<div dir="ltr">Dear NHERI colleagues,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>I would like to bring your attention to the upcoming PEER Annual Meeting that will be held Jan 17-18, 2019 on the UCLA campus. (The <a href="https://peer.berkeley.edu/news-and-events/peer-2019-annual-meeting/peer-2019-annual-meeting-registration">early bird registration</a> ends tonight, Dec 7, at midnight!)</div><div><br></div><div>Of particular interest are the following sessions that include presentations of two specific NHERI Facilities: SimCenter and the RAPID Facility. The PEER Annual Meeting is a great opportunity for the NHERI community to meet the SimCenter and RAPID Facility leadership and learn how these facilities can be effectively utilized.</div><div><br></div><div><b>January 17 - PLENARY – 4: Computational Tools for Simulating Natural Hazard Effects and Community Resilience<br>Moderator - Filip Filippou, UC Berkeley (SimCenter)</b><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10.5px;padding-left:40px;font-family:"Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">High Performance Computing Based Distributed Multi‐layered City Scale Transportation Network Tool<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600">-</span> </span></em><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Kenichi Soga, UC Berkeley</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">IN-CORE Modeling Framework of the NIST Community Resilience Center of Excellence <em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600">-</span></span></span></span></em> </span></em><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Paolo Gardoni, UIUC & NIST Center<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></span></span></span><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Computational Framework Tools for High-Fidelity/High Resolution Regional EQ Scenarios </span></em><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">- </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Greg Deierlein</span>, Stanford (SimCenter co-PI)</span></span></li></ul><div><b>January 17 - POSTER SESSION & RECEPTION</b><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight:600"><br></span></font></div></div><div>Posters from SimCenter developers will be on view - meet and talk with members of the SimCenter development team.</div><div><br></div><div><b>January 18 - PLENARY – 5a : Advances in Infrastructure Monitoring and Reconnaissance<br>Moderators - Ertugrul Taciroglu, UCLA & Farzin Zariean, UC Irvine</b><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10.5px;padding-left:40px;font-family:"Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Structural Health Monitoring Framework using Acceleration Data and Machine Learning Techn</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">iques<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial"></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">- </span></span></em><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Sifat Muin, UC Berkeley</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Utilization of Seismic Instruments Data in Assessing Building Code Provisions</span></em><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial"> - Farzin Zariean, UC Irvine</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizin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hat evening.<br><br>On January 18, the closing plenary, “Resilient Los Angeles,” will be moderated by <strong>Marissa Aho, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Los Angeles</strong>.<br><br>The <a href="https://berkeley.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d1d871a01eed9f3efe40ca92&id=9d119ca7b3&e=7d9655e8c8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(75,134,178)">detailed program agenda</a> is posted online.<br><br>Decision-making stakeholders, practicing professionals, researchers, faculty, students, and others interested in the practice of performance-based engineering for natural hazards are encouraged to attend and to <a href="https://berkeley.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d1d871a01eed9f3efe40ca92&id=87d4adc5e6&e=7d9655e8c8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(75,134,178)"><strong>register before December 7, midnight, at the early bird rate</strong></a> in order to save over 30% off the standard rate.<br><br><a href="https://berkeley.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d1d871a01eed9f3efe40ca92&id=bfd7fa50f1&e=7d9655e8c8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(75,134,178)">SEAOC members</a> - take advantage of a special registration badge that can be shared by several attendees from the same organization.<br><a href="https://berkeley.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d1d871a01eed9f3efe40ca92&id=d30461d0c4&e=7d9655e8c8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(75,134,178)">PEER BIP members</a> - please email <a href="mailto:peer_bip@berkeley.edu?subject=PEER%20BIP%20membership" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(75,134,178)">peer_bip@berkeley.edu</a> to join or renew your membership and take advantage of free and deeply discounted rates.<br>Students are offered heavily discounted rates, and students from PEER Core Institutions and Educational Affiliates may have their fees waived.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnDividerBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px 18px"><table class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnDividerContent" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="min-width:100%;border-top:1px solid rgb(153,153,153);border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnTextBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnTextContentContainer" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_2775972678608980572m_8492741323457191720gmail-m_9220352940242116587gmail-m_-8989026158998408621m_-5840165188236079843gmail-m_-3682976501886481985gmail-m_-3950804801444102928mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;padding:0px 18px 9px;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px"><h3 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:22.5px;letter-spacing:-0.5px">PEER Response to Alaska Earthquake</h3><br><a href="https://berkeley.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d1d871a01eed9f3efe40ca92&id=2573574262&e=7d9655e8c8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(109,198,221)"><img align="left" height="163" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9d1d871a01eed9f3efe40ca92/images/6ac1db36-3388-4738-b61e-0d58e4f7eed0.png" width="200" class="gmail-CToWUd" styl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