs.
Dr. Stojadinovic was invited to make a presentation at a NEES-E-defense meeting in Japan from September 27–29, 2006. [Presentation]
Posters
The following list enumerates varioius poster sessions where the lab or researchers working at the lab participated. The posters provide information about the lab or about research conducted at the lab.
Equipment site posters at the 5th NEES Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah. [Posters]
Shakhzod Takhirov presented a poster at the 2006 Structures Congress and the 17th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. [Poster]
Posters at the 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in San Francisco: Bozidar Stojadinovic, Tony Yang, Andreas Schellenberg and Ben Fell as well as the nees@berkeley poster. [Posters]
Andreas Schellenberg and Tony Yang were funded by NEESinc to present posters at the Fourth NEES Annual Meeting. [Posters]
