<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4th NHERI-NIED/E-Defense Research Collaboration Meeting and Live Shake Table Testing - TODAY</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">December 16 | 8:00pm-11:00pm EST</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register at the <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/webinars/nco/2020/nheri-niede-defense-research-collab/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">DesignSafe Learning Center</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Natural hazards researchers are welcome to attend the fourth research meeting between NHERI and Japan’s National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (<a href="https://www.bosai.go.jp/e/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">NIED</span></a>).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The virtual meeting will cover current and upcoming collaborations between NHERI and NIED/E-Defense, which operates the 3D Full-Scale Earthquake Testing Facility, called <a href="https://www.bosai.go.jp/e/facilities/edefense.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">E-Defense</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The session will cover details of the third test of the Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience Project (Steel Structure) and a full-scale building test, including hospital contents and equipment, by NSF-funded researchers under this collaboration on the E-Defense shake table.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Attendees will watch a live-streamed test being conducted by an international team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lehigh University, Oregon State University, Kyoto University and Hokkaido University.  The frame-spine system with force-limiting connections will be subjected to a 100% ground motion recording from the 1994 Northridge earthquake.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Meeting participants will also receive information on aspects and explore possible opportunities to collaborate with our colleagues from Japan on the Fourth Test (Non-Structural Elements) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience Project. Updates will be provided on the collaboration during the First (Wood Structure) and the Second (Reinforced Concrete Structure) Tests previously conducted under the same collaboration.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><img border="0" width="200" height="66" id="gmail-m_-9182168445548359962_x0000_i1025" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1U6b8ybB1nOSy5YOpLZMx0Skjv2IyAi_R&export=download" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 2.0833in; height: 0.6875in;"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="95" height="96" id="gmail-m_-9182168445548359962_x0000_i1026" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=12XbEVKyTmNxWz2zhiLdBZVYuFfNlVaKQ&export=download" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 0.9895in; height: 1in;"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div>