NHERI at UTexas workshop, Nov. 5: Stiffness-based ground deformation predictions

[announce at designsafe-ci.org]

Dear Colleagues,



You are invited to attend a *workshop on stiffness-based ground deformation
predictions *in* Seattle, WA*. This workshop is hosted by the Natural
Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Equipment Facility at the
University of Texas at Austin (*NHERI at UTexas*).



The workshop will be held from *8:00 AM – 3:00 PM on Monday, 5 November
2018*. The proposed workshop will include a half-day seminar followed by a
half-day field demonstration of field tests from an NSF-funded Project
CMMI-1841584 (Project title: RAPID Collaborative Research: Spatial
variability of small-strain stiffness, Go, and the effect on ground
movements related to geotechnical construction in urban areas, Project PI:
Richard J Finno).



This workshop will highlight the potential use of NHERI at UTexas equipment
for non-intrusive imaging of geotechnical systems using surface wave
measurements and full waveform inversion methods. Specifically, during the
workshop, we will use the urban, mobile, hydraulic shaker named Thumper to
generate dynamic vertical loadings at the ground surface.  The waveforms
recorded from this testing will be provided to all workshop participants
and other interested researchers to use in ground deformation predictions.
The field demonstration will also feature shared-use equipment available at
the NHERI RAPID facility at the University of Washington.



*Travel support is available* for a number of participants. Preference will
be given to those interested in submitting proposals to the NSF.
Additional information on the workshop may be found below, and applications
can be submitted, at the NHERI DesignSafe-CI learning center. For those who
are interested but are unable to attend the workshop in person, the
presentations will be webcast on DesignSafe.



Register online:

*https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/workshop-181105/
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/workshop-181105/>*.



Please contact NHERI at UTexas site manager Farnyuh Menq (fymenq at utexas.edu)
if you have questions regarding the workshop.



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